Members of the Pennridge community listened in disbelief last week when a decision to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for solicitor services was tabled during a finance committee meeting.
Two Central Bucks Republican school board members – Lisa Sciscio and Debra Cannon – publicly, though unofficially quit. Their hypocrisy and bad example for students is just sad and unfortunate.
The group’s founders have a lengthy history of disruption, scandal, harassment, and threats of violence.
Yet the Shapiro administration approves one anyway.
Members of the SASD community plan to utilize Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law to force the Souderton School Board to make accessible information they are entitled to see.
The key to achieving a school where everyone experiences dignity is a willingness to engage in deep critical self-reflection.
An interview with Dawn Curran, Emily Smith, and Kevin Foster about their successful campaign to return responsible leadership to Pennridge school board.
The book-banning and censorship wars are part of the larger culture wars driven by white evangelical Christians, a key part of the Republican activist base.
The school district’s defense is that’s how they’ve been conducting business for years — which amounts to largely keeping parents and taxpayers in the dark.
Mail voting had been the source of near constant attack and litigation since 2020.
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
Deborah Zoe Laufer’s ‘The Last Yiddish Speaker’ envisions a dystopian future for America. It is now running at Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre Company.
Khan recently served as Bucks County Solicitor, was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of PA before that, and began his career in the Philadelphia DA’s office.
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