A number that is surprisingly hard to come by, as it doesn’t appear anywhere on the school district website that I’ve seen, is exactly how many students there are currently in the North East School District. It was interesting to see a page, included in the backup documents for the upcoming school board meeting on […]
New Repurposed Arch Goes Up at Freeport Beach
The redirected and repurposed arch, initially planned for the North East School District, has been erected at its new location. When it did not get approved for use at the school, even though work on it had begun, it was determined it would have a new home at the entrance to Freeport Beach which made […]
NE School Board Votes to Spend $32 Million with 3.48 Percent Tax Increase
In a 6 to 2 vote, the North East School Board voted to accept the proposed Final Budget with a tax increase of 3.48 percent. What that means, is that the compounded tax increase over six years, the previous five and next year, comes to 21.95 percent! How much per student? Look at the above […]
NESD Wants Another 3.48 Percent School Tax Increase – After Five Years of Increases
This has got to stop. After raising taxes for the five previous years, the school district wants to raise them again for the sixth consecutive year, this time 3.48 percent. The NE School District is living in a bubble and seems unaware, or doesn’t care, that the NE community is having a very difficult time. […]
NE School District Conducting Investigation of Employee Placed on Leave
The North East School District has notified the community of an investigation of a district employee. No other information has been made available. NESD notification follows: This correspondence is to inform you that law enforcement authorities are currently conducting an investigation involving a District employee. The employee has been placed on administrative leave pending further […]
Rural PA Schools Make Big Changes to Address Declining Enrollment But Not NE
A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette details the situation across northern PA where rural and small school districts are facing declining student enrollment and smaller budgets. The schools have taken several actions to deal with the issues, among them sharing services and merging districts, even sharing a superintendent. The North East School District […]
Not Enough Players for JV Football Team But Nice Looking Football Field
While looking over the backup documents for the NE School Board meeting on August 7th, I noticed something interesting. There is a section that lays out the various schedules for the upcoming season and the JV football schedule has an asterisk: The JV season is pending having enough players. I seem to remember pointing out […]
NESD Proposed 2025-2026 Final Budget Details with 2.98 Percent Tax Increase
The North East School District Board of School Directors has adopted a proposed final budget in the amount of $31,121,303 for the 2025-2026 school year at its regular meeting held on April 24, 2025. The budget is available for public inspection on the District’s website, www.NESD1.org (and at the links below). Final action will be […]
NE School District Proposes Final Budget with Tax Increase of 2.98 Percent
The proposed final budget of the North East School District has a proposed tax increase of 2.98 percent. This follows an almost 4 percent increase in each of the previous three years. The election to choose new school board members really does count. If you think the school district should live within its means and […]
NE School District Proposes 3.98 Percent Tax Increase Following Similar Increases for the Previous 3 Years
The North East School District, is proposing another tax increase of 3.98 percent. This follows increases the previous three years of 3.83, 3.82 and 3.94 percent. With a commitment to woke policies, DEI and safe spaces along with declining student enrollment and constant tax increases, perhaps the taxpayers of North East should just say no. […]
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