POTTSTOWN, PA – Just a reminder to our readers that there will be a Neighborhood Schools Committee meeting taking place this Monday, March 1 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Pottstown School District Administration Building on Beech Street. The Neighborhood Schools Committee meetings are regularly scheduled for the 3rd Tuesday of each month, so... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – As reported this week in The Mercury, the Pottsgrove School District is moving ahead with its $17 million renovation project of Ringing Rocks Elementary School, which will include a substantial amount of environmentally friendly projects, most notably a geo-thermal HVAC system and energy-efficient windows. You can read the article here. For... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – As a follow-up to our post earlier this week on County Records Don’t Lie, Save Pottstown!! would like to share with its readers a very interesting county document. Here is the Realty Tax Statement of Value form which was recorded with the county on December 31, 1997 for 272 Beech Street... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – During last week’s Pottstown School Board general meeting, board member Thomas Hylton claimed to have severed ties with Preservation Pottstown, the non-profit civic organization he founded almost 30 years ago with long time friend (and fellow board member Valerie Harris’ employer) George Wausnock. When pressed by board member Polly Weand of... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s online and print editions of The Mercury contain a letter from former 12-year Pottstown School Board member Barry Haring echoing our sentiments on the future of Rupert Elementary School. Tear down Rupert School Regarding the infamous Rupert School, I certainly don’t want this letter to turn into a tennis match,... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – While April 15th is only a few short months away, we here at Save Pottstown!! think it’s time to start taking some serious financial investigative action. Last week, The Mercury published an article on Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton and his now since revoked pledge to loan the school district... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – Since this past Thursday’s Pottstown School Board meeting, The Mercury has published two in-depth articles detailing events that occurred during the meeting. One being the surprise revelation that Pottstown School District Superintendent David Krem is in the finalist running for the Superintendent post at Wyomissing Area School District. The other being... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – The big story of last night’s Pottstown School Board meeting is the fact that board member Thomas Hylton, who previously pledged $20,000 of his own money towards architectural fees for his ridiculously wasteful hi$torically-accurate window$ project for Rupert and Edgewood elementary schools, had to backtrack on his previous promise. Now Hylton... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – As posted on the Wyomissing Area School District site today, Pottstown School District Superintendent David Krem is their “unanimous choice” as their new superintendent. Next Tuesday, February 23, Krem will be introduced to the WASD community in their Junior/Senior High School Auditorium. WASD will be voting on Krem’s appointment at a... »
POTTSTOWN, PA – Save Pottstown!! would like to remind our marvelous readers of this week’s regular board meeting of Pottstown School Board. The meeting takes place this THURSDAY, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor LGI Room of the Pottstown Middle School, located at 600 North Franklin Street. Here is the proposed... »