Turmoil at Chester High prompts teachers to demand action
Four months of violence vandalism and overcrowding at Chester High School led the Chester Upland Education Association to hold a press conference demanding concrete actions from district leadership. Union reps cited persistent class overcrowding discipline issues and unclear leadership after the board ousted Superintendent Anthony N Iacone and shifted authority to Lionel Lauer.
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Upland
Chester High School
Ronald Zytkowicz
Chester Upland Education Association
Pennsylvania State Education Association
William Murray
CUEA
Eighth Street
Lionel Lauer
Trash fire at Chester High prompts evacuation and probe
A trash can fire in a fourth floor hallway at Chester High School yesterday morning forced a 45 minute evacuation. Investigators from police and fire departments are probing the suspicious blaze near last Thursday's arson. Two security guards and a secretary were treated for smoke inhalation as about 2,000 students and hundreds of staff were moved to the gym. An 18 year old student is held in connection with the prior incident.
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Chester
Chester High School
Clark
Ronald White
Chester High
Morgan
Eileen Sweeney
James Carey
Cliff Wil
Federal indictment widens case against Chester cocaine ring
A federal grand jury adds four defendants to a Chester cocaine ring led by Theodore Edmond of Los Angeles. Russell Freeman Jr. and his father Russell Freeman Sr. are named along with Anthony Freeman and others. The case seeks more than 54 million dollars in drug profits and expands alleged daily shipments via Federal Express across the country.
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Philadelphia
Chester
Russell Freeman Jr
Federal Express
Anthony Freeman
Russell Freeman Sr
West Second St
Theodore Edmond
Los Angeles
Calif
Tyria Ekwensi
Chadds Ford
Ekwensi
Carlton Love
Detroit
Love
Cora Love
Freeman
U.S
Valli Baldassano
Iee
Sele Ei Ren
Baldassano
Edmond
Lorenzo Duncan
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Ing
Lauer
ZyFowicz
Martha Poore
Anthony N. Iacone
Kenneth Hunt
John M. Roman
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