
Greater Latrobe School Board voted in favor of the sale on Tuesday, following prior approval from Derry Area and Ligonier Valley school boards.

The $11,500 sale of 2.25 acres has been approved by the three member school districts that send students to the facility.

It’s a wooded area and a wet area to begin with.” “The ground we’re looking to buy would be very tough to build on. “It’s a win-win situation,” Supervisor Dave Slifka said of the land purchase at the technology center off Route 982. The pond is the first of three the township supervisors have proposed to help control storm runoff that has contributed to flooding in recent years. Derry Township plans to buy a section of property from the Eastern Westmoreland County Career and Technology Center to develop a stormwater retention pond.
