{"id":102389,"date":"2026-02-01T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102389\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:29:07","slug":"plum-borough-school-district-recognized-as-a-great-pennsylvania-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102389\/","title":{"rendered":"Plum Borough School District recognized as a Great Pennsylvania School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/71be873be35c161d0e2903ec93ef9e50.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennsylvania School Boards Association recently designated the Plum Borough School District as a Great Pennsylvania School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The honor recognizes public schools that excel in academic programming, community involvement, financial health and resilience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis designation reflects the high caliber of education our teachers provide, the dedication of our students and the investment of our entire community,\u201d Dr. Rick Walsh said, superintendent of schools for the Plum Borough School District.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To earn the Great Pennsylvania Schools designation, districts must meet specific criteria across four distinct categories. The program evaluates how schools provide rigorous opportunities for students while maintaining transparent fiscal practices and emergency preparedness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania School Boards Association recently designated the Plum Borough School District as a Great Pennsylvania School. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49676,23304,28,30,29,49674,49675,49677],"class_list":["post-102389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-academic-programming","tag-community-involvement","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-plum-borough-school-district","tag-rick-walsh","tag-superintendent-of-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}