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Judge Rules – No Info For Gladwyne Mom About Trans Teacher’s Lesson Plans

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On November 16, Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Smythe affirmed Lower Merion School District's denial of a request for records concerning the "lesson plans" of Welsh Valley Middle School teacher Ben Beaman.The request for records was brought by Nicole Smith, an acolyte of Elana Fishbein,  aka Gladwyne Mom, who rose to fame as an early opponent of the teaching of CRT … [Read more...] about Judge Rules – No Info For Gladwyne Mom About Trans Teacher’s Lesson Plans

11 NFL Players Who Competed In The Lower Merion Radnor Game

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Saville Crowther, Radnor, 1918, 1919 Saville Crowther played in the 1918 Lower Merion Radnor game, which Lower Merion won 14-7. The following year he helped Radnor avenge that loss, as they beat Lower Merion in a  laugher, 50-0. He captained the football teams at Colgate in 1923 and 1924.  In 1925 Crowther played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an NFL team. In 1926 … [Read more...] about 11 NFL Players Who Competed In The Lower Merion Radnor Game

Friends Central ‘Science Whiz’ Wins Second Nobel

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K. Barry Sharpless was just awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the second time. But more importantly, he graduated from Friends Central School, Wynnewood, in 1959. Perhaps it was premature to say this after Sharpless won his first Nobel Prize in 2001, but now that he's bagged his second, it's safe to say that the kid who described him in the yearbook as . . . … [Read more...] about Friends Central ‘Science Whiz’ Wins Second Nobel