Mechanicsburg Area School District tweaks school start and end times

The Seattle School Board has selected three final candidates to become the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. On Wednesday he launched what he calls his “100-day entry plan” a priority list of goals and strategies for leading the state’s largest public school system. Reductions made in the preliminary budget include professional development, staff in special services, Americorps positions, test proctors, the mentoring budget, elimination of open positions in maintenance, gas and fuel costs for transportation, overtime for drivers, delaying the purchase of a van for the district and delaying the addition of telepresence. Two board members expressed little or no comment on the proposals. The motion was approved unanimously. “All have experience in the central office and administration”. The groups will present to the board in a meeting on April 23.

After the district’s current superintendent, Dr. Deborah Wheeler, announced her retirement in January, the district hired the Chester County Intermediate Unit to begin the search for a new superintendent. However, these figures could change depending on actual enrollment figures for 2018-19, Longwell said.

A program to educate students who “don’t fit” the regular high school or who are at risk of not graduating high school will come back to the Grand Coulee Dam School District next year.

At the end of February the district released a preliminary calendar for the next two school years that included five early release days.

Change continues in the Mechanicsburg Area School District with an adjustment of student start and dismissal times for next year that were previously modified in January. In case of rain, the event will be held at the McComb High School Auditorium.

The resolution notes that there is no “evidence-based research” showing that arming teachers would reduce the number of casualties in a mass shooting and that allowing guns in schools in the hands of those other than law enforcement officers would instead increase the risk of accidental shootings. He has served as a teacher, coach and assistant principal.

“With only a 47-cent increase in the BSA, superintendents will be forced to cut their budgets — cuts that will impact students, schools and communities that are served”, the report said. The awesome faculty and staff will keep teaching and the students will keep learning.

“We are excited about what each of these candidates has to offer as our potential new superintendent and think our families and community partners will be, too”, said Board President Leslie Harris. “All these candidates will be willing to commit to you for a significant amount of time”.

Brick school officials took some frequent government observers by surprise Tuesday night, holding a minutes-long meeting just 15 minutes before the township council held its own meeting, using the opportunity to introduce a budget that includes almost $4.5 million in tax increases.