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Pittsburgh Public Schools is the public school district serving the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and adjacent Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. As of the 2021–2022 school year, the district operates 54 schools with 4,192 employees (2,070 teachers) and 20,350 students, and has a budget of $668.3 million. [ 3 ]
The schools below were built under the sub-district system and taken over by the Board of Public Education in 1911. [1] [2] Some sub-districts gave unique names to each school, while others used numbered schools (e.g. Colfax No. 1). The school board renamed all of the numbered schools in 1912.
The school opened in 1911 in the renovated former Margaretta Street elementary school and was rededicated in honor of Highland Park physician Dr. Benjamin Helm Peabody. After 100 years in operation, the school board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools voted to close the school and graduate its final class in 2011. [1]
Anthony Hamlet was the superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from July 1, 2016 to October 1, 2021.In September 2021, Hamlet announced his resignation as superintendent following a state investigation that found he committed multiple ethics violations.
The school served students in kindergarten through 8th grade and was equipped with specialized facilities including rooms for wood shop, drafting, and home economics, as well as an auditorium, two gymnasiums, and a swimming pool. [11] The school remains in operation as Pittsburgh Public Schools Greenfield PreK–8 as of 2024. [12]
Westinghouse High School served a diverse population of middle- and working-class individuals who lived in the Homewood neighborhood. [10] To relieve crowding at Peabody High School, the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education opened two new East End high schools in 1912, using Woolslair Elementary in Bloomfield and Baxter Elementary in Homewood as temporary locations while permanent buildings ...
HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale Community Schools Board of Education has narrowed its search for its next superintendent to three candidates after first-round interviews were conducted April 1-2.. On ...
The current school was originally constructed as the Seventh Ward Public School and designed by architect Joseph Stillburg [2] in the then Allegheny City. [3] The neighborhood of Spring Hill was settled predominantly by German immigrants, one of whom, Damas Lutz owned the land on what is now Damas Street, and he was the one to sell the land for the original construction of the two-story brick ...