Pottsgrove’s school board has accepted an agreement that allows the district to enter the online education business in the hopes of competing with cyber-charter schools.
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‘Cyber School, Here We Come,’ Pottsgrove Proclaims
Posted on 16 June 2011.
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Teamsters Agree, Too, On Wage Freeze For Pottsgrove
Posted on 24 May 2011.
The union representing Pottsgrove School District custodial and maintenance employees followed the path of its teachers, administrators and secretaries, and agreed to a budget-saving one-year wage freeze.
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Does Pottsgrove Have An Administrative Cut-In-Waiting?
Posted on 12 May 2011.
Directors are politely declining to discuss speculation that a Pottsgrove School District administrative position, which may be vacated by retirement, will be left unfilled under next year’s budget.
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Red And Yellow Items Left On Pottsgrove Budget Table
Posted on 12 May 2011.
Pottsgrove’s Community Budget Task Force came up with almost 50 cost-saving budget recommendations. The just-approved tentative budget includes only 19 of them. Here’s what, so far, is left.
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Pottsgrove OKs 2.8% Tax Hike In Tentative Budget
Posted on 11 May 2011.
Pottsgrove school board members, with plenty of help from many corners, cut the district’s budget next year by $1.2 million and proposed a property tax increase of 2.8 percent. It’s still got work to do, though.
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Pottsgrove Chinese Language Students Face Cuts Again
Posted on 18 April 2011.
Eliminating the Mandarin Chinese language program at Pottsgrove High School, proposed last week by the Community Budget Task Force, would represent its second cut in two years.
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Pottsgrove Task Force Didn’t Shelve Pay-To-Play Plan
Posted on 13 April 2011.
Forcing students to pay for after-school activities wasn’t favored by the Pottsgrove School District’s Community Budget Task Force. It remained, however, as a revenue-producing suggestion made Tuesday.
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Committee: Charter School May Save Pottsgrove $70K
Posted on 12 April 2011.
Some members of the Pottsgrove Community Budget Task Force believe the school district can save $70,000 in future budgets by opening its own charter school, they will tell the school board.
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Pottsgrove Plans Small Move For April Budget Meeting
Posted on 19 March 2011.
A report from the Pottsgrove School District budget task force has prompted the school board to move its meeting from Ringing Rocks’ cafeteria to its gym to accommodate a larger crowd.
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Idea: Other Local Schools Consider Extracurricular Fees
Posted on 05 March 2011.
As the Pottsgrove Community Budget Task Force looks for new revenues to help the school board trim the 2011-2012 district budget deficit, neighboring districts are considering extracurricular fees.
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