Schools: Boyertown
Investing more money in hands-on education, like that offered by career and technical education programs in western Montgomery County school districts, can return huge dividends, a new report says.
Under two separate grant programs administered by Gov. Wolf, the state announced cash awards for 10 local education providers - the majority of them school districts - totaling more than $770,000.
The championship-winning Boyertown Bears girls' soccer team and coaches traveled to Harrisburg PA for a congratulatory meeting and photo with state Sen. Bob Mensch. Their victory was "exciting," he said.
Because the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review a case involving transgender use of bathrooms in the Boyertown Area School District, earlier court rulings supporting it remain intact.
Later-than-usual school openings today (Feb. 13) in the Pottsgrove, Pottstown, and Boyertown districts can be blamed on anticipation of difficult bus travel.