Home and business owners will pay 3 percent more in education costs in fiscal 2019, the highest tax-burden increase in five years.
Check back to Cumberlink.com for a story after the school board meeting. In some cases, that would prevent students from getting the experience needed to earn professional industry certificates.
The South Middleton school board will vote Monday night on accepting the resignation of Assistant Superintendent Joseph W. Mancuso III effective June 30. The superintendent originally planned to leave at the end of 2018. She told them that for three of those-welding, graphic communications and auto servicing technology-her staff made a decision to continue to offer an additional year.
Disagreement, uncertainty and fears will continue in the wake of the Altoona Area School Board's awarding of contracts on Monday for the proposed high school construction and renovation project. She is not exactly sure what that would entail.
Moving numerous programs from two years to one year opens up space for Monroe to nearly double its enrollment to 1,100 students. The package includes two new elementary schools - one to the far east on Josey Lane and one in Old Town on Mill Street where the Purnell Support Center sits. The sessions feature a half hour talk addressing the state of the district, with an hour-long in-depth question and answer session.
"We do ask folks to look at their budget line by line", he said.
Kane sent out an email urging residents to attend Thursday's meeting and "say no more" to the School Board's "out-of-control spending".
Many schools have said school resource officers can prevent crises by investigating incidents before they escalate.
For example, Turgeon said, the computer engineering and design teacher's concerns about the location and number of outlets in the room have not yet been addressed.
Decorating the walls of the cafeteria are signs to teach the students about waste and what can be composted.
"Just because we have a public meeting, I feel like we haven't necessarily engaged with the public", said trustee Ryan Land. "It's very concerning for these teachers as they're trying to plan these programs".
"The whole move to the Academies of Loudoun is rife with rumors, and as much as we try to knock them down, they're still out there", Joy Maloney (Broad Run) said. Ellis confirmed both are untrue.
Frost was one of two finalists for the position, and she was offered the position after a "rigorous" process that included being interviewed by three screening committees, which included parents of students with disabilities, Heinz said. The meet and greet with Hamby is the final showcase for Nelson County Schools prior to selection of the district's new superintendent.
He said, "We have to start building trust".
"I think $105 million is an enormous step forward", Auerbach said, explaining that it is still an amount that the Avon Grove community could afford.
