Elizabethtown College recently partnered with SAS, formerly known as Statistical Analysis System, to offer a joint certificate for students in the college’s data analytics minor. Based in Cary, N.C., SAS is a data analytics powerhouse with customers in 149 countries, and their SAS software suite is installed in more than 83,000 business, government and university […]
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Elizabethtown School Board OKs 3.2% Tax Hike
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Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate
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The Elizabethtown school board approved a $62.39 million spending plan for the 2018-19 school year, which will raise taxes on property owners of the Elizabethtown Area School District by 3.2 percent. All board members present at the meeting on Tuesday, June 12, voted in favor of the budget. Members M. Caroline Lalvani and Michael Martin were […]
Read MoreDonegal School Tax Up 1%
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Robyn Meadows/LNP Correspondent
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Hiring a new school resource officer and replacing technology are a few of the big-ticket items in the Donegal School District’s 2018-19 budget, which raises property taxes by 1 percent. Donegal school board members voted Tuesday, June 12, to approve a $51.36 spending plan, which calls for the educational investments. The property tax increase will […]
Read MoreTwo Bear Creek School Students Get Recognition for Reporting Bullying
Two Bear Creek School students were recently recognized as Elizabethtown Area Communities That Care “Do the Right Thing” winners for the month of June. Zachary Cambria and Samantha Lindemuth, both sixth-grade students, were recognized for their actions to report bullying. The pair received their award during a classwide, lunch-time ceremony on June 5. The ceremony […]
Read MoreEAHS Graduation Speakers: Don’t Forget Where You Came From, Fight for Your Dreams
Student speakers at Elizabethtown Area High School’s 2018 graduation urged their classmates not to forget where they came from and to believe in their dreams. “Graduates, as we move on and up to our different futures, remember your roots in this town, in this school,” valedictorian Erin Kraskewicz said. “When you’re stuck in traffic on […]
Read MoreElected Officials Get Briefed on Emergency Management, Other Topics
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Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate
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Elected officials from three municipalities and the board of the Elizabethtown Area School District got briefings on emergency management, regional planning, the recreation authority and on each other’s plans in a joint meeting held in the Elizabethtown Public Library. Eight of the nine school board members and a majority of the supervisors of West Donegal […]
Read MoreSchool Board Asked for More Bus Service
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Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate
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A Bainbridge parent expressed concerns to the Elizabethtown school board about the Elizabethtown Area School District’s redistricting plans, which include eventually ending bus transportation to and from child care centers that are outside an elementary school’s attendance zone. With the re-opening of Bainbridge Elementary School this coming school year after a yearlong renovation, the district has been […]
Read MoreElizabethtown College Announces New Dual Admission Program
Beginning this autumn, students attending Reading Area Community College can transfer academic credits directly to Elizabethtown College via a dual admission agreement between the two institutions. The agreement was signed Tuesday, May 22, in the Yocum Library at RACC by Carl J. Strikwerda, Elizabethtown College president; Betty Rider, Elizabethtown College senior vice president for academic […]
Read MoreCollege Gets New VP for Student Life
Elizabethtown College has named Dr. Celestino Jose Limas as vice president for student life; he begins the position July 1. A former vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash., he replaces vice president and dean of students, Marianne Calenda, who retires from Elizabethtown College on June 30. Limas brings […]
Read MoreDonegal School District to Hire Second School Resource Officer
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Nicole E. Matthews/Special to the Advocate
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The Donegal school board voted to hire another school resource officer and presented a preliminary budget for the public to review. The motion to hire a second school resource officer – a police officer assigned to work in schools – passed by a vote of 7 to 2. It came after the current SRO, Scott […]
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