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Published November 15, 2005 07:21 am - The “under construction” sign will soon be coming down from the Shenango Area School District’s Web site.


Shenango High School reworking its 'non-existent' Web site


By Pat Litowitz, New Castle News
New Castle News

Shenango High seniors Brittany Flynn and Stevie Crisci regularly navigate the Internet to complete homework assignments.

But ask them to find their school district’s Web site.

“I didn’t know we had a Web page,” Brittany said.

They do, sort of.

“I think I heard about it before, but it’s not a big thing,” Stevie added.

It’s not. Visit www.shenango.k12.pa.us, and you’ll discover the site is under construction.

While Lawrence County’s seven other school districts have a presence on the Internet, Shenango exited the Information Superhighway earlier this year.

“The old one was so bad,” Superintendent Dr. Lawrence Connelly said after last night’s school board meeting. “We felt it was better not to have one. It was so outdated.”

The district’s original Web site was created approximately six years ago, according to ninth-grade computer applications teacher Vicky Rozanski.

“When we originally started it, it was student-produced,” Rozanski said. “We learned the basic codes.

“So much of the software nowadays does everything for them, plugging in the information. The students will pick it up in a minute.”

School districts such as Union and Mohawk offer extensive information, ranging from lunch menus to a calendar of events, on their sites. Shenango wasn’t able to match that quality.

“It’s disappointing at this point, but we feel we’re heading in the right direction,” Connelly said.

That’s not to suggest that students are at a disadvantage when it involves the Internet.

The Web site, edline.com, provides a place where Shenango teachers, students and parents can interact. The educational Web-hosting service allows students to see their grades, permits teachers to list weekly plans and notes, and gives parents the opportunity to see what their children are doing at school.



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