First day: Wednesday

Enrollment: 7,400

Phone number: 724-452-6040

Web site: www.svsd.net

Lunch prices: $1.55 secondary; $1.45 elementary

New policies Homebound, revised; Attendance, revised; Transportation, revised; Acceptable Use of the Internet, revised; Megan's Law, new.In September, all board policies will be posted on the district Web site under policies listed on the school board page.

What's newThe start time for all kindergarten to sixth grade students will be 8:40 a.m. This is 5 minutes earlier than usual. Dismissal will remain at 3:15 p.m. This will enable the school to provide additional planning time for teachers.

New teachersElizabeth Allen-Boyle of Cranberry Township, fourth grade at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School, previously taught in the Tri-Valley School District, Dresden, Ohio.Amanda Armor of Natrona Heights, ninth grade English long-term substitute at Seneca Valley Intermediate High School, previously taught in the Highlands School District.Kimberly Belt of Gibsonia, sixth grade math at Haine Middle School, previously taught at Linton Middle School in the Penn Hills School District.Amber Bongiorno of Pittsburgh, speech therapist long-term substitute at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary, previously taught in the Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Va.DeAndra Boronyak of Cranberry Township, health and physical education at the intermediate high school, previously taught in the New Kensington-Arnold and Shaler Area school districts.Kenneth Cahall of Zelienople, sixth grade at Haine Middle School, previously taught at Glade Run Lutheran Services.Beth Clegg of Gibsonia, second grade long-term substitute at Haine Elementary School, previously taught in the Pleasant Valley School District.Katie Cramer of Beaver Falls, learning support teacher at Haine Elementary School.Jamie Frey of Gibsonia, second grade at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School.Meredith Gee of Cranberry Township, third grade long-term substitute at Evans City Elementary School, 2005 graduate of Temple University.Jessica Horzempa of Washington, music teacher at Evans City Middle School, previously taught in Ohio County Schools in Wheeling, W.Va.Tara Kauffelt of Pittsburgh, social studies at Seneca Valley Middle School, a 2008 graduate of St. Vincent College.Valerie Koehler, emotional/learning support teacher at the senior high school, previously taught at Brentwood High School.Meghan Lewis of Butler, German, at Seneca Valley Middle School, previously a long-term substitute in the Pine-Richland School District, a 2006 graduate of Allegheny College.Tammie Limmer of Pittsburgh, guidance counselor at Seneca Valley Middle School, previously worked at the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh.Angela Logero of Beaver, second grade long-term substitute at Haine Elementary School, a 2008 graduate of Robert Morris University.Danielle McCormick of New Castle, fifth grade at Haine Middle School, previous long-term substitute at Haine Middle School, 2003 graduate of Dickinson College.Ashley Moll of Cranberry Township, learning support teacher at Haine Elementary School, previous substitute in Seneca Valley, a 2008 graduate of Elizabethtown College.Emily Onik of Pittsburgh, health and physical education at the senior high school, earned a bachelor's in 2005 from the University of Maryland and a master's in 2007 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania;Heather Perella of Gibsonia, government and issues teacher at the senior high school, a 2005 graduate of Slippery Rock University.Ashley Pile of Cranberry Township, eighth grade English at Seneca Valley Middle School, a bachelor's from Lebanon Valley College in 2005, a master's from Point Park University in 2007.Valerie Rogers of Cranberry Township, mathematics at the senior high school, a 2008 graduate of St. Vincent College.Sarah Schmitz of Pittsburgh, special education teacher at the intermediate high school, a 2003 graduate of Clarion University.Signe Steinbuhler of Pittsburgh, French at Seneca Valley Middle School, earned a bachelor's degree in 2006 from Penn State and a master's degree in 2007 from the University of Pittsburgh.Dan Wilkins of Apollo, dean of students at the intermediate high school, previously taught at Chestnut Ridge and Altoona high schools.Courtney Williams of Zelienople, biology at the intermediate high school, a 2006 graduate of Slippery Rock University.