Business & Merchant
- Last Updated on Friday, 26 August 2016 14:59
The Bethel Park Chamber is hosting Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, at a luncheon on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza. He was formerly Superintendent of the Lancaster School District and was appointed by Governor Tom Wolf in June, 2015 as Secretary of Education.
Rivera has been recognized by the Washington Post and the White House for his achievements. He has been an assistant principal, principal, bi-lingual teacher, coordinator of English as a second language, Executive director of high schools and a human resources director. Rivera was honored by the White House in 2014 as a “Champion of Change” and as one of the 10 Hispanic leaders in the United States doing “extraordinary work in education.” His school district was one of five filing a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for an ”adopted irrational funding system that does not deliver the essential resources students need.”
Reservation deadline is September 10, 2016. Go to www.bpchamber.org or call 412-595-8361 for reservations.
