Letter to the editor: Shame on Leechburg School Board

The new Leechburg Area School Board is batting 0 for 3. They secretly hired a new solicitor in a shady fashion, drove an outstanding superintendent to resign and destroyed teacher morale.

After a series of “fill-in” superintendents, Tiffany Nix took over and stabilized the district. She oversaw a huge and successful building renovation program, drastically improved test scores, stabilized taxes as best she could within a small district and gained the trust and confidence of teachers. Every time you picked up the paper, there was a story about a new and innovative program being instituted by Leechburg.

The new superintendent may be good, but I predict he’ll be gone within five years to a higher-paying job at a larger district. When Nix was hired, she promised to stay and did so for seven years until the situation became unbearable.

Good luck, Tiffany, and shame on this new board bent on some type of retribution.

Tom Tarosky

West Leechburg