Lower Dauphin School District Winter 2019

Know Your SchoolsImportant Information for the Residents of Lower Dauphin School District

Superintendent Message TMI closure will impact LD tax bills Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Londonderry Township will begin Drafting a budget for a school district is never the process to close in September 2019 unless changes in state energy policy occur. an easy task. We weigh the costs and benefits of The issues at the state level are very complex and involve discussions about tax programs and purchases to ensure that we are being credits, the state’s energy generation portfolio, what constitutes green energy and good stewards of the good old-fashioned politics. tax money in which “We have to do we are entrusted. Locally, it’s a much simpler discussion about keeping the school district’s second- We begin the budget our best to come largest employer and taxpayer open for the foreseeable future. process without up with a plan having a clear which will keep Three Mile Island provides Lower Dauphin about $700,000 in property taxes and idea how much in payments in addition to taxes. Another roughly $300,000 goes to Dauphin County our district moving and Londonderry Township. revenue we will be forward...” receiving from state and federal sources “Losing this amount of property tax revenue is significant,” said LD Superintendent and we have to do our best to come up with a plan Robert Schultz. “A loss of revenue of this magnitude will necessitate some level of which will keep our district moving forward for the tax increase and cuts to programs.” betterment of our students. In addition to its tax revenue, TMI has been one of the strongest and most supportive An additional challenge this year is that we might partners in our community. Over the past 10 years, the plant has contributed more be losing our second-largest local taxpayer with the than $150,000 to the Lower Dauphin Communities That Care bookmobile, a mobile potential closure of Three Mile Island. Our school library that provides educational programs and books to underserved areas of our board has urged lawmakers to help keep such an community. When the district needed support for our STEM program, staff knew it important part of our community operating. could count on TMI and its employees to provide volunteer hours and resources to help students attend national competitions or conferences. No matter the final outcome, you can be sure that our board, administration, teachers and staff will “These relationships are critical to the effectiveness of our school district and we are work to provide the best for our students in a cost- grateful to have TMI in our community,” Dr. Schultz said. effective manner. The Lower Dauphin School Board passed a resolution which urges the state This newsletter features several stories of our Legislature to support measures designed to keep the nuclear power plant open. students achieving great things and learning important lessons in and out of the classroom. This State Rep. Tom Mehaffie introduced a bill March 11 that recognizes nuclear plants is the hallmark of a Lower Dauphin education. as “zero emission” energy sources and creates new requirements about how electric companies purchase power. The measure faces strong opposition from the natural gas industry, as well as industrial and consumer groups, including the AARP.

Robert K. Schultz, Ed.D. “We recognize that state-level politics view this as an issue of dollars and cents,” Dr. Superintendent Schultz said. “But here on a very local level, the closing of TMI will be a devastating loss for our Lower Dauphin community.”

Scenes from winter concerts Students named to honor festivals Inside page 3 pages 5 Athletes ink letters of intent Scenes from ‘She Kills Monsters’ This Issue page 9 page 11

Lower Dauphin Web address: www.ldsd.org ower LDauphin Know Your Schools Art teacher wins award Budget seeks to limit need for tax hike While it’s too early to tell for certain, Lower Dauphin Superintendent Robert Schultz is Lower Dauphin hopeful that the board will be able to pass a final budget without a tax increase, or, at worst, Middle School a minor one. art teacher Donna Nagle In a preliminary budget presentation to the school board in December, Dr. Schultz explained was recently that this budget is challenging. The district spent $400,000 in reserves last year to maintain named a balanced budget. Outstanding Art Educator of “We’re starting a little behind and there are a lot of cost drivers like pension costs, medical the Year by the insurance and state funding which are still unknown.” Art Education Association. As the district did in the 2018-19 school year, the proposed preliminary spending plan will use nearly $2.5 million in cash reserves for one-time expenditures. However, even with that Mrs. Nagle has been at Lower cash influx, the budget was still more than $750,000 out of balance. Dauphin for 30 years and holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State At the December meeting, the school board voted to pass a resolution which promises and a master’s in art education from to keep any potential tax hike for the 2019-20 school year below the state-wide rate of Kutztown University. inflation of 2.8 percent.

