McKeesport Area School District names Wanzo new superintendent

By Stacy Wolford

By JEFF STITT
jstitt@yourmvi.com
“Once a Tiger, always a Tiger” is a popular maxim in the communities of McKeesport, Dravosburg, Versailles, South Versailles and White Oak. And Dr. Tia M. Wanzo takes the motto to heart. So much so that she used it to cap off a short speech during a McKeesport Area School Board special meeting Wednesday. Board directors James Brown, Dave Donato, Diane Elias, Dan Goughnour, Joe Lopretto, LaToya Wright Brown, board Vice President Steve Kondrosky and President Mindy Lundberg on Wednesday unanimously voted to award Wanzo a five-year superintendent contract. She will be paid $165,000 per year. Director Matt Holtzman was absent.

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