Coatesville school district mum on fate of superintendent
Multiple sources say Richard Como is out
Richard Como has been at the helm of the Coatesville School District since 2005.
A major administrative change has apparently occurred in the Coatesville Area School District; however, the district is not sharing it.
Multiple sources have told The Times that Superintendent Richard Como is no longer employed by the district; however, repeated calls and emails...
Parents angered over E. Fallowfield school water outage
Slated to reopen Thursday after county health department mandated Wednesday closure
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST FALLOWFIELD — East Fallowfield Elementary School is scheduled to reopen Thursday morning, after a failed water pump closed the school Wednesday — but a number of the school’s parents expressed anger over the district’s handling of the matter.
The pump broke at about...
Graystone Academy finally announces closure
Days after losing another appeal, school said students must register elsewhere
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Graystone Academy Charter School in South Coatesville, which lost its charter, will not open during the 2013-14 school year, its web site said.
The promised public response last week from embattled Graystone Academy Charter School regarding its future never materialized,...
Appellate court to hear argument on charter school
Graystone Academy wants charter reinstated while it appeals revocation
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has scheduled argument in the long-running case involving Graystone Academy Charter School on Tuesday.
As promised, the charter school appealed the July 30 ruling by the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board, a decision that upheld the Coatesville...
Graystone should not reopen
Multiple failures, lack of accountability should doom charter school
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
As the drama unfolds surrounding Graystone Academy Charter School, there are undoubtedly winners and losers in the process of the charter school having its charter revoked.
The biggest losers, of course, are the parents and students — some 272 — who are being told that the school will continue...
State board revokes Graystone Academy’s charter
School vows to appeal, stay open; district readies for influx of displaced students
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The back-to-school routine for students at the Graystone Academy Charter School has been upended – at least temporarily — by a decision of the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board to revoke the school’s charter this week.
Capping a year-and-a-half-long process,...
CASD responds to backlash over plans to purchase building
Finance committee members say building will save district $500k a year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
This Sadsbury building is proposed to replace the Benner Education Center as the base for Coatesville Area School District administration as well as housing a healthcare center
Last month’s decision to open up negotiations for the building, which will be used for administrative and healthcare...
Civil-rights icon to headline free program
Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, a Freedom Rider, to speak Feb. 22 in Coatesville
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
T. Vivian, a Freedom Rider and celebrated civil rights advocate, will speak at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in the auditorium of Coatesville Area Senior High School.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – himself a renowned orator – reportedly called the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian the...
