HARTWOOD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
HONOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS
F
ive Hartwood Elementary
School fifth-grade students
honored the Fox Chapel
Area School Board in January
during School Director Recognition
Month. The students read a poem
that they wrote and presented it
to the Board, along with gifts of
appreciation.
The poem is below, along with a
small speech the students gave to
acknowledge the work of the district’s
school directors.
“School Board is for
Creating
Happiness in
Our
Optimistic
Lives
Because of
Our
Awesome
Respected
District
Our School Board is a very important
part of our district. The School Board
is special because they provide guidance
and financial support for all of the
schools. We
cherish our
respected
School
Board and
the members
who spend
their time
to make our
community
better.”
According
to Hartwood
Elementary
School Principal Rachel
Fischbaugh, Ed.D., the
students worked together
to research the role of
the School Board in order
to thank them for the
opportunities the Board
provides to all students.
“We are so proud of
the work our kids put
in to honor our School
Board,” Dr. Fischbaugh says. “Not only
did they thank the School Board, but
they also learned about the importance
of public service.”
The fifth-grade presenters were
Cameryn Brindza, Max Bryson,
Elina Neumann, Evelyn Owens, and
Lilah Rivera.
SCHOOL BOARD REORGANIZATION MEETING
T
he Fox Chapel Area Board of School Directors
held its annual reorganization meeting
December 3, 2019. Somer Obernauer Jr. was
elected president, Marybeth Dadd was elected
vice president, Edith Cook, Ph.D., was elected assistant
secretary, and Eric Hamilton was elected treasurer.
The Board will meet on the following dates:
• April 13, 2020 (Combined Meeting): Fox Chapel Area High
School LGI Room
• May 4, 2020 (Combined Meeting): Dorseyville Middle
School Auditorium
• June 1, 2020 (Agenda Study Session): O’Hara Elementary
School Auditorium
• June 8, 2020 (Regular Business Meeting): Fox Chapel Area
High School LGI Room
• Aug. 10, 2020 (Combined Meeting): Fox Chapel Area High
School LGI Room
• Sept. 14, 2020 (Combined Meeting): Fox Chapel Area High
School LGI Room
• Oct. 5, 2020 (Agenda Study Session): A.W. Beattie
Career Center
• Oct. 12, 2020 (Regular Business Meeting): Fox Chapel Area
High School LGI Room
• Nov. 2, 2020 (Agenda Study Session): Kerr Elementary
School Multipurpose Room
• Nov. 9, 2020 (Regular Business Meeting): Fox Chapel Area
High School LGI Room
• Dec. 1, 2020 (Reorganization Meeting and Combined
Meeting): Fox Chapel Area High School LGI Room
The School Board’s annual reorganization meeting will be held
December 1, immediately before the combined meeting. All
meetings begin at 7 p.m.
Additionally, as part of the reorganization meeting,
re-elected Board member Lisa Rutkowski*, and newly elected
Board members Ms. Dadd, Mr. Hamilton, Ronald Frank,
and Vanessa Lynch were all sworn in by the Honorable
David Wecht, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania.
Other members of the School Board are Adam Goode and
Dharmesh Vyas, M.D., Ph.D.
*Mrs. Rutkowski resigned from the Board in February.
FOX CHAPEL AREA
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SPRING 2020
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