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For more than 5,000 Pittsburgh Public School students, last Monday was the last first day in their school buildings ([link removed]) . The district is set to close 12 schools and nine buildings next summer, the result of a plan that was approved in May after years of community feedback and revisions.

Parents and teachers shared their bittersweet reflections ([link removed]) as they brace for change.

“It’s something you can’t recreate,” one Manchester PreK-8 parent said about that school’s small and inclusive classes ([link removed]) .

Welcome to September. Steelers season starts in 12 days and Election Day is in 63 days. Today marks 20 years since Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O’Connor died of brain cancer just eight months after taking office.

✍️ Newsletter written by Charlie Wolfson ([link removed]) ,

Public Source local government reporter & newsletter editor


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** TODAY IN HISTORY 📅
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Today is September 1.

20 years ago, 2006: Mayor Bob O’Connor died of brain cancer less then three months after being diagnosed. City Council President Luke Ravenstahl was sworn in as Pittsburgh’s 59th mayor. (Post-Gazette)

87 years ago, 1939: Nazi Germany invaded Poland, an event regarded as the start of World War II. (AP)

219 years ago, 1807: A federal jury in Virginia acquitted former Vice President Aaron Burr of treason for plotting to seize lands belonging to Spain in Louisiana and Mexico. (AP)


** LOCAL EVENTS
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📚 Main Zine Collective: Pittsburgh labor, then and now ([link removed]) 6 p.m. Wednesday | Carnegie Library, Oakland

🏈 Pitt football home opener ([link removed]) 12:30 p.m. Saturday | Acrisure Stadium, North Shore

🎷 Jazz in the Garden ([link removed]) Sept. 17 | Phipps Conservatory, Oakland

🦁 Disney’s The Lion King ([link removed]) Sept. 9-27 | Benedum Center, Downtown

👋 Thanks for reading today’s newsletter! I hope you feel more informed about Pittsburgh and your community. For any questions or comments, feel free to email me at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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