CASD to start process to recover unauthorized pay raises
Board of Education approves hiring of firm for forensic audit
By Lauren Parker-Gill, Staff Writer, The Times
Coatesville Area School District Superintendent of Schools Dr. Cathy Taschner discusses the process for a forensic audit of the district’s finances during Tuesday’s special board meeting.
COATESVILLE – Superintendent Dr. Cathy Taschner and the board of directors of the Coatesville...
Divided UCF board adopts final budget
Both sides claim compromise; 5-3 vote for 2.28% tax hike
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — In the end, it was a compromise, but whether or not it was the right one, as a clearly split Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education debated heatedly at times, may well be argued for some time.
The board voted 5-3 at a raucous, crowded meeting at Unionville High School Monday night to approve...
UCF board to consider compromise budget figure
Board to also reconsider IST reduction at Unionville Elementary
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – Many residents, teachers, and members of the Unionville Chadds-Ford School District (UCFSD) Board of Education urged those on the board still considering a 2.01 percent increase in the tax rate to reconsider the higher option of 2.5 percent at the work session meeting on Monday...
Letter: Knauss gets it wrong
To The Editor,
Once again, Keith Knauss gets it wrong.
At the May 18 School Board meeting, Mr. Knauss stated that the Teachers’ Association is proposing an 4.6% increase in “payroll” each year, as compared to the 2.1% being offered by the Board.
Check it out yourself on the Board Video, at time marker 1:35:35. http://youtu.be/Vh4-P1hNDEs
The documents given to me by the Board...
Letter: What does Keith Knauss really want?
To The Editor,
In a recent Unionville Chadds-Ford Board meeting, Director Keith Knauss advocated for stalling the negotiations process so that the contract with UCF teachers expires and goes into status quo.
Watch the video of Mr. Knauss’s comments here.
By entering status quo, the teachers would not receive any salary increases thereby, in Mr. Knauss’s mind, save the District money. At the same...
Misprint on board meeting agenda, no teacher contract update
Chromebooks pilot approved; Elementary trimester schedule approved; high school student-led study to delay start time ok’d
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – Despite the tornado watch Monday night, many attended the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District’s (UCFSD) Board of Education meeting held at Hillendale Elementary. Some were there as honored participants of the...
CASD board approves scans of Reeceville roof
Change in high school graduation date discussed
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
CALN – The Coatesville Area School Board approved an infrared scan of Reeceville Elementary School’s roof in order to diagnose the extent of leakage problems at a special meeting April 14.
Reeceville Principal Catherine Van Vooren said that the leaks have been an ongoing problem, sometimes rendering...
Barber new ass’t Superintendent for KCSD
Greenwood renovation contractors and new third party tax collection agency announced
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
Dr. Michael Barber, who had been principal of Kennett High School was named Monday night as the new Assistant Superintendent of the Kennett Consolidated School District.
KENNETT SQUARE – April’s meeting proved to be a busy one for the Kennett Consolidated School District...
Proposed UCF budget would boost taxes beyond Act 1 limits
Keystone Exams face growing opposition; health care eligibility audit discussed
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – Taxes for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District would increase beyond the state’s Act 1 limits, if the Board of Education opts to adopt the $79.2 million proposed budget discussed in some detail during Monday night’s board work session — meanwhile...
Teachers, UCF district face no-win situation
Both sides need to seek lest awful option in contract talks
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
You can’t really call it a war of words — it’s more like a pillow fight of words.
The rhetoric of the last week or so between the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Association and the UCF Board of Education over the ongoing contract talks has amounted to dialogue only a little elevated beyond the “you’re...
