CASD school board member Fox resigns

Region III rep cites shuffling of committee chairs, leaking of information By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times CALN – Coatesville Area School Board member Jim Fox announced his resignation on Saturday in a letter addressed to Superintendent Dr. Cathy Taschner. In the letter, Fox cited the reorganization of school board committee chairpersons and what he deemed the leaking of information as...

School board continues its affront to electorate

But aggrieved taxpayers can – and should – continue pressure for change   By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Entrenched members of the Coatesville Area School Board thumbed their noses at the community once again on Saturday by defiantly ignoring not only the sentiments that citizens voiced at meetings but the ones that they expressed at the ballot box. Regrettably, the decision...

Retired state police corporal to fill CASD Board vacancy

Public voices dismay as James Hills beats out Robert Beckershoff, 5-3 By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times James Hills takes his oath to fill the vacant school board seat. “The children are my biggest passion,” said the mentor and retired state police corporal. CALN – The Coatesville Area School District Board of Education voted in James Hills to take the vacant school board seat during...