First day of school: Wednesday

Number of students enrolled: 7,723Lunch Prices

Elementary — $1.45Secondary — $1.55Building projects:At the senior high school, two phases of a three-phase renovation project have been completed. When juniors and seniors return, they will find a new SVTV studio and larger cafeteria/kitchen. The third phase, a three-floor wing on the north side of the building, will be finished in the spring.

New policies:A revised relations with special interest groups policy now allows fliers to go home from only those organizations directly connected to the district (PTA/PTO, booster groups). Nonprofit fliers will be offered on the counters or posted in the buildings.A recently revised attendance policy revision tightens absences, stating that a student shall not be granted credit for any semester course if absences from that course total more than 10 periods per semester or for any full year courses that total more than 20 periods for the year.

New programs:In the elementary schools, teachers will get new computers on their desks as well as the installation of computer pods for student use. A total of 525 computers have been bought. Also, the district has bought from Compass Learning an educational software tool called Odyssey that helps to both instruct and assess reading and mathematics skills for each elementary student, grades K-6. In the secondary schools, Apangea, similar software to Compass, will be installed for mathematics skills.New Teachers

Name: Marlene Brennan

Building/grade: Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School, second grade

Hometown: Harmony

Experience: Three years as long-term substitute teacher for Seneca Valley School District in grades one and two

Name: Amy Broman

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Middle School/8th grade English

Hometown: Karns City

Experience: Five years at Guilford and Winston-Salem/Forsythe County schools.

Name: Christopher Brown

Building/grade: 7th and 8th grade health and physical education, middle school

Hometown: Sewickley

Experience: Seven weeks substitute for the Hampton School District

Name: Kelly Bucklen

Building/grade: Haine Middle School, 6th grade

Hometown: Pittsburgh

Experience: One year at Pequea Valley Intermediate School in Lancaster and one year as a long-term substitute at Haine Elementary

Name: Sara Cassell

Building/Grade: Evans City Elementary School, fourth grade

Hometown: Pittsburgh

Experience: Six years at Pittsburgh Public schools, including four years teaching sixth grade communications.

Name: Robin Clay

Building/grade: 4th grade at Haine Elementary School

Hometown: Gibsonia

Experience: 13 years, grades 1-4

Name: Michael Colon

Building/grade: Haine School librarian

Hometown: Pittsburgh

Experience: Seven years including one year in the Keystone Central School District, and three years each at Lewisburg High School and in the Canon-McMillan School District

Name: Valerie Danner

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Senior High School, 11th and 12th grade American Literature and senior projects

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: Three years, teaching reading and writing at Freeport Junior High School; substitute 8th grade English at South Park Middle School and substitute positions in the Mars, Pine-Richland and Seneca Valley School Districts.

Name: Leigh Dunn

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Middle School/8th grade learning support

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: One-and-a-half years at Pine-Richland High School

Name: Richard Eagle Jr.

Building/grade: District attendance officer

Hometown: Harmony

Experience: 11 years for Delaware County Probation, 10 years in the Ambridge School District and three years as a home and school visitor in the Butler School District

Name: Joe Ehrenberger

Building/grade: 11th-12th grade tech ed

Hometown: Harmony

Experience: One year at Conneaut Valley middle and high school teaching tech ed

Name: Megan Fiochetta

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Middle School/7th grade Language Arts

Hometown: Sewickley

Experience: One year as a substitute teacher at the middle school

Name: Jaime Harkins

Building/grade: Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School

Hometown: Moon Township

Experience: One year substituting in the Moon School District; one half year substituting at CVE

Name: Michael Levere

Building/grade: 5th-6th grade gifted

Hometown: Prospect

Experience: Two years substituting at Seneca Valley

Name: Tracy Lloyd

Building/grade: 8th grade long-term substitute math

Hometown: Commodore

Experience: Three years in Maryland

Name: Kelly Mathews

Building/grade: Alternative Learning Center, 7th and 8th grades

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: One year as a substitute teacher in the Moon School District

Name: Rachelle Magnani

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Senior High School, mathematics

Hometown: Chicora

Experience: Four years between the Keystone Jr./Sr. High School and Lakeview School District

Name: Lisa Ann Masciarelli

Building/Grade: Seneca Valley Intermediate High School, part-time English learning support

Hometown: Wexford

Experience: YMCA child care, swim instructor, lifeguard

Name: Karalee McClain

Building/Grade: Haine Elementary School, first grade

Hometown: Cabot

Experience: Three years as long and short term substitute teacher with the Seneca Valley district

Name: Valerie McGee

Building/grade: Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School, second grade

Hometown: Butler

Experience: Three years, including long-term substitute in the South Butler School District and a behavior specialist consultant at the D.T. Watson Institute

Name: Tammy McKenry

Building/grade: Haine Elementary, 1st grade

Hometown: Wexford

Experience: Six years of teaching experience, serving as a substitute in the Seneca Valley and North Allegheny school districts

Name: Lauren Merryman

Building/grade: Evans City Elementary School/4th grade language arts

Hometown: Sewickley

Experience: Two years at Quaker Valley and Wilmington middle schools

Name: Steven Miller

Building/Grade: Seneca Valley Intermediate High School, mathematics

Hometown: Ellwood City

Experience: One year as a long-term substitute teacher at Seneca Valley Intermediate High School

Name: Melissa Mitro

Building/grade: Haine Elementary, kindergarten

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: One year at the Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV

Name: Kelly Morda

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Senior High School, 11th grade health and physical education

Hometown: Ford City

Experience: Four years of substitute and long-term substitute positions in various school districts

Name: Peter Moskos

Building/grade: librarian, Evans City

Hometown: Pittsburgh

Experience: Librarian, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Name: Alvin (Lee) Mullett III

Building/Grade: Connoquenessing Valley Elementary and Evans City Middle schools, health and physical education

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: Three years as long-term substitute teacher at Seneca Valley and Pittsburgh Public school districts

Name: Kristin Robinson

Building/grade: Haine, learning support

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: One year teaching second grade at Haine Elementary, two years learning support in Mentor, Ohio

Name: Andrew Russell

Building/grade: 7th-8th grade French

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Name: Amy Seelbaugh

Building/grade: Latin, Middle School

Hometown: Mars

Experience: Latin and English, Gateway School District

Name: E.G. Sipp

Building/grade: Seneca Valley Middle School/7th grade learning support

Hometown: Pittsburgh

Experience: Eight years at the Freedom School District and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit

Name: Jane Smith

Building/grade: 11th grade reading

Hometown: Butler

Experience: Three years at Seneca Valley

Name: Tara Tomczyk

Building/grade: Haine Elementary, 4th grade

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: Long-term substitute at CVE

Name: Mandy Toy

Building/grade: 5th grade learning support

Hometown: Worthington

Experience: 1½ years at Seneca Valley

Name: Deborah Wunsche

Building/grade: Rowan Elementary School SLP

Hometown: Cranberry Township

Experience: 1/2 year substitute, Children's Institute

Name: Rachael Zoelle

Building/grade: Learning support, Haine Elementary School

Hometown: Harmony

Experience: Six years, grades 3 to 5 learning support, Moon School District