T/E School Board President to Harrisburg: “Fix Your Mess!”
School Board President Karen Cruickshank is urging school districts to band together and spread the word about how Harrisburg’s changes in state employee pension rules are bankrupting schools. Read the Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch article here.
Where Were the Republican School Board Candidates?
A story in the Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch reports that two of the Republican School Board Candidates – Tara LaFiura (Region 1) and Liz Mercogliano (Region 2) – simply had better things to do then attend the only School Board debate for this election.
Tredyffrin Republicans Spread Misinformation on EIT
Yesterday many households received a mailer that said Tredyffrin Democrats had started the process to create an earned income tax (EIT). THIS IS TOTALLY UNTRUE.
Candidate Debates Viewable Online
For those of you who missed them, the League of Women Voters-sponsored candidate debates are now viewable online as streaming video.
Teacher Pay Agreement, Kudos to Karen Cruickshank
School Board President Karen Cruickshank expressed her gratitude to the Tredyffrin-Easttown Education Association (TEEA) for their offer of a 6-month pay waiver for the first half of the 2011-12 school year. The agreement freezes all compensation at 2010-11 levels and helps close next year’s $3 million budget gap. Speaking about negotiations, teacher union president Pete DePiano said, “Karen was the glue, she was the key to all this.” Read more on the pay agreement and Karen’s bi-partisan support for re-election to the school board.
2010-11 School Budget Reflects Hard Work and Tough Choices
June 14, Tredyffrin/Easttown’s School Board unanimously passed the 2010-11 budget, which includes a 2.9% property tax increase, many administrative cost-cutting strategies, a modest reserve drawdown and a bond issue for capital projects.
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