Scranton School Director Paige Gebhardt Cognetti's work to improve city public schools is now a feature article on the website of the Harvard Business School. Cognetti graduated from the school in 2014 with a Masters in Business Administration....
State law enforcement officials raided the offices of the Scranton School District Tuesday and seized boxes of evidence for the ongoing corruption investigation of district practices. State Police and investigators from the Office of the Attorney General seized files and computers from the board secretary and transportation offices. The raid is linked to the September arrest of Daniel Sansky, who faces several felony counts for defrauding taxpayers. Sansky is charged with using his business, Danny’s Auto Service, to overbill and double-bill for work performed on district vehicles. The indictment, and Tuesday's raid, were set in motion by a scathing 2017 performance audit...
There was no want of talent Thursday as the Scranton School Board selected from a pool of twelve (TWELVE!) candidates vying to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Carol Oleski. We're too lazy to type all of the names but the school directors had their work cut out when it came to conducting interviews. In terms of standards, we know from his comments two weeks ago that Bob Lesh was not looking for another Einstein like Harvard grad Page Gebhardt Cognetti. In the end, both Paige and BL agreed on Greg Popil for the spot. Popil previously...
Late last night, the Scranton School Board voted to appoint retired state auditor Greg Popil to the seat left vacant by the death of Carol Oleski. Popil and eleven other candidates interviewed for the opportunity of filling the remainder of Oleski's unexpired term....
Twelve city residents have submitted letters requesting consideration for the seat left vacant by the death of Carol Oleski earlier this month. The following individuals have put their names forward: Pedro Luis Anes of Beech Street, Chairman of the Scranton Human Relations Commission Gayle Thorpe Baar of Seymour Avenue Tom Borthwick of North Sumner Avenue, former Vice Chairman of the Scranton Parking Authority. Sarah Cruz of East Market Street Catherine Fox of Philo Street Glynis Johns of Townhouse Boulevard Tom McIntyre of East Mountain Road Kenneth Norton of Rundle Street Michael Oakes of Birch Street Gopal Patel of Quincy Avenue, member of the Scranton Sewer Authority Greg Popil of North Cameron...
Will the Scranton School District ever get its act together? Last week saw the leak of superintendent Alexis Kirijan's June letter alleging harassment and discrimination at the hands of an unnamed School Board member. The dust is still settling, but Kirijan is rightly angry at whomever leaked it. Observers are also wondering what procedure - if any - was followed by the district's leaders. Paige Gebhart Cognetti wants to know whether school directors violated the Sunshine Law when they retained the services of attorney Jarrett Ferentino to investigate the allegations. Also, this week's Lack of Self-Awareness Award goes to our friend...
Scranton Schools Director Paige Gebhart Cognetti indicated that her colleagues may have violated the Sunshine Act by secretly hiring attorney Jarrett Ferentino to investigate superintendent Dr. Alexis Kirijan's claims that she had been sexually harassed by an unnamed school director....
Dr. Alexis Kirijan has complained about sexual harassment and gender discrimination by an unnamed member of the Scranton School Board....
Scranton School District Superintendent Alexis Kirijan made the news this week and she was not happy. The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that in June Kirijan's attorney notified the School Board that his client had been sexually harassed by an unnamed school director. The superintendent is not happy about this public disclosure and wants to know who leaked the information. We usually take a tongue in cheek approach to the foibles of our friends at SSD, but in the age of #MeToo, there's no place for the kind of behavior Kirijan alleges. Our hope is someone gets to the bottom of it. Was President Donald...
Carol Oleski, longtime community volunteer and current member of the Scranton School Board died Tuesday after a long battle with lung cancer. ...