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Pittsburgh, PA-based Pittsburgh Public Schools has Resigned Samuel K. Franklin as Executive Director of Human Resources
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Pittsburgh Public Schools offers a wide variety of educational options and offerings for our diverse student body. We aim to provide options that not only match our students` passions and unique needs, but also help to prepare them for the real word through diverse experiences. As the largest of 43 school districts in Allegheny County and second largest in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Public Schools serves approximately 25,000 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 in 54 schools. In addition, Early Childhood programs serve 1,614 three and four year-olds in classrooms across the city. We believe that every child—at every level of academic performance—can achieve excellence. To help our students get there, we are committed to continually improving performance at every level of the District. By doing so, we will help prepare our students to take maximum advantage of The Pittsburgh Promise® scholarship, and we will better prepare our District to thrive in an era of unprecedented competition. At Pittsburgh Public Schools, we have all the right ingredients to help us tackle urban public education problems and to help our children succeed in a world where it`s increasingly important to have more than a high school diploma.
About the Person
\r\n Samuel K. Franklin, also known as Sam, serves as Executive Director of Human Resources at Pittsburgh Public Schools. He will resign as Executive Director of Human Resources effective August 3, 2015. Prior to that, he has served as Founder of Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy at Pittsburgh Public Schools from July 2007 – November 2009. Previously, Samuel has also served at Oakland Unified School District. Samuel earned Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government from Kenyon College in 2002 and Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III College in 2007. Franklin is one of four Pittsburgh-area residents Carnegie Mellon University`s Alumni Association honored for their achievements and service to the university as part of Céilidh Weekend, Oct. 4–7. He received a Recent Alumni Award.\r\n
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