Megan Tomasic
K12 Reporter at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Suburban education reporter for @PittsburghPG. Previously at @TribLIVE and @TheSunNews. @Duqedu grad. Tips: 724-433-4806, [email protected]
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1 day ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic
Several school board officials across the region are weighing options such as tax hikes or pulling from fund balances as they face budgetary deficits in their 2025-26 financial plans. Preliminary budgets being passed by school directors show high charter school tuition rates — districts are required to pay student tuition and provide transportation, by state law — and increasing salary and benefit costs.
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2 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic |Shaylah Brown
Acrisure Stadium transformed into a bustling assembly line Wednesday as hundreds of volunteers packed 1,750 meal kits for families in need. Now in its fourth year, the large-scale food distribution is one of United Way’s signature efforts to fight food insecurity across the region. In partnership with Bayer, a global pharmaceutical company, as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Giant Eagle, United Way will distribute the kits to 23 local organizations across the region.
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2 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic
The final race in the Pittsburgh Public School Board election has been settled. In a Wednesday evening Facebook post, District 9 candidate Allie Petonic conceded to incumbent Gene Walker. The decision came after the May 20 election pitted the candidates head-to-head for most of the week before a final precinct put Mr. Walker in the lead.
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2 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic
More than 60 people called on the McKeesport Area School Board Wednesday night to provide answers over a failed partnership with the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation. The special voting meeting held in the district board room often devolved into arguments between attendees and board members, with board President Mark Holtzman at one point banging a gavel to quiet the audience.
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3 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Maddie Aiken |Megan Tomasic
At the end of every school year, students can often be awarded with medals or certificates for their achievements. But on a recent Friday, a group of Sto-Rox students were handed something different — cash prizes. The cash prizes — which ranged from $50 to $5,000 — were for winners of the People Rising in Determined Effort, or PRIDE, a new program at Sto-Rox High School that started this past spring.
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