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Martin honors Hanobic at KCSD meeting

MILL HALL — The Keystone Central school board held its shortest meeting in recent memory on Thursday night. The voting session lasted a mere seven minutes, with the majority of that time spent on superintendent Jacquelyn Martin’s report.

Among the highlights:

— Martin took time to remember Frank “Jack” Hanobic, the longtime teacher, coach, athletic administrator and referee who died on June 28.

“Jack will fondly be remembered for his service and dedication to the youth in the Renovo community,” Martin said. “I know our administrative team is planning to make personal memorial donations to locations that the families requested.”

Hanobic was honored earlier this year with the naming of the basketball court at Bucktail High School in his honor. He had spent decades as a teacher and mentor to young people in western Clinton County. The plaque, unveiled in February, reads: “This court honors the legacy of Frank ‘Jack’ Hanobic, a man who always placed his school and his community first. Jack was the athletic director and a proud supporter of all athletes. An educator for 36 years, Jack was also the Western Clinton County Youth Center director. Renovo athletes will remember Jack as a genuinely caring individual with a tireless work ethic. Mr. Hanobic, we thank you, your benevolent legacy will live on in the hearts and lives of all Renovo youth.”

— Martin noted that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed Act 66 of 2021 into law on June 30, 2021. This law allows students who were enrolled during the 2020-21 school year to repeat their grade level to make up for any learning loss due to the pandemic, even if the student met requirements to be promoted to the next grade level.

She said the details of Act 66 are available on the Pennsylvania Department of Education website.

“Although the law grants families the right to seek retention, we do encourage parents and families to follow the grade level recommendations of their child’s teachers for the upcoming school year,” Martin said.

The deadline to file is July 15, Martin said.

“It’s a quick turnaround,” Martin noted.

— The new-and-improved district website is close to launch, Martin said. The district was aiming for July 1 to unveil the new website, but there have been some hurdles.

“We’ve had a few delays updating some of the content and migrating pages. I’m sure that everyone here has had some experience with new websites and know that it’s not an easy task and we had a pretty aggressive timeline,” Martin said.

Martin said that the next time they meet as a board, there will be a “preview of the new site.”

— The summer program entitled “Keystone Camp” kicks off on Monday, Martin said. The purpose of Keystone Camp is to provide students in kindergarten through 12th grade a safe and fun learning environment for a month during the summer in order to maintain educational consistency for students.

“(We’re) excited to welcome kids back into our school buildings this summer,” she said.

Following Martin’s report, nearly the entire agenda was moved and passed unanimously.

The school board will meet again at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5 for a work session. That meeting will be held in person, but will also be accessible via Zoom through the district’s website.

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