Sewickley Herald

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Vol. 97 No. 12
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Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills
.Wednesday, iyiarch'29, 2000
QVHS teachers ran with the pack at Saturday's fund-raiser for cystic fibrosis held in North Park. They scored points in camaraderie. Page 23
T HURRAY FOR READING.
HATS OFF TO READING: Students at Osborne Elementary celebrated with a parade and treats after finishing their three-week reading project. All 359 students enjoyed 1,000 books, making the Cat In the Hat very proud. Pictured are (from left) Tim and Joey Franzen and Sarah and Emma Gratton.
T QUAKER VALLEY,
School board approves student rep
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INSIDE
Musical
■ It's back to the 1950s for the students of QVHS where Sara and Andrew take the lead in "Grease."
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Extra
■	The "Windows for God" series by Sharron Schaefer continues with a trip to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Sewickley. See
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FYI
■	Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend. Make sure you set
our clocks ahead one our on Saturday at bedtime. Don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke alarms.
Soon, students will be able to learn about the workings of district government from the inside out.
In a unanimous vote, the Quaker Valley School Board approved a "student representative” policy,-which will allow high school students to see the system in action — up close and personal — and present the concerns of the student
body, from all four buildings, to the board.
“It will help to have their perspective,” said board member David Ciesinski, who served in just this position as a high school student in California.
While the student representative will not have a vote in board matters, he/she will be able to bring ideas and frustrations related to curriculum, co-curricular activities and policy to the board’s attention,
The rep also is charged with helping school principals to improve the climate in each school, consulting with other members on student representative bodies and making reports to the board's Education Services Committee,
“This is a,great step forward to bring a student to the table,” said Dr. Florence Iwler, board member.
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Few concerns raised about cable contract
By Erin McVey
________Staff writer____
Last week, borough residents were invited to Sewickley council chambers to voice their opinions about the borough renegotiating a cable franchise deal with AT&T Cable Services during a public hearing.
But there was only one resident who had anything to say, and it was more a concern than a complaint about the deal.
Don Smith, a deacon at The Presbyterian Church in Sewickley, told council and AT&T representative Jeffrey Harshman he hoped they proceeded with the negotiations but hoped they would be including some type of community access capabilities, as the church is looking to broadcast its Sunday services. Pittsburgh City Councilman Dan Cohen, who mediated the hearing, told Smith a community access station would be pursued during negotiations.
Harshman spent approximately 30 minutes going over AT&T's various services that are offered to 1,700 Sewickley residents who subscribe, such as digital cable, Internet services through cable, and local phone service, which should be in place by fall. After he was through, council members and residents were offered the opportunity to speak.
Council member Donald Kipke said he wasn’t so much concerned with the programming that AT&T had to offer; Instead, he questioned Harshman about the company’s high-speed Internet service and customer service.
“There are times when I can’t access to it (Internet) or it will be slow,” Kipke said. “Every other week, I am getting technical support. Two weeks ago, I was told I had an 80-90 percent packet loss on my service. They told me the
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