Former Coatesville athletic director gets jail time
‘Sometimes sorry isn’t enough’
By Lauren Parker- Gill, News Editor, The Times
James Donato in a Times’ file photo.
WEST CHESTER – The former athletic director of the Coatesville Area High School, James Donato, was given a sentence of between two and 23 months in prison by Chester County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Thomas G. Gavin in the presence of current Coatesville...
CASD board continues to disrespect citizens
Tirade by Joe Dunn sadly typifies group’s overall tenor
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Few jobs on the planet are as thankless as serving on a school board, a duty that routinely subjects members to all manner of vitriol. In fact, when school district operations go smoothly, those folks rarely hear a peep from constituents; so even the good times go unrewarded.
Of course,...
Como set damaging tone for Coatesville schools
Racism, sexism apparently coexisted with nepotism, favoritism
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The now-infamous cell phone – which allegedly spewed vile sexist and racist text messages – may have set the tone for the administration of disgraced former Coatesville Superintendent Richard W. Como: When it rang, those within earshot heard the theme from “The Godfather.”
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Residents continue to voice anger with school board
Groups marched in protest, spoke pointedly at committee meetings
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Acting Assistant Superintendent Teresa Powell reads from a timeline that she says shows that some school board members wanted to cover up the text-message scandal.
CALN – Between a protest march to the school board committee meetings and lengthy public comment sessions at the meetings, Coatesville...
CASD vote exacerbates rancor, outrage
Initially confused, residents then angered by abrupt end to meeting
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Before the 6-1 vote, Board President Neil Campbell asked his colleagues if anyone wanted to separate any of the items for discussion on its lengthy, 13-page agenda from what would become a collective vote; none did. So the decision to accept the resignations of former Superintendent...
