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 [...]

Richboro Middle School Redistricting — Two Options Up for a Vote Tomorrow — Will We End Up with a Geographically Segregated Board?

As I’ve noted before, the School Board has been mulling over ideas to get all Richboro Middle School graduates sent to one high school, as opposed to the current situation where part of the graduating class goes to South and the other part to North.  For the past few years, they have offered students a [...]

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 [...]

Academic Standards Committee Meeting to Cover High School Scheduling Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda for the Academic Standards Committee meeting 6:30 p.m Thursday, November 5th (before the regular Board meeting at 7:30 features a discussion on High School Scheduling.  This issue can have significant ramifications for students, so the meeting may be worth attending — both for parents who will have students facing these issues and wanting [...]

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 [...]