She also helped write the “There are a lot of unknowns in this budget,” said Superintendent Robert Schultz. “Even at Pennsylvania State Outcomes for a worst case, we’ll be able to bring this in under the state index.” Arts Education, was a part of the National Assessment Governor The administration will continue to refine numbers on both the expenditure and revenue Board Development Project and side of the budget before bringing a preliminary budget back to the school board later this is a member of the Arts Advisory spring. Colloquium for Pennsylvania. She has also been active in PAEA and Lower Dauphin has not had a tax increase in 10 of the past 11 years. The current millage has presented at state and national rate is 18.42 which equates to a $1,842 property tax bill on a property assessed at $100,000. conferences. Emma McQuinn joins Cassie McIntire on school board

In October, the Lower Dauphin Relay for Life and at the Middletown Home. Board of School Directors The past two summers, she participated appointed high school junior Emma in an internship at the Penn State Hershey McQuinn to serve as associate Medical Center and she hopes to go into student school board representative. dermatology. She will serve beside high school senior Cassie McIntire, who returns Cassie is the daughter of Steve and Shelly for a second year as student school McIntire. She is a member of the softball board representative. team. She is member of the English National Honor Society, Math National Emma is the daughter of Mary and Honor Society and Science National Scott McQuinn. She is a member Honor Society. She is a mentor in Lower of the girls’ soccer team and Dauphin’s outdoor education program and sings in the Chamber Choir. She is a MiniTHON committee member. Cassie participates in the spring musical, participates in the HCEP program at the Believers in the Gospel Club and Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She is Youth and Government Club. She also involved in her church and participates is vice president of the Class of as a mentor in Lower Dauphin Communities 2020 and vice president of the That Care’s Club Ophelia program. She TriM Music Honor Society. Emma plans to attend a four-year college or Emma McQuinn takes the oath of is a member of the praise band at university and major in biology with the goal office as administered by board her church, and she volunteers at of becoming a physician’s assistant. Secretary Sharon Hagy.

2 Lower Dauphin was filled with music during December and January as schools presented their winter concerts to full audiences. Each elementary school had performances by second- and fifth-graders, including bands, choirs, and strings. The middle school sixth-graders performed with their high school peers and the seventh- and eighth-graders also held a combined concert featuring band, choir and orchestral music.

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LD students join peers for Challenge Day Fifth-graders in gifted programs at four area school districts worked together to build towers that could withstand wind, an earthquake and weight at Challenge Day.

The November event combined students from Derry Township, Lower Dauphin, Middletown and Palmyra. Attending from Lower Dauphin were Ryan Foley, Sarah Jones, Olivia Mahler, Casey Sanders, Frederico Bastos, Corbin Hoffmaster, Eric Smeriglio, Emma Kessler, Anthony Bruno, Ada Howard, Mia Pegher, Nathan Vickroy, Humzah Farooq, Sadie Giampetro, Srishti Gleeson, Evelyn Houser, Sophia Howes, Michael Messner, Che Muthambi, Vikhasini Viknesh, Rachel Linnell, and Keaton Wagner.

Last year, the students were asked to build a water ride, and this year, they were challenged to think about the foundation of the towers they were building and whether they could withstand the elements.

The students used a variety of materials to construct their towers such as cardboard tubes, boxes, buckets and egg cartons. Although it wasn’t a competition, at the end of the day, the students presented their towers and received feedback.

The challenge was issued by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts and Hershey employees served as judges. The Lower Dauphin students are taught by Jennifer Kinsey. Students from Lower Dauphin She said there were numerous benefits to the challenge, including having students work joined their peers from Derry on a real-world, hands-on problem-solving challenge; learning from their mistakes in a Township, Middletown and safe environment; critical thinking; and collaborating with others. Palmyra to take part in Challenge

Day where they created “This is a great day for our students,” Mrs. Kinsey said. “They get to work on problems and meet new kids to work together to solve the challenge.” amusement park towers.

