Burrell School District

The Burrell School District is one of many school districts under the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The Burrell School District is located 18 miles (slightly under 30 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. The school district serves the City of Lower Burrell and Upper Burrell Township. All four of the schools in the district are located within the City of Lower Burrell.

Administration and officials

District-wide administration in the school district consists of a Superintendent and an Assistant Superintendent. Following the retirement of Dr. Anna Palermo, temporary changes have been made to that arrangement. Mrs. Shannon Wagner, former principal of Huston Middle School, will become the "administrative assistant" until the time she receives her superintendent certification. The Administrative Complex of Burrell High School contains both levels of district-wide administration.
*Superintendent- Mr. Geroge Staudenmier (formerly Assistant Superintendent)
*Administrative Assistant- Mrs. Shannon Wagner

The psychologist normally resides in Huston Middle School, but is currently at Bon Air due to renovations.
*Psychologist- Mrs. Kristen Serluco

Bon Air Elementary School

Bon Air Elementary was newly remodeled in 1997 in the Burrell School District. Construction of the building was completed in time for the beginning of the 1997 school year. A photo of the building on Google Maps can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.584235,-79.70661&spn=0.001788,0.002779 here] .

History

Dating back into at least the 1950s, Bon Air Elementary was a small building that originally housed grades one through six. Kindergarten was later added. Eventually, other small schools (Gladeview, Upper Burrell, and Kinloch) in the Burrell School District closed, eventually forcing the district to renovate Bon Air. Small parts (mainly the second-grade hall) of the old building can still be found in the new architecture.

Present

The new building, completed in time for the 1997-1998 school year, was built for new technological applications. Phone and network jacks are in place in each of the rooms, including the cafeteria and "multi-purpose room", which is a gym/auditorium. The building currently houses grades Kindergarten through Fifth, and is the main elementary school. Recently, proposals have been made to the school board to make it the only elementary school. These, however, have failed due to the wishes of the public to retain "neighborhood schools".

Administration

Both elementary schools have only one level of building administration, the principal. Bon Air's principal is Mr. Gregory Egnor.

Stewart Elementary

Stewart Elementart School is the oldest of the schools in Burrell. The building's exterior has stayed mostly unchanged in the long amount of time it has been open, as can be seen on a Google Maps picture [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.589116,-79.725793&spn=0.001788,0.002779 here] .

History

Stewart School was built on the property of the Stewart Family farm in the 1930s. There are certain rumors that the land is still owned by the Stewarts, but rented by the district. The building was once the flagship building, but is now the lesser of two elementary schools.

Present

Stewart Elementary School is the oldest of the four buildings, and has gone under renovations from time to time to keep it "current". The inside has changed drastically, especially with the addition of computers and network jacks in virtually every room. Stewart, like Bon Air, onced housed Kindergarten-Sixth, but now houses Kindergarten through Fifth grades. It has been proposed that Stewart should consolidate with Bon Air, forming one large elementary school. These proposals have been largely unpopular with the residents who live within Stewart's student radius, and no further action has been taken.

Administration

Much like Bon Air, Stewart has only a principal, who is in charge of all duties in the building. The school's principal is Ms. Amy Lenart.

Charles A. Huston Middle School

Charles A. Huston Middle School (more commonly known as Huston Middle School or HMS) is the second oldest building in the district, completed in 1964. A Google Maps picture of the building during construction can be seen [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.580927,-79.700167&spn=0.003577,0.005558 here] .

History

Originally, the building was named Burrell Junior High School and housed grades seven through nine. The 1980s marked change in the school, when the building was renamed to honor the former principal and then-superintendent Charles A. Huston, and to reflect the change to a sixth through eighth grade building.

Renovations

Renovation work to the building was started on June 1, 2006 with a ground-breaking ceremony (an article describing the renovation and ground-breaking can be found on the [http://burrell.k12.pa.us/burrellsd/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=276713 Burrell website] ).

Administration

Building administration includes both a principal and an assistant principal. The principal's duties mainly focus on administration and academic quality. The assistant principal is focused mainly on discipline. Mr. Matthew Conner, is principal for the Middle School. The assistant principal position is currently undetermined.

Burrell High School

Burrell High School is the second newest building in the district. The picture from [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.583982,-79.698043&spn=0.003577,0.005558 Google Maps] shows the track/football field (black, bottom right) and the tennis courts (red, middle left).

History

Burrell Senior High School was completed in the mid-1960s. Grades ten through twelve were housed in the building, and later changed to grades nine through twelve (the name also changed from Senior High to High).

Present

The district's administration, tennis court, swimming pool, athletic offices, and the track/football field are in the high school grounds. The school currently is home to grades nine through twelve.

Administration

Administration at the high school is similar to that of the middle school. The principal is Mr. John Boylan and the assistant principal is Mr. Chad Roland.

External links

* [http://burrell.k12.pa.us Official website]