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To accomplish our mission of ensuring a quality education for all of Pennsylvania’s children, we must unite in purpose. As a collective of rural, small, and severely underfunded schools, we have power when we speak with one loud voice. Stay informed about the issues you need to know about when you connect here with us.
The PARSS golf tournament is on Wednesday, April 24 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mountain View Country Club. Please remember to bring your $30 donation. All donations and profits for the golf tournament are awarded in the form of scholarships to students in PARSS member school districts.
Please join us for our sips and snacks social on Thursday, April 25 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the exhibit hall of the Mountain View ballroom. We look forward to seeing you there!
PARSS membership has increased to 261 school districts and intermediate units. If you know of a neighboring school district that is not a member, please reach out to them and ask them to join. Remember, advocacy is not a spectator sport!
We wish to congratulate all of our 2023 PARSS scholarship winners!
- Ian Hall - Cambria Heights School District
- Caleb Bollman - Chestnut Ridge School District
- Jacob Lobaugh - Johnsonburg Area School District
- Abbey Mingear - Penns Valley School District
- Cole Bish - Redbank Valley School District
- Alexi Mentzer - Waynesboro Area School District
Way to go and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Dear PARSS Superintendents:
The Basic Education funding commission hearings will soon be underway throughout the state, and PARSS is asking you to attend. The court has ruled in our favor regarding unfair and inadequate school funding. It is not vital that we take the next steps forward toward a remedy.
To read the hearing request in its entirety, please see the link below.