Links

Here are links to various articles and data that can provide more information:

Watchdog’s Guest Editorial on Richboro Middle School redistricting and potential to create a geographically fractured School Board

Advance article on Act 1 exemptions to allow tax increase as high as 7.3%

Courier Times Article on Melsky Vote December 17th Allowing Extension of Time

Advance Article on Melsky Extension Disapproval Reversal Vote 12/17

Advance of Bucks article on the Melsky extension meeting 12/9

Courier Times article on 12/9 meeting about whether to extend Melsky tract sales agreement

Courier Times article 12/16 on Pension Disaster Closing In

Courier Times article on giant jump in pension costs from 2012-13 on

Article updating Hatboro Horsham Merit Pay negotiations with school board meeting comments

Watchdog’s Guest Editorial in the Courier Times about the June 17th meeting and Turf the Rocks

Courier Times Article on 10/1/09 Meeting when policy approved to allow Board members to Vote when not there

December 22 Article updating Hatboro Horsham Merit Pay negotiations with school board meeting comments

Philadelphia Inquirer editorial “Ending the silence on teacher-student hook-ups”

Educators Code of Professional Practice and Conduct

Report in Courier Times over the arrest of Robert Hawkins

Inquirer Article on the Hawkins arrest and actions of three teachers who did not report the misconduct

Advance article on the Hawkins case and the lack of reporting by three teachers

Courier Times post on Robert Hawkins waiving a preliminary hearing and the case proceeding to trial

Official PSSA and AYP Results for 2009 and link to prior years

Courier Times article on PSSA results and AYP ratings for area districts

Courier Times article on Districts’ reactions to PSSA/AYP, including from Mark Klein

Watchdog’s Letter to the Editor of the Courier Times after their editorial calling the PSSA system a failure

Courier Times article on giant jump in pension costs from 2012-13 on

Inquirer article on “Why Pennsylvanians resist paying higher taxes”

Courier Times article on what surrounding districts do to save money on school buses

Guest opinion on budget/salary concerns at Pennsbury

Article on Hatboro-Horsham proposing switch to merit pay instead of salary matrix based on seniority

Update at Hatboro-Horsham: No contract but no strike anticipated

Guest Editorial in Courier about need to have merit pay and to end tenure

Act 1 property tax reductions not as much as predicted

Inquirer article on School Districts coping with budgets, and what some Districts are cutting to make ends meet

SynTurf.org — Info on safety and costs of artificial turf

Courier Times article on Board meeting of July 23

Pittsburgh Trib-Review article on compromise for graduation exams

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