The approximately 25 students in
kindergarten through fifth grade
sang the “Fairview Foxes” for the
School Board and presented them
with small tokens of appreciation
for all of their hard work. Parents
accompanied their children and
both parents and School Board
members took photos and videos
of the performance. The song
“Fairview Foxes” was written by
the school’s fifth graders a few
years ago as part of a Great Ideas
Grant.
School Director Recognition
Month is held each January. It
was started by the Pennsylvania
School Boards Association in an
effort to recognize the time and
commitment that School Board
members devote to their schools
and communities.
SCHOOL BOARD REORGANIZATION MEETING
T
he Fox Chapel Area Board
of School Directors held
its annual reorganization
meeting December 1, 2015.
Terry L. Wirginis was elected president,
Nancy B. Foster was elected vice
president, and Sandra M. Garbisch was
re-elected assistant secretary.
The Board also set the following meeting
schedule for 2016:
Agenda Study Sessions
April 4 (Hartwood Elementary School);
May 2 (Dorseyville Middle School); June
6 (O’Hara Elementary School); August 15
(Fox Chapel Area High School – August
15 is a combined agenda study session
and regular business meeting); September
12 (Fox Chapel Area High School –
September 12 is a combined agenda study
session and regular business meeting);
October 10 (A.W. Beattie Career Center);
November 7 (Kerr Elementary School);
and December 5 (Fox Chapel Area High
School – December 5 is a combined
agenda study session and regular business
meeting).
immediately following the December
combined agenda study session and
regular business meeting at Fox Chapel
Area High School.
Regular Business Meetings
Additionally, re-elected School Board
members Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Garbisch,
Somer Obernauer Jr., Lisa M. Rutkowski,
Eric C. Schmidt, and Mr. Wirginis were
sworn in by the Honorable David Wecht,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania, at the reorganization
meeting. Dharmesh Vyas, M.D., Ph.D.,
also elected, was sworn in on a different
date.
April 11; May 9; June 13; August 15
(August 15 is a combined agenda
study session and regular business
meeting); September 12 (September
12 is a combined agenda study session
and regular business meeting); October
17; November 14; and December 5
(December 5 is a combined agenda study
session and regular business meeting). All
regular business meetings are held at Fox
Chapel Area High School.
The School Board’s annual reorganization
meeting will be held December 5,
All Board meetings are held on Mondays
at 7 p.m.
Treasurer Charles R. Burke Jr. and Joel R.
Weinstein are also members of the Fox
Chapel Area Board of School Directors.
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FOX C HAP E L ARE A SC HOOL N E WS
T
he Fairview Elementary
School students stood
anxiously outside the
room where the School
Board was meeting. They were
excited to honor the Fox Chapel
Area School Board for School
Director Recognition Month.
Fox Chapel Area
FAIRVIEW STUDENTS HONOR SCHOOL BOARD