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 [...]

Posting of Agenda Attachments for Public Review

Council Rock’s website provides the public access for the upcoming Board meeting agenda.  Most items on the agenda contain an attachment which contains all the details on motions to be made. The Administration has taken the position that certain items will not get posted in advance, such as contracts which are to be signed, because [...]

Does the Council Rock School Board Listen to Public Comment?

Sometimes I really wonder whether public comment is being heard at all. The agenda for Thursday’s Board meeting has been posted.  I read the attachment showing Policy 006 in its latest iteration to be considered for adoption at the meeting. As readers of my blog have read, on August 19th I posted how a proposed [...]

Complete Minutes with Attachments Not Available to the Public for Months after Meetings

At the most recent Board Meeting, August 20th, I spoke out against a systemic failure of having the official complete minutes available to members of the public to review in any semblance of a timely manner. Board Policy 006 states in part: The official minutes (containing the full context of all resolutions and addendum items) [...]

Well, At Least They Didn’t Go Ahead with 006

During public comment for last night’s School Board meeting I discussed the draft revision of Policy 006 which was on the agenda.  I pointed out it was technically flawed so I didn’t see how they could go ahead and approve it in that form.  I mentioned the point I posted a couple of days ago, [...]

Approved Minutes Will Get Posted to the Website before the Meeting at Which They Get Approved — What?

The first reading of revised Policy 006 already called into question the timely availability of meeting minutes, which at present are supposed to be available for public scrutiny (in unofficial unapproved form) ten days after a meeting.  They initially had changed it to a standalone statement under in the proposed revision stating “The minutes, in [...]

More Money, Less Service

Taxes are going up again this year, but looking at the proposed changes to Board Policy 006, services to the public are going down. The superintendent said changes needed to be made to the policy so it is “in line with our practices.”  Which is another way of saying they weren’t following their policies and [...]

How About Some Useful Details in the Minutes?

The minutes of Board meetings do matter.  It’s been said on more than one occasion that these are the sole official records of the meetings.  Even videos of the minutes do not serve as an official record in terms of legal basis. And you could tell how much they matter by the actions of Jerold [...]

Where Are the “Unofficial” Minutes of the June 17th Meeting?

I just got back from a trip down to the School District Headquarters in Newtown — I knew it would be a futile exercise, but because of what the policy states, I wanted to actively verify that the June 17th meeting’s “Unofficial” minutes weren’t available to the public.  Turns out they were not (nor were [...]