Keystones, mascot, suspensions all discussed at busy UCF Board meeting
By JP Phillips, Staff Writer, The Times
Brandon Tsai, Chirag Choudhary, Ibraheen Qureshi and Arnab Sircar. Robert Wang is not pictured of the Patton Middle School Academic team.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The January 22, 2018 Unionville Chadds-Ford school board meeting was held in the recently-refurbished Charles F. Patton middle school auditorium. Principal Steve Dissinger kicked off the meeting by...
UCF board discusses revision on suspension expungements
By JP Phillips, Staff Writer, The Times
During last November’s work session, the Unionville Chadds-Ford School District administration committed to amending the Code of Student Conduct policy #218. Since suspensions are included on college applications, many community and board members requested a review process that could result in wiping it from the student record under certain circumstances.
At...
Audevard picked as new Hillendale prinicipal
Michael Audevard
A somewhat familiar face will return to become the new principal at Hillendale Elementary School: Michael Audevard.
Audevard, pending formal approval by the Board of Education, will replace Steve Dissinger, who was named earlier this year as the new principal at Patton Middle School.
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UCF board focuses on facilities work
By Julianne Besznyak, Correspondent, The Times
Tennis court resurfacing and roofing work at Unionville High School were among a wide range of facilities topics discussed at Monday night’s Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Board of Education work session.
EAST MARLBOROUGH – An abbreviated School Board work session took place Monday night due to the impending snow storm, much of which...
Rock abruptly resigns from UCF board over bullying issue
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Michael Rock offers his resignation from the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board Monday night as left, Superintendent John Sanville and right Board Director Gregg Lindner look on.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education Director Michael Rock decried what he termed as his colleagues’ failure to acknowledge concerns by minority parents about...
UCF looks at Phys. Ed changes, new Sports Medicine class
Health, fitness proposals highlighted at board workshop
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The district’s physical education program, especially that at Unionville High School, as well as potential new joint venture with the Chester County Intermediate Unit to offer a sports medicine topped an athletically centered Board of Education work session, Monday.
Members of the Unionville...
UCF moves to save more than $8M on HS bond refinancing
Low interest rates mean savings for the district
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — While the costs of most things continue to rise, it appears that one big-ticket purchase — the renovation of Unionville High School — is about to become appreciably cheaper, thanks to a bond refinancing approved Monday night by the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education.
The refinancing plans...
School start time changes shouldn’t be rushed
Right now, it appears Unionville-Chadds Ford may be only district pushing for change
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
There has been increasing talk about changing the start time for middle and high schools in Chester County — driven largely out of Unionville — part of a larger dialogue going on nationally.
While its clear that the science supports such a move — teens seem to have built-in...
UCF moves forward with 2.88% budget plan
No residents attend two-hour hearing; pensions biggest growth area
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — It appears that Dancing With The Stars is a lot more popular than Budgets with The Board.
No residents attended Monday night’s Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education budget hearing (technically, this reporter is a resident and did attend as the lone media representative on...
UCF moves to tighten budgeting process
Prelim budget calls for 2.88% tax increase
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Conservatism is on the outs for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District.
Well, at least, when it comes to its budget process.
District officials announced Monday night during the Board of Education’s work session that the district would be moving away from its time-honored conservative budgeting process,...
