Category: Alerts

• All Penn Manor schools to offer free breakfasts beginning October 3

  

  Beginning Monday, October 3, all Penn Manor students will be eligible for free breakfasts under a state-funded Universal Free Breakfast initiative that will continue through the end of the 2022-2023 school year. This program does not include free lunches, and families are still encouraged to apply for free and reduced-price meal benefits to qualify for…

• Families need to apply for free and reduced-price meals

  

  Penn Manor School District has, for the past two years, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge to all students. For the upcoming school year, the waivers that enabled school districts to offer free meals during the pandemic have expired.  This means that families that want to receive meals free of charge in the 2022-2023…

• Families need to apply now for free and reduced-price meals for 2022-2023

  

  Penn Manor School District has, for the past two years, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge to all students. For the upcoming school year, the waivers that enabled school districts to offer free meals during the pandemic have expired.  This means that families that want to receive meals free of charge in the 2022-2023…

• School board approves hiring of Dr. Gale as superintendent 

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has unanimously approved the hiring of Dr. Phil Gale as the new superintendent of Penn Manor School District, effective July 1, 2022. At its April 11 meeting, the school board approved a five-year contract with Dr. Gale, currently assistant superintendent for secondary education. He will be paid $185,000…

• School board recommending Dr. Phil Gale for Penn Manor superintendent

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors is recommending the appointment of Dr. Phil Gale as the new superintendent of Penn Manor School District, effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Gale, currently Penn Manor’s assistant superintendent for secondary education, was selected from three finalists who were interviewing for the position. The school board will formally vote…

• Pequea’s Elizabeth Raff named PA Teacher of Year for 2022

  

  Pequea Elementary sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Raff has been named the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year for 2022! Mrs. Raff, a teacher at Pequea since 2014, was selected from 12 finalists who participated in the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Conference, held in Hershey from December 5 through 7. “We are thrilled that she is being…

• District statement on Nov. 10 court ruling on mask order

  

  The Commonwealth Court on Wednesday, November 10, released its decision on a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Health Mask Order that took effect September 7. The decision can be viewed here. The court ruled that the mask order is void because it was not adopted in compliance with the regulatory review process. Therefore, the…

• PA mask order is fully in effect on September 22

  

  Please read the important update below from Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter regarding the PA Department of Health order requiring face coverings at all schools in Pennsylvania. As you are aware, effective September 7, 2021, the Acting PA Secretary of Health issued an order for all school entities to require that all students wear…

• Important update on PA Dept. of Health face coverings order

  

  Please read this important update from Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter regarding the face coverings order issued by the PA Department of Health for all schools and the process for seeking an exception. Effective September 7, 2021, the Acting PA Secretary of Health issued an order for all school entities requiring that all students wear…

• Penn Manor school board update on face covering order

  

  Penn Manor School District is providing an update on the required implementation of the Acting Secretary of Health’s face covering order, which took effect Tuesday, September 7, 2021. After meeting with legal counsel and listening to public comment, the school board approved the following action at its September 7 meeting: The district will extend until…