Pottsgrove school board members are being asked to start their 2022-2023 meetings a half-hour earlier, and to meet continually at Pottsgrove High School rather than occasionally travel to other buildings.
In the arcane world of school district budgeting, "proposed final" does NOT mean "final." The Pottsgrove school board is still tinkering with numbers, and actually hopes to finalize an even-lower tax rate by June 30.
A call from West Pottsgrove Township Manager Scott Hutt launched a short-notice effort to prepare space at Pottsgrove High School to temporarily house victims of Tuesday's Old Reading Pike fire. Ultimately it wasn't used, but it was a "good practice scenario."
The Pottsgrove School District has completed its modeling of student enrollment and "financial well-being" through the next five years. It anticipates stable or flat student enrollment, and a significant drop in its savings.
Students at Pottsgrove High, who may need remedial help to successfully recover credits that otherwise may be lost during this academic year, will receive it during an educational program in June.
Removing requirements for universal masking, and other changes to the Pottsgrove School District health and safety plan, were officially approved Wednesday night by its Board of School Directors.
Changes in how the federal government measures risks of coronavirus exposure will allow the Pottsgrove School District to "immediately" end its requirement for universal masking in school buildings and on buses, its superintendent wrote.
Yvette Young, the Pottsgrove School District's new director of facilities, is scheduled to start work Thursday. She has a broad range of experience, including facilities management at Philadelphia schools.
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