Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

WESB and The Hero's Create-a-Commercial winners for this year were recognized this morning during an assembly at the school. Nate Franco came in first with his ad for W.R. Case & Sons. Second place went to Chris Eaton for 100.1 the Hero.com; third place went to George Hocker for Kathy Obermeyer/Real Living Avista Properties and Casey Warner for Signature Smile. An honorable mention went to Linsy Simanowski for Northwest Savings. The annual Awards Assembly for seniors was held last night at the school. Bethany Swan performs "Sonata" during Tuesday's assembly. Swan, who served as a drum major for the Marching Owls, was presented with several awards and scholarships. Jon Hannon (purple shirt) hugs one of the recipients of the first Bryan Hannon Memorial Scholarship. Bryan Hannon, Jon's brother, died in August of last year in an automobile accident at the age of 21. Bryan was a 2008 graduate of Bradford Area High School. The scholarship recipients are Paul DePalma...

By ANNE HOLLIDAY WESB/WBRR News Director The Bradford Area School District is considering a whistleblower policy that would protect employees who report suspected improper actions by other employees. “The Whistleblower Law provides protection of employees against being discharged or discriminated against by reason of their filing good faith reports with an employer of suspected fraud, financial improprieties, irregularities, or conflicts of interest or cooperating in the investigation of such reports,” the policy states. The Director of Human Resources, currently Sam Johnson, would be the compliance officer. A complaint against the Director of Human Resources would go to the superintendent. The school board is expected to vote on the measure during its next meeting on August 9. Also Monday, the board approved on second consideration the budget for the 2010-11 school year, which, for the ninth straight year, includes no tax increase. In a meeting that lasted less than an hour, the board...