Thursday, January 10, 2013
Langhorne Borough Council member Kathy Horwatt told the Neshaminy School Board Tuesday night that the council opposes the closing of Oliver Heckman Elementary.
Many residents and parents voiced their opposition to closing some elementary schools to the Neshaminy School Board Tuesday night, but they aren't the only ones against the potential closures. Langhorne Borough Councilwoman Kathy Horwatt urged the school board not to close Olive Heckman Elementary School, which is located Maple Avenue and Cherry Street in Langhorne Borough. Horwatt stated that the Borough Council has drafted and will approve a resolution formally opposing the closure of the Langhorne Borough elementary school. According to Bucks Local News, this resolution states that the decision to close Heckman based on declining enrollment "does not adequately recognize the actual use of the total school facilities ... and the …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A member of Neshaminy's Citizens Advisory Committee presented information to the school board and public about possibly school closures.
Members of the Neshaminy community and school board Pete Spera, a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee, presented what the committee looked at in terms of enrollment trends and what the group's final recommendation to the school board was Tuesday night. When presented with two options for school closures and consolidations, the committee went with a third, or hybrid, option of the two. The ultimately recommended closing three elementary schools (Lower Southampton, Oliver Heckman and Samuel Everitt), building a new elementary school at the current Tawanka site on Brownsville Road and adding a larger addition to Pearl Buck Elementary School. This addition, Spera said, would give Neshaminy flexibility when it comes to redistricting as …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Neshaminy School District is looking for creative cost-cutting ideas to close the nearly $12 million budget gap.
While the Neshaminy School District is continuing the line-by-line review of the 2012-2013 preliminary budget that has a nearly $12 million deficit, district officials are asking the public for help. School district residents are able to e-mail their cost saving ideas to savingsidea@neshaminy.k12.pa.us, district business administrator Barbara Markowitz said at Tuesday's school board meeting. "We will review every idea," Markowitz said. District Superintendent Louis Muenker echoed Markowitz stating that all ideas will be taken into consideration and that district officials "value public comment," although they haven't received much to date. Markowitz announced that the district will be receiving some of the same funding from the state as …
former teacher
11:48 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
All good points but it doesn't address: 1) the big picture 2) this consolidation has been discussed since 2006 3) the school district (via all taxpayers in the school district, not just Langhorne Borough) is responsible Basically speaking, you can sit in the back seat or you can drive. You can't do both. Just saying 'NO' without a working alternative isn't the best way to go. There is no question… more ›