Wednesday, April 24, 2013
U.S. News' annual high school rankings are out, and Baldwin High School didn't make the list.
Baldwin High School is unranked in U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of America's best high schools released this week. The No. 1 high school in Pennsylvania is Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia. Nearby Upper St. Clair High School ranked No. 7 and Mt. Lebanon High School ranked No. 11. Schools are evaluated based on overall student performance on state tests, Advanced Placement (AP) tests and International Baccalaureate exams. Rankings also take into account how well schools educate black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students, according to a release from the publication. The rankings are designed to capture how well high schools educate all of their students and prepare them for …
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
B-W officials reject a voluntary acceptance of Duquesne students.
Baldwin-Whitehall School District officials will not voluntarily accept students from the Duquesne City School District—a decision that B-W Superintendent Dr. Randal A. Lutz made known at Wednesday night's B-W School Board meeting. But that's not to say that Duquesne City students couldn't end up in Baldwin-Whitehall's public schools one day. Duquesne students in grades 7 through 12 are currently enrolled in the nearby West Mifflin Area and East Allegheny school districts thanks to mandates handed down by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. And should future legislation occur that causes a similar mandate for Duquesne students in kindergarten through sixth grade, those K-6 students would be sent out-of-district, as well, including, …
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Could you answer these questions?
Students from over 20 school districts convened at Baldwin High School on Friday to answer questions from a de facto American civics test that, hopefully, the rest of us would do just as well on. And some of the over 300 students at the event did so well on the test that they walked away as champions of the first-ever regional "America Bowl." The competition—the brainchild of J.E. Harrison Middle School language arts teacher Daniel Shaner—was organized by the Baldwin-Whitehall School District's Gifted Program and pitted teams of four students apiece at both the elementary- and middle-school levels against one another. Students answered questions in group and individual formats (with time restrictions) and combined their scores to determine…
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
But the school board did approve creating that position on Wednesday night. And read more from Wednesday's board meeting here.
Only Interim Principal Position Approved Baldwin-Whitehall School District Superintendent Dr. Randal A. Lutz is not ready to recommend someone to be the interim principal at Baldwin High School, but the position itself was created by a 9-0 vote from the B-W School Board on Wednesday night. The position became necessary after Baldwin High Principal Kevin O'Toole was granted a leave of absence in January. O'Toole's leave—district administration has not divulged the reason for it—is expected to last for the entire spring semester. Lutz said on Wednesday that he is still trying to find a hire. "I've had conversations with a few different individuals," Lutz said. "There's not someone who I've identified yet as available for this position. Who …
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
End-of-course assessments—they'll be required soon for graduation—determine proficiency of some high school courses and will be given again in Baldwin-Whitehall starting on Jan. 9.
What Is Changing It's not that Baldwin High School students shouldn't take standardized tests seriously. After all, it's their tests' scores that show how well their school is doing. And how well their school is doing tells employers and college admissions offices how good of an education that their prospects have gotten. But the seriousness should see an uptick at Baldwin High soon—if it hasn't already—as the Keystone Exams begin their implementation at the high school level this school year. Not only will students' performances on those examinations be placed on their transcripts starting with the 2016-17 school year, but also, if members of the Class of 2017 do not show proficiency on the Keystones, they won't be allowed to graduate (…
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Baldwin-Whitehall school director was interrupted a week ago.
At a Baldwin-Whitehall School Board meeting on Wednesday, board President Nancy Sciulli DiNardo interrupted fellow board member Nancy Lee Crowder while Crowder was explaining the credentials of her own nominee for a vacancy on the board. Crowder halted her explanation but ultimately nominated a "Karen Brown." Brown failed to earn appointment to the board by receiving only one "yes" vote—from Crowder. Instead, longtime B-W School Board member and former state Rep. Martin Michael Schmotzer rejoined the board by a 5-3 vote. The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch asked Crowder for her full remarks. Here they are (completing part in bold): I have reviewed each and every application as instructed to do so. When there's an open seat on the board, it allows …
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The school's officials are applying for a revision of its conditional building use in Baldwin Township so as to increase enrollment.
Officials from the Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School are having no trouble finding students. In fact, children are on a waiting list to gain admission to the public school found on Newport Drive in Baldwin Township. But whether or not the school's building will legally be able to hold all of those kids is another matter. On Tuesday night, Young Scholars President Dr. Melih Demirkan and CEO Alpaslan Ozdogan appeared before the Baldwin Township Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners to officially apply for a revision of the school's conditional use application in the township. Demirkan said that officials at Young Scholars, which has a current enrollment of just fewer than 180 students, want to add 40 more …
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Board member Kevin Fischer wants more than adequate progress.
Dr. Randal A. Lutz knows that it's not an easy job—for him or for anyone who works under him in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District. But that doesn't change their duties, and Lutz, in his first year as Baldwin-Whitehall's superintendent, says that he's ready to work even harder. During a B-W School Board meeting on Sept. 5, district administration reported that only half of B-W's tested schools are achieving adequate yearly progress (AYP) levels. The board responded by charging Lutz with the task of leading the district to drastically improved scores on students' standardized tests—sooner rather than later. "There was a lot about it (the AYP report) that was very difficult to see," Lutz said a week later during Wednesday night's board …
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
The school district falls to the state's 'Warning' level.
A year after seeing each of its tested schools achieve adequate yearly progress (AYP) levels, the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board absorbed the sobering news on Wednesday night that only half of those schools made AYP this year. Assistant Superintendent Denise Sedlacek made the announcement to the school board at its September agenda meeting, revealing that Whitehall Elementary and Baldwin High schools failed to make AYP and that the B-W School District itself has been saddled with a "Warning" tag by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). Specifically, Whitehall Elementary hit 17 out of its 19 AYP targets, while Baldwin High hit 12 out of its 15. The B-W schools that made AYP were W.R. Paynter Elementary (13 out of 13 targets) and J…
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Remaining notes from a May 2 Baldwin-Whitehall School Board meeting.
Online Registration Deborah A. Hindmarch, the Baldwin-Whitehall School District's information systems manager, formally suggested to the B-W School Board on Wednesday night that the district begin to utilize paperless options for enrolling children in its grade levels and in its particular courses. Hindmarch specifically recommended entering into a three-year contract with SRC Solutions, Inc., of Dunmore, PA, at a cost of $20,346.75 for the first year and $14,768.50 each for the second and third years. Hindmarch said that a partnership with SRC Solutions would save the district a little over $2,000 per year in paper and mailing costs, not to mention costs associated with the labor of sorting through physical paperwork. Digital enrollment …
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Repulsed Resident
1:03 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I agree with you disgusted, our district has gone to hell with Randy Lutz at the helm. It is time to rethink the entire leadership of this district. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If we continue to allow the meek lead our district, that is the definition of insanity. We need a leader, not a coward! more ›