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North East School District 2026 Board Meetings Schedule

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The North East School District Board of School Directors has established the 2026 regular board meetings for the first and third Thursday of each month in the North East Elementary School Board Room at 6:30 p.m. with the following changes: One meeting only in January will be held Thursday, January 15, 2026 April meetings will […]

NE School Board Schedules Reorganization Meeting with New Members

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The North East School District Board of School Directors has scheduled a reorganizational board meeting on December 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the North East Elementary School Board Room, 50 E. Division St. North East, PA and also virtually. The link to join the meeting will be located on […]

NE School District Seeks Proposals for Refuse Removal, Disposal and Recycling

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The North East School District is seeking proposals for Refuse Removal, Disposal and Recycling and will receive sealed proposals until December 2, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Specifications are available online at www.nesd1.org/business-office or at the Administration Office located at 50 E. Division Street, North East, PA 16428. (and linked below) The Board reserves the right […]

Rural PA Schools Make Big Changes to Address Declining Enrollment But Not NE

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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

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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 […]

NE School District Proposes Final Budget with Tax Increase of 2.98 Percent

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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 […]