4 Aidan Ferguson named to All-Eastern Honor Choir Lower Dauphin High School junior United States – Connecticut, Delaware, Students Aidan Ferguson was selected to Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New who reach participate in the National Association Hampshire, New Jersey, , states as for Music Education All-Eastern Honor Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Vermont sophomores Mixed Choir in this April. and Washington, D.C. The performance and juniors will take place Sunday, April 7, 2019, are eligible The son of Leah and Sean Ferguson, in the Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom to apply Aidan participated in the all-state at the David L. Lawrence Convention and each festival as a bass singer in the spring of Center. He will be directed by Dr. Rollo state music 2018. He was also a regional qualifier in Dilworth, chair of music education and educators both orchestra (violin) and chorus. He music therapy and professor of choral association is a member of the Chamber Singers, music education at Temple University. nominated Men’s A Capella and orchestra. students He is the sixth Lower Dauphin vocalist based on their overall musicianship. Aidan will perform as a Bass 1 in the to make it to the All-Eastern level. He Aidan is under the direction of Ms. mixed chorus along with 320 other qualified for All-Eastern recognition Elizabeth Colpo at Lower Dauphin students from the eastern region of the after reaching states as a vocalist. High School.

LD High School students named to music honor festivals Caiden Covell, Annie Dickinson, Christian Gingrich, named to all-state ensembles

Several Lower Dauphin singing at the festival with the High School student- All-Eastern Choir, he will Junior Christian Gingrich, string bass, musicians received not participate in the all- successfully auditioned for the PMEA invitations from state choir. Caiden and All-State Orchestra on the string bass. the Pennsylvania Aiden were among He was one of the four Lower Dauphin Music Educators five vocalists who High School musicians who performed Association to qualified for the who qualified for the 15-county regional participate in 15-county regional festival and the district festival. Those honor festivals. choir in March. students were Annie Dickinson, violin I; Performing with Christian and Vanessa Skidmore, string Senior Annie them were Emma bass; and Ian Bruce, trombone. Dickinson McQuinn, Kelly Barr, successfully and Larry Fausnight. Four students qualified for the regional auditioned for a spot in They qualified for regionals band festival. They included Clare the PMEA All-State Jazz from a Lower Dauphin-record Raser, clarinet; Daniel Little, tenor ensemble as an alto. This is her 10 vocalists who attended the saxophone; Ethan Elicker, trumpet; and second trip to states as a jazz vocalist. PMEA District 7 Choral Festival. The Ian Bruce, trombone. Lower Dauphin singers at districts included Emma, sent six to the district band festival Sophomore Caiden Covell qualified for Soprano 1; Dale Sanders, Soprano in January. Those students included the PMEA All-State Choir as a tenor 2; Olivia Meyers, Alto 1; Tristan regional qualifiers Calre, Daniel, Ethan and Aidan Ferguson qualified as a bass. McQuiddy, Tenor 1; Ian Bruce, Tenor 2; and Ian, and Tristan McQuiddy, clarinet, However, since Aiden will already be and Matt Little, Bass 2. and Christian Gingrich, string bass. District announces snow make-up days

Lower Dauphin has listed the following dates for snow The district will convert two days in the calendar to in- make-up days. School will be in session on the following service days for snow days on January 18 and February 12. snow make-up days: The state School Code allows districts to hold school less • Wednesday, April 17, for the snow day on January 31; than the required 180 days in a district having sufficient • Thursday, April 18, for the snow day on February 11; and instructional hours. • Monday, April 22, for the snow day on February 20.

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The school board updated the district’s Volunteer Policy (916) to expand the definition of volunteers who are required to have all state- required clearances.

An independent volunteer is defined as an adult in an uncompensated position with a program, activity or service who is individually responsible for the welfare of one or more children or has direct contact with children. Examples may include: volunteer tutors, volunteer athletic coaches, specialized instructors The top four finishers in the middle school spelling bee, Faith Fausnight, left, for extracurricular activities, Andrew Seacord, Lucius Cabeza and Aaron Espenshade, pose with Superintendent chaperones for field trips, and Robert Schultz and Principal Jill Freedman. individuals who assist in running PTO events.

Andrew Seacord wins second spelling bee Assistive volunteers are not Eighth-grader Andrew Seacord won his second Lower Dauphin Middle School spelling bee required to have clearances and in November. include individuals who work in a concession stand, take tickets In the final round, he correctly spelled “dictionary” before his championship word or perform other duties at athletic “permissive.” events (timer, scorer, announcer, etc.) to an athletic event or Andrew needed three rounds to top Faith Fausnight who went out on the word “grimace.” extracurricular activities.

