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APRIL 8-14, 2026
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Students, families already benefiting from Langley’s ‘Mustang Market’
THE RIBBON IS CUT, AND NOW THE MUSTANG MARKET ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF PITTSBURGH LANGLEY IN SHERADEN IS OPEN. (PHOTO BY CHIEF IKHANA-HAL-MAKINA)
Food pantry inside Sheraden school by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
Prior to Feb. 19, 2026, students and families who may have been in need of food but couldn't leave Pittsburgh's West End had one option—wait until the third Tuesday of
each month for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to distribute food to families inside Pittsburgh Langley K-8's cafeteria. But in the last six weeks or so, food has been available at a moment's notice, thanks to the opening of
the "Mustang Market," a food pantry in the lower level of Langley with its own exterior entrance. Karen Mitchell, executive director of the Leading Through Love nonprofit, has several years of experience running food pantries in Pittsburgh.
She partnered with Langley and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to create the food pantry. "We opened right after the ribbon-cutting (Feb. 19) and every week we've seen an increased number of families participat-
ing," Mitchell, a 2025 New Pittsburgh Courier "Woman of Excellence," told the Courier. Mitchell said it hasn't been out of the ordinary to provide food for at least 50 individuals per week, whether they're students at the school, parents or other individu-
als in the West End neighborhoods like Sheraden, Elliott, Crafton Heights, Fairywood, Chartiers City, etc. Mike Dean, the Langley Community School Site Manager, plays a vital SEE FOOD PANTRY A5
Pittsburgh Public Schools’ CTE program getting high marks Lt. Gov. Davis stopped by Westinghouse to see students in action by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that state funding for Career and Technical Education programs, vo-tech education and apprenticeships has risen from $118 million to $183 million over the past three years, according to data from the Shapiro-Davis Administration (Gov. Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis). The administration said since Gov. Shapiro took office in January 2023, 3,000 more students statewide have enrolled in votech and CTE classes as a result of the financial investments. Pittsburgh Public
Schools' Career and Technical Education program has been getting high marks of late, regularly graduating more than 100 students per year from its program. Altogether, the CTE program has 17 areas of study, including its new "Emerging Educators," tailored for students interesting in exploring teaching as a profession. Lieutenant Governor Davis had nothing but smiles on his face as he met some of those CTE students in his own backyard at Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy, April 6. He took a tour of some of the CTE classrooms at SEE PPS A6
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STANDING IN FRONT OF THE “TINY HOUSE” OUTSIDE OF WESTINGHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL—ANGELA MIKE, BILL HILEMAN, DR. WAYNE WALTERS, PA. LT. GOV. AUSTIN DAVIS, WESTINGHOUSE STUDENT JOSHUA GAINES, WENDY G. COLEMAN, AND STATE SEN. LINDSEY WILLIAMS.