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 [...]

Amount of Revenue from Sports Admissions that Went to Turf: $24,691

As I pointed out in a post several days ago, part of the money the District claimed came from fundraising actually came instead from a surcharge that was applied to sports event tickets.  The District has been charging this extra cost for three years, and plans to continue.  The additional gate receipts as of July [...]

What Qualifies as Community Fundraising and What Is District-Imposed Revenue?

Since Turf-the-Rocks will continue to require fundraising (either for potential added costs for the North delay or for a field at South), it’s important to keep looking at the issue of “community fundraising” and what sources the District lumps into that total.  After all, it looks better to the public if the District can point [...]

Turf-the-Rocks Delay and Added Costs

As reported here last Friday, the installation of artificial turf was postponed until Summer 2010, as reported in today’s Courier Times.  You can read their article here.  The District’s website carries a statement about potential increased costs, with a reassurance to the public that the extra money won’t be coming out of our pockets. Construction [...]

Turf-the-Rocks Installation Delayed to 2010

The installation of artificial turf at the stadium at Council Rock North was scheduled to occur over the summer and to be ready in time for the start of school and the football season.  Based on project delays and potential impact to the school year and various sports/activities, a decision has been made to delay [...]

Angst Over Turf Delays — Students Getting Concerned

For those of you who may not have seen the article, today’s Courier Times contained a piece about a group of students protesting the timing and delay of artificial turf installation. Concern was expressed that it could jeopardize a variety of events held at the North football field. This would impact the home-game feel of [...]

Will Artificial Turf Be Safe for the Life of the Turf?

Council Rock’s powers-that-be have reassured the public that the artificial turf at North’s field will be safe.  Don’t worry, be happy. While the turf may be safe when it’s new and hasn’t been subjected to a lot of wear-and-tear, that doesn’t automatically mean it will stay safe for the ten-year life cycle.  Many of the [...]

Heat and Artificial Turf — Will It Somehow Be Cooler at Council Rock?

Last year during some of the ongoing debate about Turf-the-Rocks, as public comment I read parts of an article from the New York Daily News about how excessively hot temperatures get on artificial turf. The response was that the information was unfounded, that tests showed no problem and that if the fields indeed got that [...]

CRUSA’s Costs for Facilities Use

As noted in my last post, I was concerned that CRUSA was switching games from other fields to the North stadium artificial turf surface and so would be reducing costs elsewhere while making a $30,000 commitment for the stadium, meaning it might not be a net $30K  increase to the District.  I received a response [...]

Changing the Rules in the Middle of the Game — Is That How We Play in Council Rock?

The affirmative Turf-the-Rocks vote taken June 17th raised a bunch questions about fairness and integrity.  I happen to think the public has a right to expect fair play of its elected officials. I recognize that there may be times in an official’s career that he or she needs to change a position — I think [...]