Greensburg Salem School District is continuing to revamp its central administrative roles as it seeks a coordinator of technology integration and student information.

The board this week agreed to advertise the position, with a starting salary not to exceed $72,000.

It’s a new take on the current position of director of information services, which has been held by Larry George.

The board accepted George’s resignation, effective Tuesday, after which he’ll start work as the new technology director in the Derry Area School District.

Derry Area hired George on Jan. 27 at a salary of $85,000, prorated for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year.

As for the student information George’s successor will deal with at Greensburg Salem, Superintendent Ken Bissell said, “We’re getting a lot of technology use, we’re getting apps and different programs that are connecting to our student accounts.

“This will be somebody to coordinate that. That will be one small portion of that position.”

As part of his duties at Greensburg Salem, George attended school board meetings, recording votes and setting up the board’s microphone system.

Recording secretary duties now are to be one of the responsibilities of the new Greensburg Salem position of associate administrator to the superintendent and community outreach. The school board in January agreed to advertise that job, which is taking the place of the former role of administrative assistant to the superintendent, vacated by the Dec. 31 retirement of Karen Gnesda.

School board President Jeff Metrosky wished George well in his new job and thanked him for putting in many extra hours beyond the school day.

“While you perform your duties during the day, you go to board meetings at night and sporting events and activities at night and on weekends,” Metrosky told George. “It goes beyond an eight-hour-a-day job.”

Tax settlement eyed for Greensburg building

The district stands to lose some revenue, along with Greensburg and Westmoreland County, pending settlement of a tax assessment case involving the Old Republic Insurance building on West Pittsburgh Street.

The expected amount of the loss has yet to be calculated, according to district Solicitor Lee Demosky.

Following a district appraisal of the property, the school board authorized Demosky to enter a stipulation of settlement in county court, which would adjust the building’s implied fair market value from about $2 million down to $850,000.

Demosky indicated such downgrades in value aren’t unexpected for the community’s older buildings.

“That’s going to substantially reduce the amount of taxes they owe to everybody,” he said.

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