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Summit School back to square one after PMSD denies another charter proposal
The proposed Summit Charter School is back to square one, again.
Pocono Mountain School District held a special board meeting on Feb. 24 during which the board voted yet again to deny the proposed school s charter.
Summit School has applied for a charter multiple times over the past two years.
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The district noted several concerns about the application.
“Summit mentions a bilateral fit (in its application), which is great for the parents, students and school, but a bilateral fit does not belong in the charter school application and this was explained clearly in previous applications, PMSD board president Rusty Johnson said in his opening statement.
Gov. Wolf’s Education Plan Makes Historic $1.3 Billion Investment in Public Schools
Directs all existing state basic education funding through fair funding formula for first time
Eliminates or cuts taxes for two-thirds of Pennsylvanians
Continuing to make the future of Pennsylvania’s students a priority, Governor Tom Wolf’s 2021 agenda makes a historic $1.3 billion investment in public schools and creates fairness in education funding, while cutting taxes for working families and businesses.
The governor was joined for a virtual press conference by state Rep. Chris Rabb, Acting Education Secretary Noe Ortega and Allentown School District Superintendent Thomas Parker.
“Pennsylvania’s school funding system is unfair to students, teachers and communities,” said Gov. Wolf. “The state still largely funds schools based on student enrollment from 30 years ago, which underfunds growing districts from our small towns to our big cities. My common sense plan restores fairness
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Governor Wolf Proposes Plan to Cut Taxes for Working Class Families, Invest Billions in Education and Workforce Development
February 02, 2021
Working Class Families
Governor Will Deliver His Annual Budget Address Via Video Wednesday
Governor Tom Wolf outlined his budget plan to remove barriers and cut taxes for working class families in Pennsylvania while investing billions of dollars into Pennsylvania schools and workforce development initiatives. The governor’s plan would make Pennsylvania’s tax s
since election day and even more so with the education pick for secretary, betsy devos, a koch brothers aligned mega donor. she s a major supporter of charter schools and vouchers, both of which divert tax dollars that would ordinarily go to taxes that would support public schools. devos and her husband helped to pass the state s first charter school law and right-to-work legislation. she s an advocate for school s choice and some say devos has consistently pushed a corporate agenda to privatize and