Third place was settled between sixth-graders Lucius Cabeza and Aaron Espenshade in two All new volunteers to the rounds, with Lucius coming out on top. district, must obtain the required clearances prior to volunteering. Andrew is the son of Susan Seacord and Steven Seacord and he lists “prestidigitation” as his At any time, the superintendent favorite word because “it means magic, which I like, and it’s fun to spell.” A distinguished or his/her designee reserve the honor roll student, Andrew hopes to become a clinical geneticist when he grows up. right to request new clearances be generated by the volunteer. Faith is the daughter of Jody Fausnight and Tracy Fausnight. A sixth-grader, she lists the entire Hunger Games series as her favorite book and hopes to be a pediatric allergist Visit the Lower Dauphin website someday. at www.ldsd.org/volunteer for more information and directions. “There were some tense moments and some tough words in this year’s bee,” said Principal Jill Freedman. “A great job by all participants!” Web http://www.ldsd.org

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6 Top left, Principal Jill Freedman and Assistant Principal Johnathon Breininger congratulate the top three finishers Rudy Anthony, Toby Waters and Annabell Riordan. Top right, Rudy and Toby compete in the championship round. Toby Waters wins school bee, advances to states In the fifth tie-breaker round, Lower questions and needed five rounds of geography and even state birds. Dauphin Middle School eighth-grader sudden victory questions to crown a Toby Waters’ knowledge of Iceland champion. Seventh-grader Annabell Toby took a written exam later in proved to be the difference in winning Riordan was third after falling in the school year and earned a chance the school’s annual Geography Bee. the first round to determine the to represent the school at the state championship duo. Toby, Rudy and geography bee on March 29. In doing so, he became the third LD Annabell were declared the three Middle School student to win the bee in finishers after a series of six rounds with “This is a very challenging contest,” back-to-back years and the fourth two- a field of seven finalists. said Johnathon Breininger, middle time winner. school assistant principal and bee The bee started with 20 contestants who moderator. “It takes a lot to make it Toby and second-place finisher Rudy answered seven rounds of questions through to the final round – confidence, Anthony, a fellow eighth-grader, were on topics ranging from states and patience, concentration, and a whole lot tied after the three championship continents to physical and historical of geographical knowledge.” Board policy sets clear expectations about boundaries Lower Dauphin strives to maintain a positive learning environment. At the new policy, adults should not be safe and positive learning environment same time, the board does not want to communicating with students using for all students. Consistent with this discourage legitimate student-teacher anything except district resources and goal, the school board recently adopted interactions. this communication should be for a new policy regarding maintaining legitimate school-related reasons. In professional adult/student boundaries. The policy also prohibits actions and addition, a supervisor like a principal behaviors that may give the appearance or athletic director should be copied on This policy is similar to ones adopted that an adult is deliberately attempting communications with students. Even if by Cumberland Valley and Derry to blur the boundaries between adult the intent is innocent, these provisions Township schools and is meant to and student. This includes something protect both the student and adult from addresses a range of behaviors that like meeting behind closed doors alone the appearance of improper behavior. include not only obviously unlawful with a student or sitting in a car with a or improper interactions with students, student waiting for a parent to pick- The school board recognizes that this but also grooming and other boundary- up the child rather than waiting in the policy will reflect a change in some blurring behaviors that can lead to hallway of the school. Even if the intent practices and circumstances. However, unlawful or improper interactions. is innocent, it protects both the student it is important that students are safe and adult from the appearance of from boundary-blurring behaviors. All adults are expected to maintain improper behavior. For more information, please visit professional, moral and ethical the district website at www.ldsd.org/ relationships with students and further Another area of emphasis will be policies or contact your child’s school the board’s goal of providing a safe and on communications. Under the office with any questions.

