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Rader Votes to Pass Fiscal Code to Restore Education Funds (Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus)
Edit Public Technologies 14 Apr 2016
Jack Rader (R-Monroe) issued the following statement after the House voted 149-45, by an overwhelming veto-proof majority, to pass House Bill 1589, a state fiscal code bill that would restore education funds to school districts across Pennsylvania ... 'Four of five school districts lost money under the governor's fabricated funding formula ... Under his plan, the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chester Upland school districts were the winners....
Scavello denounces Wolf’s education cuts (Mario M Scavello)
Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
Unfortunately, despite his promises of 'schools that teach,' Governor Wolf has unilaterally decided to continue this trend of underfunding and to ignore the educational needs of our students ... In a shameless show of political nepotism, Governor Wolf single-handedly cut funding to rural and suburban school districts in order to bolster his political allies in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Chester Upland School Districts....
Senator Mensch: Wolf Administration's Unfair Disbursement of Education Funds Hurts All 24th School Districts (Bob Mensch)
Edit Public Technologies 12 Apr 2016
Harrisburg - Senator Bob Mensch (R-24) condemned Governor Wolf's calculated, unfair, and unconstitutional disbursement of education funds to school districts across Pennsylvania. As a result of the Governor's actions, school districts in the 24 Senatorial District will not receive approximately $1.7 million in funding ... Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chester Upland school districts....
Gov. Wolf rewards 3 school districts, snubs the rest | Opinion
Edit Lehigh Valley 11 Apr 2016
Under Wolf's formula, three school districts are winners, and the other 497 districts are losers ... Unfortunately, despite his promises of "schools that teach," Gov ... In a shameless show of political nepotism, Wolf single-handedly cut funding to rural and suburban school districts in order to bolster his political allies in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Chester Upland school districts....
Lehigh Valley schools may finally see all of state school funding
Edit Lehigh Valley 07 Apr 2016
Nine months after Pennsylvania's state budget deadline passed, Lehigh Valley school districts got a glimpse of the total state funding they can expect to see this year ... Easton Area School District would get $645,850 ... Chester Upland and Pittsburgh are also big winners ... A court-ordered $12 million went to Chester Upland School District and $3 million to the financially-distressed Wilkinsburg Borough School District....
Governor Wolf Announces Basic Education Funding Distribution (State of Pennsylvania)
Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
'That is why in January my administration began distributing money to schools through a restoration formula and why we will be using a similar restoration formula now ... A court-ordered $12 million allocation went to the Chester Upland School District and $3 million was allocated to the Wilkinsburg Borough School District to help with severe financial distress....
Governor Wolf Announces Basic Education Funding Distribution (Pennsylvania Department of Education)
Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
'That is why in January my administration began distributing money to schools through a restoration formula and why we will be using a similar restoration formula now ... · A court-ordered $12 million allocation went to the Chester Upland School District and $3 million was allocated to the Wilkinsburg Borough School District to help with severe financial distress....
Receiver quits at troubled Chester Upland district
Edit Philadelphia Daily News 26 Mar 2016
Barnes, a former Pennsylvania secretary of education, said Friday that he is resigning as receiver of the troubled Chester Upland School District, effective May 1 ... "Despite the tremendous financial challenges the district faces, the staff at Chester Upland School District has acquired my admiration for their work ethic and commitment to the kids," Barnes said in the statement....
Correction: Fitch Downgrades Chester Community Charter School's (PA) Revs to 'BB-' (Fitch Inc)
Edit Public Technologies 23 Mar 2016
The bonds are issued on behalf of Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) ... The Chester Upland School District (CUSD) has been in receivership since December 2012 ... CCCS was formed in 1998 to provide an alternative public school option for residents in CUSD, which serves the City of Chester, PA, Chester Township, PA and the Borough of Upland, PA ... There is limited charter-school competition for CCCS ... Charter School Rating Criteria (pub....
Fitch Downgrades Chester Community Charter School's (PA) Revs to 'BB-'; Ratings on Negative Watch (Fitch Inc)
Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
The bonds are issued on behalf of Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) ... The Chester Upland School District (CUSD) has been in receivership since December 2012 ... CCCS was formed in 1998 to provide an alternative public school option for residents in CUSD, which serves the City of Chester, PA, Chester Township, PA and the Borough of Upland, PA ... There is limited charter-school competition for CCCS ... Charter School Rating Criteria (pub....
Pew Announces Grants to Support Philadelphia’s Low-Income Children and Families (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
For support of the Teen Outreach Program for at-risk teens attending Philadelphia high schools ... For continued support of school readiness and other support services for young children in southern Chester County ... For continued support to provide after-school tutoring, life skills, and career-exploration opportunities to Chester Upland School District students ... For continued support of the After School Excellence Program in Philadelphia....
Bully Suspended After Video Goes Viral (Video)
Edit Opposing Views 18 Mar 2016
Officials at the Chester-Upland School District in Pennsylvania suspended a student who was caught on camera bullying a student on a school bus (video below). The victim will also reportedly be transferred to another school following the incident ... Fayall said she is open to transferring her son to another school....
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