Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Dr. Mary Bucci outlines proposed final budget for 2012-13 school year.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Dear Community: While school might be winding down, the district continues the difficult task of balancing the budget for the next year. At its regular meeting on May 21, 2012, the board voted on a proposed final general fund budget for 2012-2013 with total expenditures of $66,849,169 and total revenues of $66,376,549 with a fund balance utilization of $472,619. The proposed final general fund budget would call for a 4.308 percent tax increase to balance the budget bringing the millage rate from 21.9084 to 22.8522. The board will officially vote on the budget and millage increase at the regular meeting on June 25, 2012. This proposed final general fund budget calls for elimination of five and half physical education positions. The …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Dr. Mary Bucci provides information about budget and comparisons to other school districts.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
The Pine-Richland School Board has started debating what to do with its 2012-13 budget, which has a $2 million gap between revenue and expenses. Public debate is heating up about the possibility of raising taxes and cutting personnel and programs. Today, Superintendent Mary Bucci released the following letter about the budget. It included the chart and graph to the right of this article. Dear Parents/Community: As you know, the district has been working very hard to balance the budget for 2012-2013. We have excellent teachers and programs, which makes it very difficult to balance the budget. If we had unlimited resources, we wouldn't have difficult decisions to make. These are the same decisions schools have been facing for several …
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Guy Rossi to assume assistant superintendent post in January.
Richland Elementary Principal Dr. Guy Rossi will be leaving his job in January to become the assistant superintendent in the Plum Borough School District. The Plum Borough School Board hired Rossi and several other administrators during a special meeting on Tuesday. His contract begins Jan. 2 and ends Dec. 31, 2014. He will be paid $107,000 annually. Rossi said Wednesday that he was excited about the new opportunity, but sad at the thought of leaving. "I will do everything I can to ensure a smooth transition," Rossi said. "Guy is a fantastic instructional leader and worthy of this promotion," Pine-Richland Superintendent Dr. Mary Bucci said. "We will miss him dearly." Rossi came to Richland Elementary 10 years ago "almost to the day," he …
Monday, September 26, 2011
Dr. Mary Bucci invites parents, guardians and community members to chat about Pine-Richland schools.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Pine-Richland Superintendent Dr. Mary Bucci wants to chat. She has invited the public to “Coffee & Conversation Sessions” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday at the school district’s administrative office building at 702 Warrendale Road in Gibsonia. The school district’s $63 million budget, the Pine-Richland High School expansion project and strategic planning for the district are some of the topics she said she would like to address. “As parents, you are important stakeholders in our district. With that in mind, I'd like to keep the communication lines open with you and hope you join in on the discussion about the district,” Bucci said in an email invitation. The Tuesday session begins a half-hour before an open house at Pine-…
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Videos featuring Superintendent Bucci and Assistant Superintendent Foley are posted on YouTube.
The technology company servicing Pine-Richland School District is getting the word out about its work through YouTube and five of its promotional videos star the district's superintendent and assistant superintendent. Superintendent Dr. Mary Bucci and Assistant Superintendent Dr. David Foley speak about the district's technological problems and demands and how VARtek provided a "total solution." VARtek, an Ohio-based company that specializes in technology solutions for K-12 schools, contracted with the Pine-Richland School District for $1.2 million in the spring of 2010. VARtek's website states: "Pine Richland School District, a suburban Pittsburgh, PA school district with 4,500 students and 2,500 computers, was able to save over $250,000…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Three persons tapped for steering committee.
The call for volunteers to help craft a vision of the future of Pine-Richland schools has been answered by about 85 people, said Superintendent Dr. Mary Bucci. Three have been tapped for the steering committee that will oversee the effort, Bucci told the Pine-Richland School Board on Monday. She announced that the following people have been chosen to serve: Caitlyn Bogosta – a Pine-Richland Middle School teacher, student government advisor and an alumna of the school district; Andrew Calabrese – a Pine Township resident whose children are at the secondary level of school; and Srikanth Mruthik – a Richland Township resident who is MEDRAD’s director of radiology software and informatics. The three will join Bucci, Pine-Richland School Board …
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Strategic planning process involves entire community.
The Pine-Richland School District is looking for volunteers to help plan for the future in a strategic-planning process. Volunteers will have a voice in the process to shape and guide the school district over the next six years. “The PR School Board is organizing a steering committee and subcommittees to include a broad cross section of our community: students and alumni 18+ years, parents of students, other taxpayers, administrators and faculty/staff members,” said Superintendent Dr. Mary Bucci in an announcement asking for volunteers. The process spans September 2011 to February 2012, said Bucci. “If you are a Pine or Richland Township resident, an alumnus/alumnae, or a PRSD faculty or staff member and would like to volunteer, please …
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Try these phone numbers if main line does not work.
Having problems giving Pine-Richland School District a ring? Superintendent Dr. Mary Bucci said Monday that the main phone line is not working properly. She is encouraging callers to use these numbers: 724-625-4563 and 724-625-4564 if the district's main number, 724-625-7773, is not working. Bucci said a new phone system will be in place at the beginning of August. Currently, the district administration offices are in the midst of a construction zone at 702 Warrendale Road in Pine Township. The offices are located at the back of Pine-Richland High School, which is undergoing an expansion and renovation project.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Dr. Mary Bucci informs community about $63 million budget.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
In a letter that starts out "Dear Partner in Education," Pine-Richland's superintendent of schools Wednesday informed the community of the school board's recent budget vote that calls for no tax increase. "The Pine-Richland School Board approved a $63 million budget without increasing taxes," Dr. Mary Bucci wrote in an open letter that is published on the district's website. It explains that the 2011-12 general fund budget "includes total expenditures of $63,900,266 and total revenues of $63,050,546 with a fund balance utilization of $849,720 for capital improvements and potential payouts for retirements." The months-long budget process was particularly tense this year because the district needed to find $1.5 million in cuts to balance …
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Friday, April 29, 2011
The $63 million budget unveiled by the district administration this week calls for $1.5 million in cuts and no tax increase.
Pine-Richland School District's superintendent unveiled a $63 million budget this week that has good news and bad news, depending on how you look at it. Good news: No increase to the 21.9084 mills tax rate on real estate. Bad news: $1.5 million cuts have far-ranging effects. What do you think of the budget? Do you view it as good news or bad? Tell us in the Comments Box at the end of this article. Dr. Mary Bucci, superintendent of schools, gave a lengthy PowerPoint presentation at Monday's school board meeting that outlined the cuts and compared Pine-Richland's numbers to those of other school districts in Allegheny County. To view the district's proposed budget, click here. The school board will vote on the proposed final budget May 9 and…
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8:05 am on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
So I understand the programs in music and art will not be cut. What is the impact to the physical education program and do the graduation requirements change ? more ›