Burrell School District
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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.
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[edit] Administration and officials
District-wide administration in the school district is comprised 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
[edit] 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 here.
[edit] History
Dating back into at least the 1950s, Bon Air Elementary was a small building that originally housed grades 1st through Sixth. Then later added kindergarden. Eventually, other small schools (Gladeview, Upper burrell, and Kenlock) 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.
[edit] 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".
[edit] Administration
Both elementary schools have only one level of building administration, the principal. Bon Air has a new principal for the 2007-2008 school year, Gregory Egnor, who replaced Ms. Newell.
[edit] 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 here.
[edit] History
Stewart School was built on the property of the Stewart Family farm in the 1930s, and 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Administration
Much like Bon Air, Stewart has only a principal, who is in charge of all duties in the building. Stewart has also received a new principal, Ms. Amy Lenart.
[edit] 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 prior to the start of construction can be seen here.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 Burrell website).
[edit] 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. The 2007-2008 school year brings changes to the administration, with the move of Mrs. Shannon Wagner to the administrative offices, while Mr. Timothy Glasspool, former assistant principal of the High School, becomes principal to the Middle School. Mr. Matthew Connor is assistant principal.
[edit] Burrell High School
Burrell High School is the second newest building in the district. The picture from Google Maps shows the track/football field (blue, bottom right) and the tennis courts (red, middle left).
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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.
[edit] Administration
Administration at the high school is similar to that of the middle school. The 2007-2008 school year will bring a new assistant principal, Mr. John Boylan, who replaces Dr. Glasspool. The assistant principal is Mr. Chad Roland.
