Spend Our Money to Renovate Schools But Not Consider Redistricting and Maybe Reducing Buildings?

Council Rock embarked on an ambitious rebuilding plan about three years ago, talking about renovating all its buildings which wouldn’t be cheap. This was after they had commissioned a study that was expected to have called for building another school. But instead, the demographics showed a downward trend in enrollment. So there was no need [...]

Really? Eight Days After Voting No Extension, School Board Votes TO Extend Sales Agreements on Melsky Tract

At the Council Rock School Board meeting of December 17th, Paul Anagnostakos expressed the opinion that it was a bad reflection on the Board as far as its ability to make decisions for it to reconsider granting an extension of the sales agreement for the Melsky Tract to Toll Brothers and Leo Holt.  After all, [...]

Proposed Extension of Time for Melsky Tract Sale Voted Down 5-4

At last night’s special meeting of the School Board, the sole item on the agenda was whether to extend the contract during which Toll Brothers and Leo Holt could execute the purchase of the Melsky Property on Stoopville Road. The original agreement allowed Toll and Holt to get three-month extensions by paying extension fees, half [...]

Melsky Decision Tonight — Extend, or Make Toll Brothers Fish or Cut Bait?

Tonight’s special Board Meeting has been called to discuss whether to offer an extension to Toll Brothers (and to Leo Holt) for the sale of the Melsky property.  This was a contentious issue at the time of the Veteran’s Cemetery decision — Toll made the sale of land for the cemetery contingent upon getting the [...]

Melsky Property Sales Agreement Renewal Up for Discussion

One of the items shown on the agenda for tonight’s meeting of the School Board is a discussion item regarding an agreement renewal for the Melsky Property sale to Toll Brothers.  This agreement caused a swirl of controversy during a period about two to three years ago, when Toll Brothers threatened to hold up selling [...]

Taxpayers Beware: Richboro Redistricting Would Create a Geographically Segregated Council Rock School Board — May Have Gigantic Cost/Tax Consequences for Years

One of the consequences of the proposed redistricting Richboro Middle School could have a much bigger impact on the future than simply the question of where students will go to school.  What is being proposed could potentially shift the power in Council Rock toward one of the two high schools.  With that power would come [...]

Council Rock High School South Capacity Figures Magically Change When It Suits the Latest Need — Don’t Official Documents Matter?

At a community forum November 4th, the Administration presented a slideshow justifying a proposed realignment so that all students graduating Richboro Middle School (RMS) would attend Council Rock High School South.  Currently, some students from RMS attend South and others attend North, depending on the address of residence. The Superintendent claimed the capacity for South [...]

When Are Enrollment Projections Valid and When Aren’t They?

At last night’s forum on possibly redistricting so that all Richboro Middle School students get sent to Council Rock South (as opposed to the current system of splitting them into the two high schools by geographic location), figures were presented about future enrollments.  The Administration was using these numbers to indicate how all the students [...]

Public Forum Wednesday. November 4th, on Decision Affecting Students from Richboro Middle School (Now and in the Future) — and How That Could Impact the Two High Schools

Parents of students attending Richboro Middle School (RMS) — and parents of students in any of the Elementary Schools which feed RMS — may want to be aware of and attend a special forum being held at Council Rock High School South on Wednesday, November 4th. Up for discussion is a plan to alter the [...]

Facilities and Finance Committee Meetings Canceled Tonight — In a Budget Year Like This, Who Needs Meetings?

Among the public meetings the Council Rock School Board holds are committee meetings such as Academic Standards, Facilities and Finance. These occur monthly and are an opportunity for some in-depth discussion and examination of issues, generally in more detail than can be given during the regular Board meetings. I have attended many of these Committee [...]