A kid’s view on Unionville Board of Ed. candidates
By Kenny McGann, Special Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
Kenny McGann goes over his notes while writing this column.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — What do I know about education, I just go to fourth grade every day at Pocopson Elementary.
It was Take Your Kid To Work day and I pestered my dad to go with him to work — and you see his work here. That’s how I got stuck at a long meeting with a bunch...
Column: We should take Parker at her word
Pointing fingers about why Sharon Parker is retiring seems counter-productive
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Retiring Unionville Superintendent of Schools Sharon Parker enjoys a laugh with members of the Board of Education after being presented with a sash by ember Holly Manzone, after Parker announced her retirement Monday night.
It didn’t take long for it to happen. Fingers were being...
Column: When good people make bad decisions
School board, teachers failing to make coherent public case in labor talks
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
I’m sure, somewhere, there’s a self-help book called “When good people make bad decisions.” If so, I’d kind of appreciate it if someone would send a crate here to Unionville.
The latest wrangling by the school board and the teachers’ union is a case in point — and neither...
Column: rush to judgment on bus outsourcing not just unwarranted, but foolish
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
My wife is pretty peeved at me right now.
Like a lot of other parents in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, she is less than amused at the idea that the district is thinking about outsourcing district school bus services. She’s also not thrilled that I’m not leading the charge against it one these pages.
I’m in the domestic crosshairs because...
Surrendering reason for the sake of a headline and greed
When thinking about the Unionville teachers’ contract talks, it’s important to remember that we’re all in this together
UnionvilleTimes.com editorial cartoon graphic. Copyright, 2011. All rights reserved.
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
There’s right, and there’s wrong.
If you ask 100 people about the current Unionville-Chadds Ford teacher contract negotiations, you’ll...
Snow tests everyone’s patience
Commentary: a bit of personal warmth may make winter easier to cope with
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Sledders enjoy the snow at Pocopson Elementary School, Friday.
It was an interesting progression. The first time the phone rang, showing the UCFSD on the Caller ID, it was met with little more than a shrug.
By the fifth time in two weeks the shrugs morphed into “oh @#$%.” while...
Cheering for all the right reasons at Pocopson
You can’t beat getting kids excited about learning
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Excited Pocopson Elementary students cheer for their classmates during Friday's Geography Bee.
POCOPSON — The crowd was going wild, waving signs saluting their hero of the day.
Was it a pro sporting event? TV show? A political rally?
None of the above. It was a geography bee. On the surface, that...
A sneak peek at Santa’s list for Unionville
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
It’s the time of the year for wish lists and as we close in on Christmas — I thought I’d offer a few peeks in what I suspect might be on some local school and elected officials lists for Santa Claus.
For our local elected state legislators: Chris Ross (R-East Marlborough), Steve Barrar (R-Upper Chichester) and Sen. Dominic Pileggi (R-Chester): the wisdom...
Commentary: Politics trumps common sense in open space cuts
County commissioners finesse budget when bolder moves are needed; choices will lead to higher school, local taxes, more sprawl later on
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Slashing open space spending was a gift only the Grinch and the Chester County Commissioners would see as a good move.
The good news, I suppose is that Chester County seems to have pulled a rabbit from a hat and now suddenly...
Column: Unionville Park would benefit thousands