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School Board Meeting Alert!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Save Pottstown!! would like to remind our readers of this week’s regular board meeting of Pottstown School Board. The meeting takes place this THURSDAY, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor LGI Room of the Pottstown Middle School, located at 600 North Franklin Street. For some reason the agenda... »
Send in the Clowns
POTTSTOWN, PA – Has the circus come to town? Apparently it has. At last night’s Pottstown School Board Committee of the Whole meeting, board member Thomas Hylton thought it appropriate to recruit members of the audience to be on his posse clown team for the next election cycle. Hylton did not recruit before or... »
May the Force Be With You
POTTSTOWN, PA – Last night was the first public meeting of the President’s Task Force. As you recall, the project was announced by School Board President Rick Huss during the March 18 general board meeting after pressure from the voting public to explore all options regarding the future of Pottstown’s five elementary schools. Jim... »
Meeting Recap
POTTSTOWN, PA – Some very positive movements occurred during last night’s Pottstown School Board Committee of the Whole meeting. One of the most notable events of the evening was the naming of former district business manager Jim Bush to head up School Board President Rick Huss’ newly formed President’s Task Force. Today’s online edition... »
Up, Up and Away
POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s print and online editions of The Mercury contain a three-week old news story on a presentation made during the Pottstown School Board meeting of March 18. The presentation, made by former school board member Robert Morgan, discussed Pennsylvania’s upcoming pension crisis and how it will affect the good taxpayers of... »
Civil Obedience
POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s print and online editions of The Mercury contain an excellent article written by Evan Brandt in regards to last Thursday’s school board meeting. If you haven’t already, you can read the article (and watch the video!) here: Civility at Pottstown schools meeting noteworthy Have folks been upset during past board... »
Moving Forward Together as a Community
POTTSTOWN, PA – Last night’s Pottstown School Board meeting did not disappoint. As he mentioned to taxpayers Wednesday morning outside his Feist Avenue home, Board President Rick Huss announced his President’s Task Force Commission, which will be comprised of a team of school district leaders and Pottstown citizens to decide, as a group, what... »
Walking the Line
POTTSTOWN, PA – Did you hear the one about the picketers and the school board president? If not, check out the video posted on The Mercury’s website: Pottstown School Board President Announces Task Force Committee to Picketers Yesterday morning a group of concerned citizens made an unannounced stop at Pottstown School Board President Rick... »
He Who Blinks First…
POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s print edition of The Mercury features a paid advertisement on page A6 – ready for this – the opinion page! What a surprise! We’re disappointed that Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton chooses, once again, to focus his attention AWAY from improving our children’s education…as he does with EVERY SINGLE... »
Devil in Disguise
POTTSTOWN, PA – Last night’s Neighborhood Schools Committee meeting was heated…to say the least. Today’s online edition of The Mercury posted a brief mention of the meeting (with video!), with more details to follow in upcoming editions. You can read the initial mention here: Pottstown schools project funding application recommended The three-hour meeting, which... »