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Mark Guydish
Mark Guydish covers education for the Times Leader. Reach him at (570) 970-7161 or mguydish@timesleader.com.
A West Hazleton native, I worked as a service technician repairing electronic mailing and shipping systems, a bike shop owner and an Emergency Medical Technician (among other jobs) before landing a reporter job at the Times Leader Hazleton Bureau in 1995. I started by covering primarily politics in Hazleton City and outlying municipalities, eventually became "social issues" team leader in the Wilkes-Barre office with the accent on education, and headed the Hazleton Bureau for a spell before returning to full-time reporting, my preferred position. I'm an avid cyclist and rode across the country in 1990, a trip of more than 5,000 miles from New Jersey to Seattle and down the coast to San Francisco. Years in the Boy Scouts made me a life long backpacker and camper, and I've yet to find a better way to enjoy the quiet lure of winter snow than cross country skiing.
Mark also writes a regular blog for timesleader.com.
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Bear Creek school’s minority enrollment up
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BEAR CREEK TWP.– Bear Creek Community Charter School has grown not only in total enrollment but also in diversity, according to the school’s annual, state-mandated report posted on the Web Wednesday by the state Department of Education.
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NW teachers to skip picketing for meeting at PSEA
PLAINS TWP.– Striking teachers at Northwest Area are expected to skip the picket line at the Union Township high school today in favor of a meeting at the Pennsylvania State Education Association regional office in Plains Township. -
School district health trust faces first rate hike in 4 years
FORTY FORT –The Northeast Pennsylvania School District Health Trust voted to use $3.5 million of a roughly $15 million surplus to shrink insurance premium increases in the 2009-10 school year. -
NW teachers won’t lose insurance
UNION TWP. – Dropping insurance coverage for Northwest Area School District teachers while they remain on strike may save the district a good bit of money, and it won’t really leave teachers uninsured thanks to federal COBRA legislation. But the exact impact on coverage is unclear, according to the head of the consortium that provides insurance. -
Lake-Lehman board presents new offer to teachers
LEHMAN TWP. – The two sides in the frequently rancorous Lake-Lehman teacher contract dispute made tangible progress for the first time in months during a negotiation session Tuesday, with the board giving a new offer. -
Pickets, protest and then a movie
SHICKSHINNY – The morning had a teacher picket line and a counter protest – perpetual union critic Alton Farver sported a nursing bottle big enough for a calf (its real purpose), contending teachers are “acting like babies.” -
Strikers could lose insurance
UNION TWP. – Northwest Area School District is poised to drop health insurance coverage for teachers until they return to work, Superintendent Nancy Tkatch said. -
Diocese foundation gets less for tuition grants
SCRANTON – The Diocese of Scranton Education Foundation doled out $338,100 in tuition assistance to 400 students in 10 Luzerne County schools this year.
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