- Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Board Districts
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District 1
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Board Representative:
Ms. Sylvia C. Wilson
- Council of the Great City Schools Representative
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees Liaison
Committees Chaired:
- Education
Committees Co-Chaired:
- Negotiations
- Personnel
About Ms. Wilson:Ms. Wilson is a retired PPS teacher who worked for 26 years at Spring Hill, Miller, and Manchester Elementary Schools. While teaching, she served on the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Executive Board from 1977 through 2010. She was the elected secretary on the board from 1979 through 2010. She later was a full time staff member of the PFT as the Assistant to the President for 14 years prior to her retirement in 2013. Sylvia Wilson has been active in the community with various organizations. For more than twenty years, she was an active volunteer with community youth baseball and football organizations. Additionally, Ms. Wilson serves on the ALCOSAN Board as the joint city-county appointee and is currently the Board Chair (first woman and first African American to hold the position). Ms. Wilson is also active in the Democratic Party as a committee woman, ward chair, and DNC member representing PA. Ms. Wilson can be reached by email at swilson1@pghschools.org.
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Areas Represented in District 1:
- Homewood
- East Hills
- North Point Breeze
- Parts of Point Breeze - Park Place
- Regent Square
- Friendship
- Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar
- Friendship
- Larimer
- Parts of East Liberty
- Parts of Shadyside
District 1 Schools:
- Pittsburgh Crescent Early Childhood Center
- Pittsburgh Faison K-5
- Pittsburgh Liberty K-5
- Pittsburgh Lincoln PreK-5
- Pittsburgh Montessori PreK-8
- Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8
- Pittsburgh Obama 6-12
- Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy 6-12
- Pittsburgh Student Achievement Center