Mohawk district budget plan trims staff to close deficit
Mohawk district plans to cut 4 elementary teachers across grades 1 4 plus two math and physical education staff and a half time music post and two custodians by year end to meet a looming 700000 to 1 million deficit. Despite cuts class sizes will average 24. enrollment has fallen 21 percent in a decade.
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Leitera
Leitern
David Caughey
The
Mohawk Education Association
Mohawk co-principal Grego Ferencak resigns effective June 30
Mohawk Area high school co-principal Grego ry Ferencak will leave the district at the end of June to join Derry Area School District in Westmoreland County. He has six years in Mohawk and will start July 1 at a salary of 103000 in Derry. The Mohawk board reluctantly accepted the resignation at Monday night’s meeting. Superintendent Michael Leitera praised Ferencak as an extremely talented educator and a ray of sunshine, saying he will be missed.
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Mohawk Area High School
Gregory Ferencak
Ferencak
Derry Area
Westmoreland County
Michael Leitera
Leitera
Boston Mutual Live Insurance Co
Ashley Graziani
Investigation into earthquakes near Hilcorp fracking site
State DEP officials continue review of a series of five minor quakes near Hilcorp’s oil drilling pad in North Beaver Township on April 25. DEP will issue a report after completing data review with Hilcorp, with no timetable until definitive conclusions are drawn. Hilcorp has halted operations at the site as the investigation proceeds.
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Hilcorp
North
Beaver Township
Melanie Williams
State Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Williams
McClelland Road
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
UPMC Expands by Mergers to Boost Clinical Programs
UPMC plans to take over back office tasks such as patient billing and IT to fund clinical programs across affiliates like UPMC Mercy and UPMC East. Officials note improvements from access to capital, with new transplant work at Hamet and cautious job stability at Jameson after the merger. Physicians recruitment remains a key challenge as the system integrates.
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UPMC
DeMichiel
Upmc Mercy
Upmc Hamet
Upmc Altoona
Upmc East
Monroeville
Leslie Davis
Upmc Health Services Division
Hamet
Erie
Jameson
Davis
Jameson's
Timeline of UPMC Hospital Affiliations and Mergers
UPMC officials outline early mergers from the 1990s with a timeline of affiliations. Montefiore Hospital joined April 18 1990 and merged into UPMC Presbyterian July 1 1993. UPMC South Side joined May 1 1996 and merged into UPMC Mercy July 1 2009. Other milestones include UPMC St Margaret February 28 1997 and Shadyside April 1 1997, with a merger to form UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside May 3 2003. Additional sites and dates: Passavant October 31, Bedford Memorial February 1 1998, Rehabilitation Hospital February 1 1998 merged into South Side June 30 2005, McKeesport May 1 ww KS, Horizon September 1 1998, Magee-Womens Hospital April 1 1999, Northwest November 1 2000, Children’s Hospital November 1 2001 opened May 2 2009, Mercy January 1 2008, Hamet February 1 2011, East July 1 2012, Altoona July 1 2013, Jameson May 2 2016. UPMC touts a growing brand to attract patients and notes case-by-case expansions including a pending affiliation with Susquehanna Health and a planned acquisition of UPMC Chautauqua.
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UPMC
Montefiore Hospital
Upmc Presbyterian
Upmc South Side
Upmc Mercy
St. Margaret
Shadyside
Bedford Memorial
Upmc Rehabilitation Hospital
McKeesport
Upmc Horizon
Magee-Womens Hospital
Upmc Northwest
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Hamet
Upmc East
Altoona
Jameson
Davis
UMPC
Susquehanna Health
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Upmc Chautauqua
WCA
New York
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WEWS
Mohawk School Board
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Jonathan Laughner
First Commonwealth Bank
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Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust
Wells Fargo
Bank of Record
First Choice
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eSharp Collections Agency
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center
Marvin
New Castle
Marvin Gardens
Atlantic Avenue
Ed Fedema
Cmas
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