Privatizing Pocopson Home might be costly
Fiscal and political impact of move might be seriously underestimated
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Privatization is one of those things that sounds in good in theory, but tends to be more complicated — and expensive — than folks expect.
With the buzz about Chester County looking to possibly privatize the Pocopson Home, the county-owned long-term senior care facility, it’s one of...
Hundreds praise county’s Pocopson Home
Residents packed the Chester County Commissioners' boardroom to voice support for keeping the Pocopson Home county-operated.
Privatization, other options to be considered in an attempt to stem recent financial losses
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com
WEST CHESTER — In its early years, the Pocopson Home served as a point of profit – as well as pride – for Chester County....
Food service study may be put on ice
Efficiency study likely to be rejected by board, Feb. 22
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
A proposed study that could lead to privatizing school lunches appears likely to rejected by the Board of Education on Feb. 22
EAST MARLBOROUGH — It looks like the efforts to privatize the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District food service may be as frozen as a decade-old Salisbury steak.
While...
Price questions outsourcing proposal requests
Board member argues administration either biased or incompetent; colleagues call on him to apologize
Controversy surrounds a request for proposal that could put outside workers in Unionville school lunchrooms, such as Unionville High School
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A school board member alleged Monday night that members of the administration are sabotaging...
Unionville schools look to study bus privatization
Members express concern about how the non-financial value of operating bus fleet, employing drivers will be measured
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
While it is likely that outsourcing bus services to a private firm would save money, some Unionville-Chadds Ford school board members want to make sure that non-economic benefits of keeping it in house are measured in an upcoming study of the...