7 ower LDauphin Know Your Schools Sixth-graders complete DARE program Close to 300 Lower Dauphin Middle cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. School sixth-graders celebrated their completion of the DARE program in “After I took my first ride in a Corvette November. when I was 11, I had my picture taken beside it,” he said. “I looked at that The program has been offered at the picture every day as I planned to buy a middle school since 1996 and while Corvette of my own.” the curriculum has changed over the years, the message of making good He looked at friends of his who smoked, choices and resisting peer pressure suddenly realizing that if he didn’t has continued to be at the heart of the smoke and saved $5 a day, he could program. eventually buy a Corvette. He faithfully saved that $5 daily. By the time he was At the graduation ceremony November 22, he used his nonsmoking savings to 19, students heard from middle school buy a 1985 red Corvette convertible. custodian Andy Despot who is also a Lower Dauphin graduate. He recalls “My anti-drug was $5 a day to save up going through DARE classes himself to buy my car,” he said. “That was my Andy Despot stands behind one and talked to the students about how motivation. Now I have the keys.” of his Corvettes after the DARE he kept motivated to stay away from graduation ceremony. Safe2Say Something provides anonymous reporting system The Safe2Say Something program, identify a Once a report is which is mandated by state law, teaches threat. received through the students how to recognize warning signs Safe2Say Something and signals, especially within social Students often reporting system, media, of individuals who may be a are aware of it is reviewed by a threat to themselves or others. It also the problems crisis center analyst, highlights the importance of a student their peers are categorized as either sharing concerns about a fellow student facing, so the life safety or non-life with a trusted adult, like a parent or theory is that safety, and sent to law teacher. the Safe2Say enforcement (as needed) Something and school officials via If students are not comfortable talking program will empower them to know text, email, and/or phone call. School to an adult, they can use the program’s the danger signs and give them the officials and law enforcement (when anonymous reporting system which tools to help each other by contacting appropriate) will intervene and provide includes a toll-free number, a website trained and caring adults. Since students an appropriate response. and a mobile app. spend a great deal of time on social media, it is critical that they are taught Tips can be submitted by calling the All Lower Dauphin High School and to look out for one another as these tipline at 1-844-SAF2SAY, using the Lower Dauphin Middle School students digital conversations are taking place. website www.safe2saypa.org, or using were trained about the Safe2Say Safe2Say Something teaches them what the mobile app available for Apple and Something program on February 1. to look for in text, video and photos Android devices. while empowering them to act quickly During that training, it was stressed to help a fellow student by contacting This reporting platform is not intended that the Safe2Say Something program an adult. to be, or serve as, an emergency hotline is another tool for them to use, but that or email for situations of imminent the best tool is immediately reporting The Safe2Say Something program danger. If students need immediate concerns to an adult. We also explained was put in place so students would be assistance and/or are reporting to students that discussing concerns able to reach an adult 24/7/365 and is a an emergency or event that could on social media either before or after resource that students should use rather immediately affect the safety of a reporting their concerns to an adult may than sending or sharing information student or the school community, they make it more difficult for the school about threats with each other over social should still dial 911. administration or law enforcement to media.

8 Student-athletes sign letters of intent to continue education, playing careers

Seventeen Lower Dauphin High School student-athletes announced their college decisions at NCAA commitment ceremonies in the school cafeteria with coaches, family and friends in attendance. The students and their sports are listed below:

Baseball Jarek Bacon – The son of Pam and John Bacon, he will attend Misericordia major in exercise science and pre- University where he will continue his occupational/physical therapy. baseball career and major in special Katie Nalesnik – Katie is the daughter education. of Lynn Sassaman and Matt Nalesnik Ryan Kutz – The son of Dr. Eric and she will continue her education and and Meg Kutz, he will continue his field hockey career at Shippensburg education and baseball career at University where she will major in Davidson College where he will study biology. biology on a pre-med track. Jordon Spagnolo – The son of Sue and Football John Spagnolo, he will attend Wesley Will Bowen – The son of Jane Lightner College where he plans to major in and John Bowen, he will attend the physical therapy. University of Delaware to major in finance and business administration and Basketball will play football. Grace Day – Grace is the daughter of Kyler Wuestner – The son of Lynn Steve and Michelle Day and will attend and David Wuestner, he will continue Lincoln Memorial University where she his educational and football career at will major in exercise science and play East Stroudsburg University where he basketball. plans to major in health and physical education. Cross Country/Track & Field Sydney Koons – The daughter of Soccer Stephen and Dawn Koons, she will Andrew Burkhardt – Andrew is the attend Bloomsburg University where son of Michelle and Paul Burkhardt and Lower Dauphin High School held three she will continue her athletic career and will attend Temple University where he ceremonies in the school cafeteria major in nursing. will continue his education and soccer where student-athletes announced their career while studying marketing. Field Hockey college decisions in front of parents, Blake Cassel – The son of Jacqueline Audrey Domovich – Audrey is the friends, coaches, teachers and school and Greg Cassel, he will attend Juniata daughter of Andy and Linda Domovich staff. College where he plans to continue his and will continue her education and soccer career and major in biology. field hockey career at The College of Jacquelyn Endy – The daughter of Track & Field William and Mary where she will major Mike Endy and Angela Hollinger, she Mayson Light – The daughter of Julie in biology on a pre-med track. will continue her soccer career and and Fred Light, Mayson will attend the Maddie Gaughan – Maddie is the education at Concord University where University of Delaware to major in civil daughter of Jim and Susan Gaughan she will major in biology with a pre- engineering and compete in track & and she will attend the University of med track. field in the pole vault. Maryland where she will major in speech and hearing sciences and play Swimming Volleyball field hockey. Alec Burger – Alec is the son of Eric Ally Townsend – Ally is the daughter Caitlin Holland – The daughter of and Jamie Burger and he will continue of Lori and Tom Townsend and will Eric and Kelly Holland will continue his swimming career at Shippensburg continue her education and athletic her education and field hockey career University where he will major in career at Towson University where she at Kent State University where she will special education. will major in psychology and business.

