Column: Drivers’ Ed must return
Penny-wise, pound foolish attitudes just don’t add up with lives on the line
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
My old racing helmet and gloves — without hours and hours of training, teaching and studying even these wouldn't have kept me safe on a racetrack. For young drivers, selt belts and air bags aren't enough to keep them safe, either.
By all rights, I should be dead.
It...
Column: The height of stupidty — 60 feet
Dispute over Unionville High Auditorium making for fun headlines, lousy government
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
An NBC-10 video journalist shoots images, Friday, of the Unionville High School auditorium — the focus of a dispute between East Marlborough Township and the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — When I saw the videojournalist from NBC10, I knew, officially,...
Letters: Thought’s on Monday’s school board meeting
To The Editor,
For what its worth, I attended the recent regular school board meeting at Patton middle school on May 17th and thought you might appreciate reading my observations and analysis.
First off, I must say that I was impressed with all members of the board. Several members seem to play the roll of the “bad cop” but that (in my opinion) is healthy and brings balance to the nine-member...
Letter: Price argues full cost of keeping busing in-house not looked at fairly
To the Editor,
The UCFSD debate about potential outsourcing at last Monday’s Board Meeting may need some clarification. The low bid we received (from First Student) was shown as offering 5-year savings of $718,203 over keeping things in-house as we are structured right now. First Student is also prepared to purchase our bus fleet for the sum of $1,717,553. The net 5-year difference was $2,435,756.
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Letter: Response to Knauss
To The Editor:
I am writing in response to the posting Mr. Knauss wrote in his response to Victor Dupuis’ letter. I have included direct quotes from the Citizens for Efficient Education home page – the organization launched by Mr. Knauss and Mr. Hellrung originally to defeat the referendum regarding funding of the high school renovation project a few years ago. My replies are beneath...
Letter: Real questions about budget cutting
To the Editor:
School budget season is in full swing, and it’s clear that there’s a new sentiment that holds a majority vote on the School Board: Spend less!
This is not necessarily a bad thing – Economic conditions are not where we all would like them to be, although Chester County largely avoided all the “Financial Tsunami” and “Unprecedented Economic Disasters” that are too often...
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...
Letters: praise for ‘Girls on the Run’ program