Enrollment Declining High School Closed
By the order of the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education under School Code section 1607.1(c), the 9-12 grade students in the Duquesne School District may choose to attend West Mifflin Area High School or East Allegheny High School. The receiving districts are given tuition for each pupil. West Mifflin Area student tuition is $9,060.25 for each student. They are ordered to take 65% of the students from each grade 9-12. East Allegheny School District will receive a tuition payment of $8,811.22. It must accept 35% of the students from each grade.
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