Aug 18, 2015
Representatives of five of Delaware County’s 15 school districts participated in a press conference staged Tuesday morning by Public Citizens for Children and Youth outside Ardmore Avenue Elementary School in Lansdowne to express concern over the budget standoff...
Aug 18, 2015
Standing alongside school officials from across Delaware County on Tuesday, William Penn school board member Rafi Cave implored his audience to imagine planning days without any concept of a budget. “Think of your household, and having to pay bills before you...
Aug 17, 2015
Laying down a position from which top Democrats will not back away, State Sen. Vincent Hughes said Thursday there would be no Pennsylvania budget without a Marcellus Shale tax and millions of dollars in new education spending. Heading into a second straight day of...
Aug 7, 2015
“Pennsylvania school districts now make up 20 percent of the agency’s junk bond ratings,” according to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Last week, Moody’s, the nation’s leading credit rating agency, downgraded to junk status the credit ratings of three school...
Aug 6, 2015
LESS IS LESS Numbers don’t lie. Governor Wolf’s proposed budget would invest an additional $410 million in schools, with over $44 million coming to suburban districts in Southeast PA. The budget passed by the legislature and vetoed by the Governor underfunds Southeast...
Aug 4, 2015
In May, former city councilman Jim Kenney won the Democratic primary to become the party’s nominee for mayor in the November general election. In a town where registered Democratic voters outnumber registered Republicans 7-to-1, Kenney is all but guaranteed to become...
