A dedicated, hard-working faculty is essential to any school district. It’s also imperative that a community pay its teachers a competitive rate.
The Butler School Distr...
Friday’s terror attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people and left the world feeling shaken and vulnerable.
Already nearly forgotten is the terror attack in Beirut th...
There’s no reason to believe that the sale of Broad Street Elementary to The Arc of Butler County is anything but a win-win.
Butler School District gets to unload a vaca...
Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican Legislature are reportedly making headway toward a state budget that’s now nearly five months overdue.
One of the breakthroughs, apparen...
Crises in Pennsylvania public education aren’t difficult to find these days, but if you’re searching for an often-overlooked problem, look no further than the men and wo...
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At the Veterans Day parade on Wednesday, the collective conduct of the incoming and outgoing Butler County commissioners pointed to a smooth political transition ...
It’s the most basic common sense: Exercise is essential.
But not at Mars High School, where the board is considering a proposal to cut the physical education requirement...
Few people in Pennsylvania know the names Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty or David Wecht. Fewer still know Alice Dubow or Michael Wojcik.
Despite most voters knowing ...
It’s puzzling that the South Butler County School District plans to convert the full-time principal position at South Butler Intermediate Elementary School.
Last month, ...
It's been said that nobody hates war like an old soldier.
In a Washington Post column he wrote two years ago, author Sebastian Junger mentioned he was a guest on a natio...
