Rebecca Harbaugh

Rumors of confirmed swine-flu cases somewhere in the Conewago Valley School District seem to be making their way around the community, but assistant superintendent Rebecca Harbaugh said Wednesday that the district knows of no confirmed cases.

The district so far this school year has seen a number of students come down with flu-like illnesses, Harbaugh said. The district even sent a letter home with New Oxford Middle School students, advising parents that a student there had come down with an unseasonal flu-like illness that had not been confirmed as the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu.

The letter asked that parents be vigilant in monitoring their children's health, and provided hygiene tips that can help curb the spread of infections.

Harbaugh on Wednesday said the district had not been informed that any students at any of its schools had tested positive for swine flu. She said she could not positively deny there were confirmed cases in the district, and said she wasn't sure the district would be notified if positive test was returned through a student's family doctor.

In most years, she said, flu-like illnesses like the ones the district has seen don't crop up until later in the year, after the onset of flu season.

Assistant Superintendent Rebecca Harbaugh was the elementary principal at the time of the switch. She said the district felt if it targeted the students that need help early, the transitional program was not needed.

She said the district's extended-day kindergarten works on developing oral language skills, which makes the transition to reading easier.

- Dr. Rebecca Norman Harbaugh,'77, a former teacher now the assistant superintendent at Conewago School District near Gettysburg, Pa.

Harbaugh to replace retiring Carbaugh at CVSD
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At a meeting Monday, the school board unanimously appointed Conewago Valley Intermediate School principal Rebecca Harbaugh to the position.

According to the district, Harbaugh will make $90,000 per year.

Prior to her job at the intermediate school, Harbaugh was principal of the Conewago Township Elementary School from 1997 to 2004; and an assistant principal at Conewago Valley Middle School from 1991 to 1997; and an eighth-grade math teacher in the Gettysburg Area School District.

Harbaugh received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Shippensburg University; a certification in secondary mathematics from California University of Pennsylvania; a master's in school administration from Western Maryland College; and a doctorate of education from Immaculata University near Philadelphia.

Harbaugh will begin her duties as assistant superintendent as a substitute beginning April 1.

On July 1, Harbaugh will begin her three-year term.

The board appointed Kenneth Armacost to replace Harbaugh as Intermediate School principal, starting in April.