Belle Vernon Area Hires New Superintendent

BELLE VERNON, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Belle Vernon Area School Board voted 8-1 to hire Timothy Glasspool as the district’s next superintendent. The decision was viewed by some parents and community members as controversial. Several parents and community members spoke out during the meeting, concerned with Glasspool’s past. He was the Plum School District Superintendent during a teacher-student sex scandal in 2015. Three teachers pleaded guilty to having sex with students. Glasspool resigned in 2017 and was hired as superintendent a year later at Penncrest School District in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Glasspool declined to answer questions from reporters, speaking only during the meeting, briefly. Glasspool is set to begin in his new role on Oct. 2. His contract runs through June 2027.