NA Parent, Civil Engineer, Seeks Seat on North Allegheny School Board

Ash Marwah, a frequent critic of spending increases by the current board and administration, is running for North Allegheny School Board.

Marwah is a 30 year resident of the school district and his three sons graduated from North Allegheny Senior High School. He has been a soccer coach for about 10 years, member of the NA Diversity Committee for another 10 years and currently a Member of the Concerned Parents Group.

Marwah earned a Masters of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.

He has also served on the budget advisory committee for the Keystone Oaks School District. 

Below is his statement announcing the reasons for his candidacy:

All along, I have followed the NA Budget and its spiraling increases. The last 12 years have really brought it into focus because of the $50 Million increase in the size of the budget.

That is $50 Million in additional taxes that is being spent to run the schools where the number of students and number of staff has not really changed much.

It is now time to look at spending cuts rather than continue to increase taxes at NA.

This is the 4th year in a row that NA is raising our property taxes. Enough of tax increases, now is the time to cut spending to balance the budget.

I have experience in budgeting while running my own business for over 20 years and prior to that I served on the Budget Advisory Committee for Keystone Oaks School District also.  Over the years, I have provided analysis to show the School Board where all the spending can be reduced.

My exchanges with the school district show that NA would like to continue to raise taxes every year for the foreseeable future rather than cut spending. That is not the way to run the School District. We have to look at the NA Budgets differently and curtail out of control spending.

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