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Penn Hills schools making changes... Superintendent retiring, vice principal under fire
Category: Metro Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer
Toward the end of last school year, the Penn Hills School District was jolted by a series of incidents involving weapons in the schools—and Superintendent Joseph Carroll had to explain the district’s actions.
As the end of this school year approaches, the district is laying off teachers, has suspended an assistant principal for a racial slur, and has to answer a federal lawsuit filed by a former student who, as a senior, was suspended last year—and again, Carroll is fielding complaints.
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SUPERINTENDENT JOSEPH CARROLL
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Next year, he won’t have to—he is stepping down as superintendent. Carroll tendered his resignation at the beginning of the May10 school board meeting. The board accepted it in an 8-1 vote. It becomes effective July 9.
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Miles replaces Carroll as head of Larimer group
Category: Metro Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer
For years, Ora Lee Carroll, the East End activist who founded East Liberty Concerned Citizens Corp. as a vehicle to rebuild Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood, would say she had battled enough politicians and was going to quit and go back home to the South.
But she would always try again, in her blunt, politically incorrect fashion to get funding for development projects—only to be rejected.
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| GROWING THE COMMUNITY—Convalescing ELCCC Board Chair Ora Lee Carroll is seen here potting plants during her Project Africa campaign.
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“She would call people out in public when they didn’t come through for her, state reps, the mayor, the Urban Redevelopment Authority—she didn’t care,” said John Brewer, owner of the Pittsburgh Trolley Station Oral History Center. “So most of the time, they were not inclined to give her money.”
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Former Courier cartoonist nominated for award
Category: Metro Written by Courier Newsroom
COLUMBIA, Md.—Kerry G. Johnson knew he was a gifted artist after winning an art contest as a kindergartner in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn.
“Ever since I was a little boy, art has been my passion, and I have relished developing my skills as a cartoonist, caricaturist and graphic designer throughout my life,” said Johnson, whose webcomic, Harambee Hills (http://www.gocomics. com/harambeehills), was recently nominated in the “Rising Star” category of the 2010 Glyph Comics Award presented by the East Coast Black Age of Comics.
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Black church emerging as leader against HIV/AIDS
Category: Metro Written by Rebecca Nuttall - Courier Staff Writer
The African-American faith community has traditionally been absent from efforts to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The church’s message has ranged from the denial of the epidemic and how it is impacting the Black community to the vilifying and ostracizing of those infected.
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RENEE BEAMAN
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However, through the work of organizations like Beautiful Gate Outreach Center in Wilmington, Del., this trend has turned in the opposite direction. The center, which is located in Bethel AME Church, works to eliminate the spread of HIV/AIDS and offers support for those with the disease.
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Speak Out: There was only one homicide in Allegheny County in April. What do you think about it?
Category: Metro Written by Courier Newsroom
In April there was only one Black person killed in Allegheny County. We asked Pittsburghers what they thought and here’s what you said:
“I think it’s good. Usually you hear every day on the news someone getting shot. That’s an improvement and hopefully it will stay that way. It’s sad how the Black neighborhoods are rundown because of the violence and I am impressed that there is less killing. Hopefully we can find way to keep the homicide rate down.”
Malkia Penn
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MALKIA PENN, DARNELL MAGWOOD and LOREN WEBB
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Malkia Penn
McKees Rocks
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