Community Matters

In addition to the Board of Supervisors Meeting on Monday evening, there is a Tredyffrin Easttown School Board Meeting; 7:30 PM at Conestoga HS.  Here is the agenda for TESD meeting. Included in the agenda materials is the Treasurer’s Report as of November 30, 2009 which was interesting to review, particularly in light of the 2010-11 budget discussions.  The last [...]

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The following post received 86 comments and I was just asked  to start a new post, same topic.  I guess it was becoming difficult to page through the comments.  So here you go.  We can call this one Part 2.  If you click on the title below it is hyperlinked and will take you to [...]

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As we know, it is impossible to be 2 places at once . . . and last night was one of those nights.  I attended the Board of Supervisors meeting but I knew that I had coverage at the Finance Committee meeting with my friend Ray Clarke.  The Clarke family was busy last night, Ray [...]

Filed under: TE School District, TEEA, TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 29 Comments »

As was discussed at today’s TESD Public Information meeting, the district has released a draft 2010-11 budget strategies.  We thank the district for releasing this background information in advance of February 8 Finance Meeting.  These proposed strategies are to aid in the budget gap and I suggest a review prior to next week’s meeting.  Your comments/input [...]

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was surpised to see the discussion of community blogs as an agenda item for the TESD Public Information committee meeting.  I attended this morning’s meeting and Ray Clarke has kindly provided an update on the meeting which I share below. Ray mentions the TESD 2010-11 budget strategies [...]

Filed under: Easttown Township, TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 4 Comments »

Over the last week, I have been focused on the recent Board of Supervisors decision.  I know that some of you were urging me to get back to the school district budget discussion.  So for the moment, I’m leaving the unfinished township business and re-focusing front page discussion on our school district.  Ray Clarke sent [...]

Filed under: PA School Employee Retirement Fund, TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 8 Comments »

The following article by Blair Meadowcroft appears in today’s Main Line Suburban newspaper.  The article details the mixed reaction of the passing of the preliminary 2010-11 school budget at Monday night’s TESD School Board Meeting.  One item that Blair mentioned that caught my eye concerned the replacement of long time 3rd grade teacher Walter Thompson [...]

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I was not at the TESD meeting last night – I was at Tredyffrin’s Board of Supervisors Meeting. (See last post, ‘Control of Tredyffrin Township in the Hands of 4 . . . Residents Will Now Play by Their Rules!’) I have received several emails, telephone calls and also comments for Community Matters in regards [...]

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I started Community Matters approximately 2 months ago in hopes of presenting important local issues that would engage the community. It was always my goal to deliver information in as balanced and honest a manner as possible, all the while understanding that some topics had the potential of creating a firestorm of debate. As more [...]

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Below is the email being distributed by Tredyffrin Easttown teachers in regards to Monday’s school board meeting.  Having made the decision to include this email on Community Matters, I offer my opinion.  Although I think it is extremely important for parents (taxpayers) to come to Monday night and offer opinion in the process, I do not [...]

Filed under: TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 17 Comments »