District Eyes Teacher Diversity After contentious board meeting
Residents criticized district hiring and afterschool oversight claiming lax standards and racial bias. Board president Mozzocio pledged action while noting district cannot police home life and urged community involvement. Gabriel said the district will investigate all criticisms and pursue minority recruitment with colleges to fill teaching roles.
Respress Says Graduation Clash Cost Job Interview
New Castle junior high principal Jacqueline M. Respress, a finalist for an administrative assistant to the superintendent, says a district declined to reschedule her second interview so she could attend her son's Johns Hopkins graduation. She notes Superintendent George Gabriel said he would have moved interviews with adequate notice. Her son Jonathan, a biomedical engineering graduate now headed for Baylor College of Medicine, urged her to return home.
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New Castle Council approves 25000 for demolitions and enforcement
New Castle City Council approved a 25000 budget transfer from personnel costs to fund demolition of dilapidated houses. Council also awarded 15300 to Siegel Excavating to demolish three homes and sold 704 Neshannock Blvd for 42551, with proceeds to escrow for potential project funding by the Greater New Castle Community Development Corp.
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