Community Matters

Now that the 2nd vote on the Fact Finder report is behind us, it is my understanding that the school board and the teachers return to traditional method of negotiations.  As the clock ticks down the remaining days of summer vacation, can we assume that schools in T/E will open on schedule.  It is my [...]

Filed under: Tredyffrin Township | 35 Comments »

The T/E School Board meeting on Thursday night was rather anticlimactic.  Most of us who have been following the budget process were not surprised by the 3.3% tax increase (1.7% Act 1 Index, 1.6% referendum exceptions) for the 2012-13 school year.  Based on the District’s average residential assessment of $252,601, this translates to an average [...]

Filed under: Tredyffrin Township | 21 Comments »

As part of the budget process for the T/E School District, a Tax Study Group composed of community volunteers was formed to determine the impact of an earned income tax (EIT) on residents and the school district.  The goal of the group was to identify the pros and cons of an EIT for residents and [...]

Filed under: Mainline Media News, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 23 Comments »

Newsweek has released a list of the top 500 public high schools in America.  Here are high schools in our local area that made the list and their ranking: Harriton High School:  #123 Radnor High School: #146 Lower Merion High School:  #224 Downingtown East High School; #279 Downingtown West High School: #339 Great Valley High [...]

Filed under: TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District | 56 Comments »

The clock is ticking down . . . the T/E School Board votes on the final budget for 2011-12 on Monday, June 13, 7:30 PM at Conestoga High School.  The preliminary school budget contained a property tax increase of 3.8%.  Will that tax increase remain in the final budget or is possible that the school [...]

Filed under: Great Valley School District, TEEA, TENIG, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, West Chester Area School District | 33 Comments »

Pittsburgh Business Times has compiled the statewide rankings of PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Exams) test performance for the last six years. The PSSA results come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education website.  Raw results can be found at www.pde.state.pa.us – click on ‘Data and Statistics, then ‘PSSA’.  The survey ranks the 500 school districts in the [...]

Filed under: Tredyffrin Easttown School District | 22 Comments »

On the eve of the Special T/E School Board meeting, there is much discussion on the $8.8 million deficit for the district’s 2011-12 school year and its challenge.  Over the last couple of weeks, I do not recall much discussion about the possibility of adding an activities fee to the 2011-12 budget. If you recall, [...]

Filed under: Lower Merion Township, Radnor Townsip, TE School District, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 17 Comments »

For many residents, the upcoming election on November 2nd has captured your attention but there is interesting news from the T/E School Board that should not be missed.  A couple of important School Board meetings — tomorrow’s Finance Committee Meeting at 7:30 PM at the high school and the following Monday, October 18, an EIT Information session. [...]

Filed under: Easttown Township, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 12 Comments »

The following Letter to the Editor appears in this week’s Main Line Suburban Life newspaper.  Written by Paoli resident Eugene Grace, this letter really hits on what some of us have been thinking lately.  Mr. Grace doesn’t write his letter with a particular political view or slant; nor is he suggesting that one political party is [...]

Filed under: State House 157, Tredyffrin Township | 17 Comments »

Did you hear about the lawsuit filed against Lower Merion School District? In the case of Blake J. Robbins v. Lower Merion School District, the suit claims that laptops were issued to Harriton High School students with webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators. The suit claims that the administrators were able to use [...]

Filed under: TE School District, Tredyffrin Township | 9 Comments »