Aug
27
September 2009 – State Education Budget
August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Due to the current state education and the lack of a budget within the state of Pennsylvania, the district has made it public that the payroll for the district could be made for the next five (5) pay periods, which would take us into mid-October. After that point in time, we would hopefully continue to [...]
Aug
7
August 2009 – Budget
August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
For the past several months, the district has operated without a state approved budget. The revenue sources received from the state have yet to be received by the district. If the funding comes in below the proposed index that was utilized by the district, there could be potential program cuts and adjustments to the budget.
In [...]
Aug
7
July 2009 – Dress Code Part 2
August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
The content of the blog this month is being written as a follow-up to the previous review of a dress code for the Milton Area School District. A committee, made up of administrators, teachers and board members, made a visit to the Mount Carmel School District to discuss the implementation of their Dress Code Policy [...]
Jun
11
June 2009 – Board Membership
June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In the elections last month, individuals had run for different board positions within the Milton Area School District. These positions are available in Area 1: the 1st, 2nd and 3rd wards; Area 2: 4th & 5th wards and West Chillisquaque Township; and Area 3: White Deer Township, Turbot Township and East Chillisquaque Township. There may [...]
May
5
May 2009 – Swine Flu
May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
There has been much information in the news as of late regarding the swine influenza and what are schools could do as well as what are they doing if the issue would take place within a district building or with an individual student or teacher.
The district has been in constant contact, through the internet [...]
May
5
April 2009 – Safe Schools
May 5, 2009 | 4 Comments
Safe Schools
As part of the new Safe Schools Initiative during the past school year, a Risk Assessment was conducted of all five (5) district buildings. During this risk assessment, a variety of suggestions were provided back to the district on things that could be implemented to improve the overall safety of the buildings. Some [...]
Apr
1
March 2009 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which President Obama signed into law on February 17th includes funding going to the U.S. Department of Education for states. States will be allowed to use their portion of nearly $100 billion in stimulus aid for education with a focus on pumping out [...]
Mar
5
February 2009 – Pennsylvania School District Consolidation
March 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
February 2009
Superintendent’s Blog
Pennsylvania School District Consolidation
On the day that Governor Rendell unveiled the 2009-10 education budget, I received several phone calls from the newspapers and TV stations. The basic question was “what are my thoughts of the governor’s proposal to move from 500 school districts to 100?” Since I was not watching the governor’s presentation, [...]
Jan
30
January 2009 – Dress Code Policy
January 30, 2009 | 15 Comments
In an effort to improve communications between the teachers and school board, a group of teachers and board members meet quarterly each year to discuss issues that impact education. The name of this committee is the Educational Chit Chat. One of the topics that have been discussed several times has been the student dress code.
The [...]