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Christina Bayura Erin Giambrone

Speech Learning Support Middle School Middle School LD welcomes new staff Ms. Bayura holds a master’s degree in Mrs. Giambrone comes to Lower members to communication sciences and disorders Dauphin after teaching at the Vista from West Chester University and a School where she was also a training faculty bachelor’s degree from Millersville coordinator and a learning and University. She will be serving as a development supervisor. She holds a long-term substitute at the middle master’s and a bachelor’s degree from school as a speech and language Hobart and William Smith College. pathologist.

Abigail Hall Danielle Klopp Taylor Patterson

Grade 4 Learning Support Learning Support South Hanover Middle School East Hanover

Miss Hall taught English in South Ms. Klopp was previously a learning Miss Patterson earned her bachelor’s Korea and was a substitute teacher support teacher in the Central Dauphin degree in early childhood education in the Palmyra Area School District. School District and a preschool teacher and special education from Clarion She will be a long-term substitute for at Hilltop Christian Nursery School. University and was previously a the rest of this year at South Hanover She holds a bachelor’s degree from learning support teacher in eighth-grade Elementary School in fourth grade. Millersville University in elementary at Central Dauphin East Middle School. She earned a bachelor’s degree from and special education. Thomas Edison University in English and a teaching degree from Western Governors University.

Krista Rownd Melissa Sattazahn Anthony Scheuerman

School Psychologist Librarian Orchestra District-wide Conewago & Nye High School & Middle School

Mrs. Rownd was a school psychologist Mrs. Sattazahn will be a long-term Mr. Scheuerman will be a long- in the Lebanon School District for substitute at Conewago and Nye term substitute at the high school three years before coming to Lower Elementary Schools. Previously, she and middle school, directing both Dauphin. She holds a bachelor’s was a librarian in Williams Valley schools’ orchestras. He was previously degree in psychology from Franklin School District and the Solanco School a substitute in the Lebanon School & Marshall College and earned a District. She holds a bachelor’s degree District. He earned a bachelor’s degree master’s in human development in library science from Kutztown in music education and music with a and school psychology from Lehigh University. concentration in viola from Lebanon University. Valley College.

10 The high school’s fall play, “She Kills Monsters,” featured the story of a sister who learns about her deceased sibling through role playing games. The cast featured Olivia Wagner, Nora Holahan, Matt Little, Wulfgar Ramsey, Sam Sincav- age, Sierra Fields, Ian Tonkin, Olivia Meyers, Maeve Ramsey, Ashontae Kelly, Brayden Harris, Denelle Stump and Katie McDonough. Ian and Ashontae were nominated for Apollo Awards for their performances as Orcus and Farrah.

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Board of School Directors Dana Barry, President Eric Samples, Vice President Kevin Busher Todd Kreiser Debra Macut Marcela Myers Jeffrey Neely Keith Oellig Lynn Sassaman Dr. Robert K. Schultz, Superintendent

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Nondiscrimination Policy:

The Lower Dauphin School District, an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate in employment, educational programs or activities based on gender, race, religion, national origin, color or handicap. This policy of nondiscrimination extends to all other legally protected classifications. Publication of this policy in this document is in accordance with state and federal laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1973, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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