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From the March issue...
School board ready for first vote on closure plan ​
It will take a series of votes over the next year and months of public hearings to close schools, but the The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors is ready to take the first step on March 26 during its legislative session. the plan is to close 16 schools and end all of the elementary magnet programs, sending children to neighborhood schools instead of busing them across town to specialized magnet schools. If the plan goes through, the first schools that could close would be for the 2025-2026 school year.​​
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Ahmad Jamal's Piano comes to Homewood
The jazz composer and musician Ahmad Jamal died two years ago and left his 9-foot, 990 pound, Steinway grand piano to the Afro American Music Institute in Homewood.
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The music school is now raising money for a performance space: The Ahmad Jamal Music Hall for which the piano will be a centerpiece.
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The music institute's connection is not just that it is located in Jamal's hometown. James Johnson III, the son of the music institute's founders, Pamela and Dr. James Johnson Jr., was Jamal's drummer.​​​​
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Fundraiser planned for immigrant bond fund​​
Local The De-Ice Ball, which will raise money for El Fondo Solidario
de Pittsburgh, or the Pittsburgh Solidarity Fund, which provies loans to immigrants who are facing deportation and need help securing a bond to get out of jail and legal representation. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 19 from 7-9 p.m. at
Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Ave. Donations are requested on a sliding scale of $18 to $180. All of the money will go to the bond fund.
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