By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor One Northside's education committee is holding a series of community engagement sessions in response to Pittsburgh Public Schools' planned changes to its Northside schools. Among the changes, which were announced via a draft plan on Aug. 13, are the closures of Pitts...

By Rep. Abney Hello, Northsiders! I’m eager to share with you some of the important work I’ve been doing in Harrisburg. The biggest and most important success is that my affirmative vote helped pass the 2024-25 fiscal year budget, which Gov. Josh Shapiro recently signed into law. An essential part o...

By State Rep. Abney Hello, Northsiders! I’m eager to share with you some of the important work I’ve been doing in Harrisburg and back at home. I was proud to cast my affirmative vote for a basic education funding bill that would help get our public schools the dollars they need to assist students, t...

Photo: Pete Geissler, right, wrote a book with his son Jeff, left, about George Ferris, the inventory of the Ferris wheel. By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor Welcome to 2023, Northside! With the coming of January, another year has passed. And what a year it has been! Here at the Northside Chronicle, w...

Following the damage done from the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge, A+ Schools is trying to turn operations around at Perry Traditional Academy. Only time will tell, though, if their efforts will be enough to balance out the harm that’s already taken place at the high school—not to mention the probl...

School board candidates were able to start circulating petitions on Feb. 16. By Ashlee Green Photo: Julia M Cameron via Pexels A virtual press conference was held on Feb. 16 to announce the kickoff of the 2021 “Vote School Board First!” campaign. The goals of the campaign are to keep voters informed...

“Little Bremar: I am Somebody,” the debut children’s book by Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) teacher Tracy Johns, reminds children that by staying positive and self-confident, they can be successful. By Ashlee Green Photo: Tracy Johns, courtesy of the author In honor of National Family Literacy Mont...

Dedicated subs can earn $120-150 per day. By Ashlee Green Photo: Max Fischer via Pexels The Pittsburgh Public School (PPS) District has further extended its plans to return most students to in-person classes from Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 to Monday, Jan. 4, 2021*, and they are in need of dedicated substi...

Originally, in-person classes were set to start on October 5, 2020. By Ashlee Green Photo: August de Richelieu via Pexels The Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) school year got off to a shaky start, but now, most technological snafus have been worked out. On the district’s first school day, Tuesday, Se...

Dr. Robert Frioni and Nathan Berkowitz are taking over new educational leadership roles this year. By Ashlee Green Pittsburgh Public Schools’ (PPS) Board of Directors approved the appointments of two new principals, effective July 16, 2020, for schools in Pittsburgh’s Northside. Dr. Robert Frioni wi...