Penncrest High School Faces Two Year Accreditation After Middle States Review
Penncrest High School in Middletown faces a two year accreditation due to a Middle States report criticizing building maintenance and grounds as unacceptably dirty and deteriorating. Teachers and programs receive praise with changes already begun to meet criteria for a 10 year renewal. Principal Lou Scott and Rose Tree Media Superintendent Dr. Joseph Lapchick say the district is positive about the requested maintenance improvements.
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Trisha Cofsell
Daily Times
Middletown
Penncrest High School
Middle States Commission On Sec- Schools
Sage of Education
Middle States
Penncrest
Lou Scott
Scott
Rose Tree Media Super
Joseph Lapchick
Thornburgh faces 6.8 billion budget with possible 16 million trim
Harrisburg reports Gov. Thornburgh's 1980 81 General Fund plan totals 6.8 billion with potential cuts exceeding 16 million to balance. Lawmakers finished a marathon session approving the budget ahead of the deadline amid protests over closed process. Major funding shifts include a controversial transportation package adding about 52 million in new revenues from motorist fees and truck weight and length increases.
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Harrisburg
House
Matthew Ryan
Delaware
Ronald Cowell
Allegheny
Delaware County
Transportation Department
Pennsylvania
Penncrest Earns Two Year Middle States Accreditation
Penncrest High School in a five state area earned a two year accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools. The process involved a year long self evaluation and a four day on site review by a 20 member volunteer team.
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Penncrest High School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Penncrest
Middle States Commission On Secondary Schools
Association
Lou Scott
Middle States
State Department of Education
Scott
Commission
35 school bus drivers fired after sick-out
The Daily Times reports 35 school bus drivers were dismissed after a April 22 sick-out over a contract dispute. The board, in a 6-1 vote, approved firings with hearings possible if legal. Dissenter William Scattergood warned of trouble as contract provisions allow dismissal without grievance steps. Budget details followed, with a final 1980-81 district budget of 10,871,292 and real estate tax set at 206 mills to balance the budget.
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Ruth Bissex
Daily Times
William Scattergood
Scattergood
Karen Kinard
Dennis McDaid
Edmond Sacchetti
Sacchetti
Flag Day timing closes county offices. banks and post offices open
The Times reports that banks and post offices along with state liquor stores will be open Friday while most county and state offices close for Flag Day. Chester municipal offices stay open Friday but close Monday in observance tied to the national holiday begun in 1950 after William T. Kerr’s crusade.
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Chester
William T. Kerr
Yeadon
Classified Daily Double Notice for Family Want Ad
A brief notice explains that the Family Want Ad has been selected for the Daily Double feature and that the same ad also appears in today's Classified Section. It invites readers to check Classifieds for details on how to have their own ad featured.
Shopping centers target of car thieves, police warn
Mall thefts stay steady with Tri-State Mall seeing about four thefts monthly this year, up from last year. Delaware police, including the auto theft unit, conduct a statewide seminar to curb the multi million dollar trade as premiums rise and FBI data shows a car is stolen every 33 seconds.
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John Roman
Daily Times
Granite Run
Middletown
Springfield Mall
Tri-State Mall
Claymont
Del
Granite Fiun Mall
Tri-State
Delaware State Police
Odessa
Delaware County
Car
FBI
Delaware
Demerger letter may sway Bell vote on bill
Five Wallingford Swarthmore School Board members oppose a split plan and send a letter that could influence Sen. Clarence Bell to weigh local views before voting on HB 1111. Sen. Loeper says the letter will not affect him and supports the measure. The districts’ makeup likely shapes these positions. Swarthmore High would merge into Nether Providence High in 1983 under the plan.
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Harold D. Ellis
Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg
Wallingford- Swarthmore
Delaware County
Clarence D. Bell
Upland
Bell
House
Senate
Joseph Loeper Jr
Upper Darby
Swarthmore High
Swarthmore High School
Nether Providence High School
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Penncrest High
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Philadelphia
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