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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... »
Can You Fog a Mirror?
POTTSTOWN, PA – We see that a young innocent virgin letter writer has expressed his gushing love for all things Hylton in today’s Mercury. Aaaah the innocence of youth! If you haven’t already, you can read the letter here: Something doesn’t add up: Increased staff, lower enrollment Since everyone knows that Pottstown School Board... »
Which Door Will It Be?
POTTSTOWN, PA – Everyone remembers watching Monty Hall and Let’s Make a Deal, right? So, when it comes to selecting a new superintendent for Pottstown School District…which door will it be? Do we pick an experienced known school district administrator with years of service to Pottstown and its students? Or do we allow tens... »
Something Stinks Here
POTTSTOWN, PA – It’s funny. At last week’s Pottstown School Board Committee of the Whole meeting, we don’t recall seeing Rev. Vernon Ross in the audience. And we certainly know that since he was not present at the meeting he did not address the board. In yesterday’s Mercury, a curious article made the front... »
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... »
Committee of the Whole Meeting Alert!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Just a reminder folks that this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. is the monthly Pottstown School Board Committee of the Whole meeting. The meeting will take place in the Auditorium of the Pottstown Middle School, located at 600 North Franklin Street. Here is the agenda for Thursday’s meeting: Committee of the Whole... »
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... »
Falling on Deaf Ears?
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... »
Closing Schools Saves Money
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... »
Another Great Spring Break!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Nothing feels quite as refreshing as a good holiday! Rest assured, no one has shuttered Save Pottstown!! We are alive and well and still practicing our freedom of speech (advertorial free!). Thanks to all our readers for your emails and concerns. In the past few weeks, those of us here took... »