Will be formally introduced at March 25 meeting
Dr. Cathy Taschner has been named as the new Superintendent of Schools for the Coatesville Area School District. She will be formally introduced at a March 25 meeting. Image courtesy Susquehanna Township School District.
CALN — Dr. Cathy Taschner — no stranger to controversy in her current role as Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Susquehanna Township — has been hired as the new Superintendent of Schools for the Coatesville Area School District, the district announced Friday night.
The email said a formal announcement would soon be posted to the district web site and Taschner will be presented to the public at the next public school board meeting on Tuesday, March 25. A public vote on Taschner’s formal appointment will be held at a special school board meeting to be scheduled in accordance with the requirements of the Public School Code, the date of which will be announced shortly, the email said.
“We congratulate Dr. Taschner and welcome her to our Coatesville Area School District family,” the email said. “Please join us in giving her our community’s full support as strive towards restoring our Coatesville Pride.”
Taschner, is slated to replace Richard Como, who resigned in September, 2013 after news came out about racially charged texts he made on his district smart phone, also has been the spotlight of controversy in her current position. The Coatesville Area School District is currently the subject of an ongoing Grand Jury investigation.
She was among the subjects of a Dauphin County grand jury investigation over the Susquehanna Township School District’s handling of an alleged mishandling of a relationship between an assistant principal and a 16-year-old female student. The grand jury did not find any criminal wrong doing on her part, but suggested she had followed poor legal advice.
Taschner, as assistant superintendent, led the the investigation, and according to the grand jury report, failed to immediately contact local law enforcement when it became evident that the allegations could have merit.
She is not a stranger to Chester County. Previously, she served in the Oxford School District administration.
