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=By Stacy Lee= =//Published in the McKeesport Daily News//= =//4/27/11//= = = = = =Steel Valley School District has cut 56 positions for the 2011-12 school year.= =Some cried and some had to walk out after the school board voted to eliminate teaching and other staff positions Tuesday night by an 8-0 vote.= =Board vice president Kimberly Kubancsek left the meeting before the vote.= =Positions at the elementary level cut or reduced in hours include one elementary counselor, one elementary literacy coach, an elementary math coach, two kindergarten teachers, one first-grade teacher at both Barrett and Park elementaries, one Park Elementary second-grade teacher, one third-grade teacher at Barrett and Park, one Barrett fourth-grade teacher, two Park fifth-grade teachers and one Franklin Primary Center special education teacher.= =At the high school level, cuts included 1.5 secondary counselors, the middle school dean of students, the high school dean of students, two math teachers, one social studies teacher, two English teachers, three science teachers, one physical education teacher, one special education teacher, one gifted support teacher, one school nurse, 1.5 foreign language teachers, one technology education teacher and one business education teacher.= =The athletic director and family consumer science positions will be reduced to part-time.= =District-wide positions cut included two music teachers, two art teachers, 2.5 library teachers and the coordinator of grants and special programs.= =District support personnel being furloughed include two part-time secretaries, one business office secretary, one office of pupil personnel services secretary, nine paraprofessionals, one cafeteria aide and one security guard. Residency aide positions will be reduced to part-time.= =The nine paraprofessional cuts leave none in the district.= =The halves signify a full-time position being taken down to a part-time position.= =Last month, six paraprofessional and six custodian positions were eliminated.= =The cuts are expected to save the district $4.5 million.= ="This is an unfortunate outcome of the goings on in Harrisburg," said Daniel Carey, Pennsylvania State Education Association regional field director. "The solution is going to have to come from Harrisburg. Every district has unique local concerns."= = = = = = = = Read more: [|Steel Valley School Board cuts 56 teaching and staff jobs - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] [] = = = = = = = = Steel Valley School Board MOTION 6.14 = =News= =home=