BVA grants tenure to five professional staff
BELLE VERNON – Five BVA staff were recognized by Belle Vernon Area School Board on Monday for completing three years of successful teaching experience with the district.
During the board’s monthly meeting, permanent professional contracts were issued to Lorie Fowler, a third-grade teacher at Marion Elementary; Alessandra Perri, a high school special education teacher; Angela Muslo, a high school science teacher; Jason Scott, a fourth-grade math teacher; and Heather Tustin, a school social worker.
Superintendent Dr. Michele Dowell lauded the staff members for their hard work and dedication to the students of the district.
“It’s a big deal when you get your tenure,” she said. “So, you should be very proud of that.”
BVA’s professional staff consists of over 200 faculty members, including teachers from the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit 7, five principals, six guidance counselors, a school psychologist, a director of curriculum and instruction and Title I programs, two nurses and a school social worker.
In other business, the board approved:
- An agreement with the Head Start Program to provide a child development center at Rostraver Elementary for the 2019-2020 school year.
- A second-year option agreement with Mark C. Turnley, CPA, to perform the June 30, 2019, audit of BVA District at a cost of $13,500.
- Memorandums of understanding for the Washington Township and Rostraver Township school resource officers for the 2019-2020 school year.