AGSD Board holds budget hearings; taxes likely to increase due to reduced revenue
WEST GROVE — On Tuesday, May 12, Avon Grove School District’s (AGSD) Board of School Directors and administration held its fifth Committee of the Whole (COW) Budget Work Session for the 2020-2021 school year. A major topic of discussion pertained to revenues, which remain uncertain as the district prepares its 2020-2021 budget. The administration is scaling back revenue projections to be consistent...
Redistricting process could be a positive for the community
This could be a rare opportunity to show what makes Unionville-Chadds Ford great
By Mike McGann, Editor, the Times
It’s probably safe to say that some sort of redistricting is coming for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District in the coming year.
The only question, in my mind, is how traumatic the changes are going to be — and how parents and the community in general will react to the options.
It...
School board approves final budget
$71.1M spending plan gets 8-1 approval vote; no final decision on use fees
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Capping the end of one of the quietest school budget cycles in recent history, the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education approved the district’s 2012-13 budget Monday night.
The $71,128,330 spending plan passed by an 8-1 margin; the lone no vote came from...
UCF school board passes budget, 8-1
Murphy lone hold-out on $71.1 M 2012-13 spending plan
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
PENNSBURY — In the end, it was almost quiet.
The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education gave preliminary approval to its 2012-13 budget Monday night, which calls for an average 1.83% tax increase for district taxpayers.
By an 8-1 margin, the board approved the $71,109,857 spending plan, which will...
School board grapples with budget questions
Members seem inclined to find middle path between maximum tax hike and cutting programs and staff
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Members of the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education seemed poised to try to find a middle ground in terms of finding the right tax rate — one that eases the burden as much as possible on local taxpayers without hurting educational...
Big questions confront area in elections, schools
In election 2012, what will voters care more about: ideology or competency?
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
So many things to write about this week in Unionville from what should be an interesting primary race in a local state Senate race as well as what is shaping up to be another “interesting” conversation about the relationship between taxes and education.
Before we wade into the...
UCF settles with Stevens on property
$476,000 deal ends nearly five years of dispute over Doe Run tract
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — After years of litigation and some public controversy, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and a local property owner have reached a deal with Charles Stevens over a parcel of land next to Patton Middle School.
Although it has been a matter of discussion for more...
Redistricting madness leaves elections in confusion
Court’s decision, Justices’ junket to Puerto Rico means no one knows exactly what comes next
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
You can’t make this stuff up.
Just when we thought that redrawing the lines on Pennsylvania’s election-district lines couldn’t get sillier, events went into the truly surreal this week.
For those of you catching up, the state Supreme Court tossed...
School board prepared to adopt preliminary budget Jan. 23
3.71% tax hike for Chester County proposed to maintain current program, staff; state budget, further discussions likely change final numbers by June
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Call it a starting point.
The Board of Education discussed the details of the preliminary budget Monday night it is likely to adopt at its formal meeting in two weeks — a $71.5 million...
Letter: WCASD voters beware