Furloughs for 2019-20 approved at South Allegheny

By Beth Hope-Cushey

For the MV Independent

The South Allegheny School District will furlough four teachers and cut a full-time health aide to part-time for the 2019-2020 school year. 

The furloughed positions include a full-time secondary science teacher, a full-time secondary physical education teacher and a full-time elementary teacher. 

The changes were approved in a 6-3 vote at Wednesday night’s school board meeting with Bryan Myers and Troy Mitchell voting no and Amy Moranelli-Johnson abstaining.  

Michael Crown, president of the South Allegheny Education Association, said the union didn’t want to see any job losses and was hoping that the district would go in a different direction.  

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