Scranton School District

Gov. Josh Shapiro addressed West Scranton High School graduates on Wednesday night. After flunking out of his pre-med program and being cut from his basketball team, Shapiro found a different path.

Scranton eliminated preschool in 2020, but relaunched it this year with a Head Start classroom at Charles Sumner Elementary. If federal funding remains available, two more classrooms — at McNichols Plaza and John Adams elementary schools — will open in the fall.

Students cut the ribbon at the first of three planned schoolyard transformations in Scranton. The space at John F. Kennedy Elementary School will be open to the public after school.

Governor Josh Shapiro sees the Scranton School District as an example of progress - that’s what he told elementary school students during a visit this week.

Less than a decade ago, the Scranton School District faced financial collapse. On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro used the Lackawanna County district as an example of the progress that can be made with additional state funding.

Funding helped provide resources to homeless students and pay salaries. Pennsylvania joined a multi-state lawsuit last week, challenging the decision to revoke more than $184 million in funding to the state.

The project at Frances Willard Elementary School is the third planned schoolyard transformation in the city.

Keira Brogan, now a student at Lackawanna College, created the calm room last year. She received the Girl Scout Gold Award for the project.

People living in both rural and urban counties face unique barriers to accessible healthcare. School-based health centers help residents to overcome those obstacles, centering the schools as community hubs.

La Alcalde de Scranton dice que los carteles de inmigración que circulan en Internet no son 'de cosecha propia'.