POTTSTOWN, PA – As reported in today’s Mercury, last week Pennsylvania Representative Tom Quigley hosted a public hearing of the House Republican Policy Committee regarding special education in Pennsylvania’s public school districts with particular focus on the cost of special education to school districts, the cost of government mandates and best practices in special... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Could someone please explain to us why Pottstown needs so many elementary schools? The school district faces a $1.8 million deficit in the upcoming 2010-2011 budget.  So why wouldn’t closing schools be a fiscally responsible decision for the school board?  A major downsizing of elementary school buildings is necessary.  In the... »