First day: Sept. 3

Enrollment: 7,350

Lunch: Elementary $1.45; secondary $1.55

New administrators:• Lynn Burtner of Cranberry Township is the new business manager. She previously was the business manager for the Butler School District and vice president of administration and finance at Butler County Community College.• Sean VanScoyoc from Mount Pleasant is the new information technology director. He previously was the technology director for the Mount Pleasant School District.• Lauri Pendred of Saxonburg is the new Evans City Elementary principal. She previously was the Evans City Elementary and Middle School assistant principal.• Jodie Perry of Cranberry Township is the new Seneca Valley High School Assistant Principal. She previously was a special education teacher in the district.• Ryan Conn of Pittsburgh is the new district psychologist.

New teachers:• Jennifer Alvarado of Warrendale is a new sixth grade teacher at Haine Middle School.• Karen Arendt of Mars is a long-term substitute in art at Haine Middle School.• Amber Bongiorno of Pittsburgh is a new speech/language teacher at Connoquenessing Valley.• Beth Clegg of Gibsonia is a long-term substitute in reading at Haine Elementary School.• Katherine Halliday of Gibsonia is a long-term substitute in math at Seneca Valley Middle School.• Donald Holl of Cranberry Township is a new social studies teacher at the senior high.• David Massullo of Zelienople of is a new Seneca Valley Junior ROTC instructor.• Matthew McGrath of Pittsburgh is a new social studies teacher at the senior high.• Amy Palaski of Seven Fields is a new chemistry teacher at the senior high.• Julia Pessia of Pittsburgh is a long-term substitute in fifth grade at Haine Middle School.• Catherine Smolter of Pittsburgh is a new learning support teacher at the senior high.• Paolo Tolomeo of Glenshaw is a new sixth grade teacher at Haine Middle School.• Christina Waters of Ambridge is a long-term substitute in learning support at Haine Elementary.• Amber Dunn of Pittsburgh is a one-year intern reading specialist at Haine Elementary and Middle School.• Elizabeth Green of Pittsburgh is a one-year intern reading specialist at Haine Elementary and Middle School.

What's new:District and area law enforcement officials have been reviewing several plans to address a recent bridge closure by the state Department of Transportation that may create a number of transportation problems when school starts. PennDOT is working to replace the Hartmann Road Bridge in Jackson Township and anticipate it will be closed for the entire 2009-10 school year. Because of this, about 1,200 vehicles will enter and exit the campus each day from Little Creek Road to Seneca School Road in Harmony.This is the first full year of the Seneca Valley Cyber Service Program. Also, the district plans to unveil this fall several online changes, including a parent portal for cafeteria purchases and how to fill out informational forms via an online site. A second semester relaunching of the district Web site is also expected.

School phone number:• 724-452-6040

Web site: www.svsd.net