Keith Knauss is sending a letter to the Lower Merion School Board, calling attention to what he claims are three recent occurrences of the Board violating the Sunshine Act.But First, Who is Keith Knauss? For many years he was a member of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board. When he resigned from that board in October of 2015, Dailylocal.com wrote Knauss said the recent … [Read more...] about Keith Knauss Calls Out Lower Merion School Board On Sunshine Law Violations
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Lower Merion Kids Sound Off (Respectfully) About New Principal
Four Lower Merion High School students came to the School Board Meeting on Monday night (January 24) to air their grievances, which were primarily aimed at the school's new interim principal, Jim Scanlon. Scanlon is in the difficult position of trying to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Sean Hughes, who was killed in a car crash on November … [Read more...] about Lower Merion Kids Sound Off (Respectfully) About New Principal
Citing ‘Cancel Culture,’ Fired Prof Sues St. Joe’s
On Wednesday (January 21), Gregory Manco file a lawsuit in Federal Court against St. Joseph's University (SJU), claiming among other things, that SJU gave credence to completely false, unsupported, undocumented, and implausible allegations of racial bias, and then used those allegations to justify an investigation, suspension and non-renewal of his contract as a Visiting … [Read more...] about Citing ‘Cancel Culture,’ Fired Prof Sues St. Joe’s
Haverford Township Schools Closed For Alleged Snow
All Haverford Township public schools are closed today As this is being written, in Wynnewood - Lower Merion, there is so far 0.00" here (where schools were already closed today for Covid). Presumably, conditions are worse in the neighboring township. Other Philadelphia Area Schools Closed For The Storm Avon Grove Charter School (Chester) - Closed. … [Read more...] about Haverford Township Schools Closed For Alleged Snow
“What use would a carpenter have for biology?” Asks GOP Lawyer At School Funding Trial
On Sunday (December 26) The Inquirer reported that - In questioning the superintendent of a rural school district, a lawyer for Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman repeatedly asked why the state’s academic standards mattered for students entering certain professions. “What use would a carpenter have for biology?” asked John Krill of Matthew Splain, superintendent of the … [Read more...] about “What use would a carpenter have for biology?” Asks GOP Lawyer At School Funding Trial