From financials to contracts and even policies, the SASD Board Directors eschew transparency and accountability by failing to provide documents and not archiving meeting videos.
After voters gave the Central Bucks school board a mandate for change, the new Democratic majority is “not rushing things” in order to ensure community input.
Coupled with laws that limit rights, collective biases serve to stigmatize transgender people, hurting their overall health and well-being.
A Crawford County resident sought school board members’ posts about an LGBTQ+ book display, one that includes calling the library exhibit “totally evil.”
A new report by Education Voters of Pennsylvania found a pattern of discrimination based on LGBTQ+ status, disability, religion, and more – discrimination that would never be allowed in public schools.
Tina Descovich, Tiffany Justice, and, Bridget Ziegler need to close down Moms for Liberty – and now, writes Maurice Cunningham.
Upset with Republicans cutting library staff in half while approving a million dollar district-wide armed police force, as well as ramming through the appointment of a controversial superintendent – voters said enough!
A top goal of the new board, led by Democratic President Ron Wurz and Republican Vice President Christine Batycki, is to support all students in the district.
School-based arrests are one part of the school-to-prison pipeline, through which students – especially Black and Latine students and those with disabilities – are pushed out of their schools and into the legal system.
“But without federal funding, the road ahead becomes more challenging — not just in sustaining what we do now, but in continuing to grow and innovate,” said Bill Marrazzo, President & CEO for WHYY.
Proposed funding cuts in the draft budget “would impact our ability to do similar investigations and ensure student safety in the future,” said Jennifer Garman, CEO of Philadelphia-based Disability Rights Pennsylvania.
Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
Critics of the potential local 287(g) partnership raised concerns over racial profiling, wrongful arrests, lack of due process, and community safety. However, supporters also turned out raising the issues of human trafficking, crime, and alleged treason.
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
