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Superintendent announces PCCD grant, reports PSSA tech problems; board approves consent items and $5.38 million in bills
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Yamile Sanchez Rivera told the board of a statewide PSSA online testing failure and announced a PCCD school safety and mental‑health grant (district stated the award as $185,576). The board approved the meeting agenda, minutes and the treasurer's report including bills totaling $5,378,186.24; public commenters praised the superintendent and asked about the search process after Dr. Sanchez's resignation.
Superintendent Dr. Yamile Sanchez Rivera used her report to brief the board on two items with immediate operational impact: technical problems with statewide PSSA online testing and a PCCD grant to support school safety and student mental‑health resources.
"There was a massive failure. The system had difficulties," Dr. Yamile Sanchez Rivera said, describing the first day of the online PSSA testing and praising school principals who chose to continue testing and were ultimately able to administer assessments. She said…
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