@NAEmmanuele Please also consider, if you haven’t already, your school librarian or local public librarian as a resource. These folks are sometimes forgotten about.
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Mr. Arms
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We’re working on a #Jewish & #Holocaust Literature elective. Does anyone have the title of an anthology that provides a range of texts through history? We’ll do some full texts, but I was hoping for a collection, too—I’m having trouble finding a Jewish Lit anthology. #NCTEchat
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@PottstownNews Correct, I was just trying to tiptoe around putting candidates on blast after I heard them talk about holding the line on spending and no tax increases
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A tax increase is not necessarily the antithesis of fiscal responsibility.
Mr. Arms@MrArmsECE
@PottstownNews All I will say is, it’s interesting to hear candidates campaign at the polls about fiscal responsibility and taxes and then vote for a tax increase
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@PottstownNews All I will say is, it’s interesting to hear candidates campaign at the polls about fiscal responsibility and taxes and then vote for a tax increase
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The Boyertown School Board votes 5-3 to adopt the $139 million budget for 2023-2024. Voting no were members Ruth Dierolf, Christine Neiman and Marianne Scott. Yes were Anthony Panarello, Roger Updegrove, Brian Hemingway, Lisa Hogan & Jeff Zawada. James Brophy was absent.
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@PottstownNews I was 201 at West Pottsgrove about 30 minutes ago which I thought was a pretty decent turn out
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@PottstownNews In my experience Evan has always reported in an unbiased manner, just the facts. He asks pertinent questions and does his homework. And I won’t get into a back and forth on this, I was the subject/part of multiple articles he wrote.
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How could you possibly know, “for a fact,” how I feel about a person when we’ve never met, at least to my knowledge?
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@PottstownNews 417 is my aunts home, she doesn’t really want to do an interview but I can probably get her to answer questions and email the responses if you would like.
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Working on a story about the twin house fire on Hale Street this morning across the street from last May’s home explosion as well as the stabbing incident on York Street. So glad to be back …
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@PottstownNews I don’t understand why they reorganized for just the vice president? I’m sure I missed something as I don’t really follow Upper closely
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Cathy Paretti, who voted against building a new municipal complex on protected open space, is no longer the vice president of the Upper Pottsgrove Commissioners. Hank Llewellyn, who voted in favor of that project, has replaced her. The vote was unanimous.
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@Beyond_the_Desk @AMLE The offerings are so slim now. Back in the day it was 6: Typing, Conflict Resolution, Art/PE/Music 7: Computers, Spanish, French, Art/PE/Music, Tech Ed, FCS 8: Computers, Spanish, French, Art/PE/Music/Health, Tech Ed, FCS, Communication Arts
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Hey #middleschools, what electives/exploratory courses do you currently offer 6-8 graders? Do students choose their electives/exploratory courses? @AMLE #mschat #tlap
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@PottstownNews If it wasn’t for you researching, attending and reporting local govt would go completely unchecked. And yes, I mean YOU, not just any journalist. Damn lucky to have you informing us.
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America needs more of this.
Carl Hunnell@CarlHunnell
How important is independent, local journalism when it comes to keeping tabs on local government? It allows residents to more fully understand what elected leaders are talking about and planning to do. Mansfield City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a water rate increase.
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@PottstownNews As others said, just make the information available! Why do local governments find that so difficult?!
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Boyertown Schools Solicitor Jeff Sultanik says district he lives in in Montgomery County, spent $900,000 on right-to-know" requests.
"At what point does it become harassment?" asks Brophy.
Sultanik says there is no legal remedy under state law "to address that situation."
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@PottstownNews Thank god you do the work you do, I truly appreciate your reporting and investigating to find info that should have just been put on the agenda anyway…it honestly makes me wonder if the board even knows what the raises were…
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It says nothing about raises. It says this: "Approval of the ACT 93 salaries per the Administrative Compensation Plan is recommended at this time. The effective date is December 1, 2021"
If I'm a member of the public and I assume raises, 1% may be fine, 20% excessive.
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@PottstownNews You know this is one of my biggest pet peeves!!!! It always made me feel like something was being hidden.
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Been round this track a couple times. When they're approving a list of 35 teachers getting money 4 supplemental jobs, part of the agenda. When its 4 administrators, always oddly missing. When the hypocrisy is pointed out, I get "we'll do it next time." But it never happens.
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@PottstownNews While I can’t speak for the rest of the board I will personally say that the library will NOT be closing its doors. As with every nonprofit we face budget cuts, in our case from West and Upper Pottsgrove but continue to provide valuable services to the community.
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"We could end up closing the library, and I don't say that lightly," says Chang, "very possible with budget cuts and pandemic."
"I will do my very best to make sure that does not happen," she says. "Thanks borough for support. "It doesn't go unnoticed."
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@WeAreTeachers Lean on Me pretty much the entire movie but especially when the kids are called on stage and told to leave the school
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What's the most unrealistic school scenario you've seen in a TV show or movie?
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@PottstownNews @RepHoulahan @MercuryX Really? We know there was learning loss so we are going to throw money and resources at it to create a report? I get some of it, but is it necessary? How about moving forward with resources to address all the educational inequalities across the US?
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Houlahan Hails House Passage of Bill Assessing Global Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19 evan-brandt.blogspot.com/2021/06/houlah… “We cannot overstate the profound impact COVID-19 is having on education across the world,” @RepHoulahan @MercuryX
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@PottstownNews Why is this stuff always such a secret? It’s not just New Hanover, it’s almost every local government organization from school boards to municipalities. I wanted all personnel actions to be voted on by council and was shot down by the then manager and president. TRANSPARENCY
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New Hanover Supervisor votes 4-0 to give township manager Jamie Gwynn a raise. He is now going over his accomoolishments over the last five years. Still waiting to find out how much the raise is ....
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Dennis Arms disagrees, says residents are not fire experts. "I do not want my taxes poured into something fiscally," suggests bringing in DCED for a "comprehensive fire study."
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@PottstownNews That is unfair to bring those fatalities up especially since West End responded as well.
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Jaime Leffler says there was a major fire in Pottstown and they couldn't save those three people and that's just a few blocks from their firehouse. How long will it take to get here?
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