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A review of PTA meetings held in the Easton Area School District throughout the school year.School for students in the Easton Area School District is going to last a little longer this year. Gov. Tom Corbett has informed school districts that the first day of school on Aug. 29 that students missed because of Hurricane Irene must be made up, Maureen Martyak, vice president of the Shawnee Elementary School PTA, reported at the group's October meeting Tuesday night. That missed day will be tacked on to end of the school year at Shawnee, Martyak said. The meeting mainly focused on how Shawnee is implementing the Positive Behavior Interventions and Support initiative. Shawnee Principal …
The fate of the missed first day of school for students in the Easton Area School District is in the hands of the governor. Jodi Maltese, president of the Shawnee Elementary PTA, told a group of 25 Forks Township parents at the organization's first meeting of the year Tuesday night that Gov. Tom Corbett must decide whether there will be a makeup day. School was canceled in the district for Aug. 29 because of Hurricane Irene. Maltese, who received that report at a recent schools superintendents roundtable, also stated that snow dates will be built into the school schedule next year. Three days…
