Jeff Bartos and his wife Cheryl Bartos recently hosted an event at their home in Merion, on behalf of the Republican candidates running for Lower Merion School Board in the forthcoming general election, on November 2.Bartos ran unsuccessfully for Lt. Governor in 2018. He is now running for the U.S. Senate, in 2022. The seat that Bartos aspires to is currently held by Pat … [Read more...] about School Board Race Has Lower Merion GOP Energized
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Lower Merion New School Superintendent Gets Tear-filled Send-Off From Reading School District
Reading School Board thanks Mumin, formally accepts resignation https://t.co/q7TVHG6QFf — WFMZ-TV 69News (@69News) August 26, 2021 The Reading School Board unanimously accepted Khalid Mumin's resignation at their meeting on Wednesday (August 25). The Reading Eagle wrote on Thursday (August 26) - It was a tearful Reading School Board meeting as the board voted to … [Read more...] about Lower Merion New School Superintendent Gets Tear-filled Send-Off From Reading School District
Mask Wars At T/E And Great Valley School Board Meetings
Caroline O'Halloran writes in Savvy Main Line - At a meeting punctuated by riotous applause, cheers, jeers and out-of-order outbursts from angry parents, the T/E School Board unanimously approved a mask mandate for all students this week. It wasn’t pretty. Both sides – for and against the mask requirement – attended in roughly equal numbers but those opposed were … [Read more...] about Mask Wars At T/E And Great Valley School Board Meetings
Copeland Disappointed With Student Vax Rate
Lower Merion School District Superintendent, Robert Copeland, in an August 17 Health and Safety Planning Update, said "These percentages are below what he had hoped to see, now that vaccines are readily available to anyone over age 12." The numbers shown in the chart above, in all likelihood, understate the actual number of students who are vaccinated, since parents were … [Read more...] about Copeland Disappointed With Student Vax Rate
Pennsylvania ‘Preempts’ Local Governments More Than Most States
On July 20, CityandStatePA posted an article that explained the concept of preemption. City and State referenced a study by Brooks Rainwater, senior executive and director of the Center for City Solutions at the National League of Cities, a nonpartisan advocacy group that supports local governments. Rainwater describes preemption as follows - Preemption is a legal … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania ‘Preempts’ Local Governments More Than Most States