January 21, 2016: Officials of the Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg school districts met Wednesday in Harrisburg with state legislators and Department of Education officials to iron out plans for the transfer of Wilkinburg’s secondary students to Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy 6-12.
Officials of both districts agreed that the $3 million allocated recently by Gov. Tom Wolf for the transfer will be spent jointly by the districts, with the the Pittsburgh Public Schools hiring an administrator to oversee the process. Read more from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.