School Board

2025 School Board members: (FRONT) Mr. Matarazzo, Mr. Petrucci, Mr. Leonard, Mrs. Ising, Mr. Niemiec, (BACK) Dr. Koscho, Dr. Kline, Mr. Kochasic, Mr. Stovar

Board Members

NAME	REGION	TERM	EMAIL
Mrs. Toni Ising	III	2025-29	[email protected]
Dr. Bryan Kline	II	2025-29	[email protected]
Mr. Philip Kochasic	III	2023-27	[email protected]
Dr. Scott Koscho	I	2023-27	[email protected]
Mr. Dallas Leonard	II	2023-27	[email protected]
Mr. Jim Matarazzo	III	2023-27	[email protected]
Mr. Rich Niemiec	II	2025-29	[email protected]
Mr. John Otto	I	2025-29	[email protected]
Mr. Nick Petrucci	I	2023-27	[email protected]

Board Secretary: Mrs. Rebecca Rodriguez

History of Penn-Trafford School Board Presidencies

At Penn-Trafford, no president has ever succeeded him/herself because they've always believed in putting education first instead of their own ambitions.

1973	Edward Sadler
1974	Richard Rizzardi
1975	Paul Reidmiller
1976	Patsy Ferraro
1977	James Fordyce
1978	Richard Rizzardi
1979	Jeffrey Leech
1980	John Hajduk
1981	Richard Rizzardi
1982	Paul Reidmiller
1983	Martin Schneider
1984	Nick Petrucci
1985	Richard Rizzardi
1986	John Hajduk
1987	Albert Baird
1988	Martin Schneider
1989	Nick Petrucci
1990	Richard Rizzardi
1991	John Hajduk
1992	Albert Baird
1993	Helen Nelson
1994	Nick Petrucci
1995	Sallie Bradley
1996	Dominick Frollini
1997	Anthony Casino
1998	Albert Baird
1999	Lawrence Wojcik
2000	Helen Nelson
2001	Dennis Holodnak
2002	Nick Petrucci
2003	Jeff Wetzler
2004	Dominick Frollini
2005	Sallie Bradley
2006	Nick Petrucci
2007	Jeff Wetzler
2008	John Willforth
2009	Philip Kochasic
2010	Bruce Newell
2011	Dallas Leonard
2012	Scott Koscho
2013	Jay Tray
2014	Toni Ising
2015	Rich Niemiec
2016	Nick Petrucci
2017	Martin Stovar
2018	Philip Kochasic
2019	Scott Koscho
2020	Toni Ising
2021	Jim Matarazzo
2022	Dallas Leonard
2023	Nick Petrucci
2024	Martin Stovar
2025	Rich Niemiec
2026	Philip Kochasic

District Map

The Penn-Trafford School District is comprised of all lands that lie within the municipal boundaries of Penn Township, Penn Borough, and portions of Jeannette City, Manor Borough, Trafford Borough in Westmoreland County, and Trafford Borough in Allegheny County.

Board Meeting Schedule & Agendas/Minutes

You can access Board Meeting agendas and minutes on our BoardDocs link: BoardDocs

For board meeting minutes prior to the 2019-2020 school year, please CLICK HERE.

2026 Board Meetings

All meetings are held at Penn-Trafford High School, Room 106/107, unless otherwise noted.

Info/Committee Meetings	Regular Board Meetings
none	Monday, Jan. 5
none	Monday, Feb. 2
none	Monday, Mar. 2
none	Monday, Apr. 13
Monday, May 4	Monday, May 11
Monday, Jun. 8	Monday, Jun. 15
No meetings in July
Monday, Aug. 3	Monday, Aug. 10
none	Tuesday, Sept. 8
none	Monday, Oct. 5
none	Monday, Nov. 2
none	Tuesday, Dec. 7

Notice of Committee Meetings

Attending a Meeting

Public Welcome

Speaking at the Meetings

Anyone wishing to address the Board must register in advance no later than 12:00 noon on the Friday preceding the meeting. Details will be posted on the website homepage the week prior to meetings. Please contact [email protected] with questions.

Procedure for Audience Recognition

You must state your name, municipality, and group affiliation if any.
Your statement will be limited to three minutes in duration.
All statements shall be directed to the president and no participant may address or question a board member individually.
You may be interrupted if your statement is too lengthy, personally direct, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant.
Your name will be called in the order in which you signed up.

School Board Meetings are live-streamed at PT Youtube unless otherwise noted.

PTSD Policies

2026-2027 Preliminary Budget

On May 11, 2026, the Board of School Directors adopted the Proposed Final General Fund Budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. See the Proposed Final General Fund Budget below on form PDE-2028, as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

2026-2027 Proposed Budget

Budget