Ritter resigns from CASD school board

Board will have 30 days to find replacement from Region II By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times CALN – Coatesville Area School Board Member Rick Ritter turned in his letter of resignation on July 7, leaving a Region II seat open on the board. Citing  family and work concerns in his letter, Ritter’s resignation will take effect immediately, although the board will need to vote to accept...

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...

CASD building purchase is a disaster waiting to happen

New admin office, clinic is wrong on so many levels for struggling district By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Last night was quite the dog and pony show at the Coatesville Area School District Board of Education Finance and Personnel meeting. Of course, we got the denial that the board had approved buying the Cumberland Insurance Building in Sadsbury for $3.45 million, but merely approved negotiations...