Back to school series: McKeesport emphasizing technology

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Parents in the McKeesport Area School District will be spend tomorrow morning waking their kids up, helping them load their backpacks and begging them not to miss their buses as they head back to school.

Teachers have been decorating their classrooms and crafting lesson plans for the past two weeks, and the food service staff has been hard at work getting changes to one of the cafeterias set.

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