LANSDALEÂ â A new policy is in the works that aims to protect North Penn students who may be victims of assaults by fellow students.
The school board s policy committee has voted ahead new rules regarding discipline for students adjudicated or convicted of sexual assault. It adds requirements for schools to take certain action, if we become aware of a circumstance in which a student who has been convicted, or adjudicated, of sexual assault, and the victim of that assault is a student within the school district, said solicitor Kyle Somers.
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LANSDALEÂ â Two weeks after the North Penn School District allowed more students to return to in-person instruction five days a week, the numbers are coming in, and a small group of students is now the center of attention.
District officials and the school board gave an update Tuesday night on the breakdown of students staying at home versus coming to school, teacher vaccinations, and a big date coming soon. District-wide, we are at pretty much one-third, one-third, one-third: slightly higher are in five days, at 34.5 percent, 32 (percent) in hybrid, and 33.5 on virtual, said Superintendent Curt Dietrich.
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In late February the school board voted to allow students to return to five days of in-person instruction, stay fully virtual, or choose a hybrid mix of the two, after months that had alternated between fully virtual and partially hybrid instruction. On Tuesday night, Dietrich gave the latest statistics, as of March 5: roughly 46.7 percent of elementar
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It s no secret that Pennsylvaniaâs public schools and taxpayers have been under serious pressure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus and the mitigation efforts have strained our education system and our economy in profound ways, impacting each community member, from the children in our schools to seniors on fixed incomes. As school board members from around Montgomery County, we have seen up close just how overwhelming some of these challenges have been.
As we look ahead at the state budget season, we know our lawmakers will have many difficult decisions to make. However, we suggest that one decision is actually quite straightforward:
LANSDALE — It s far from a done deal, but last week s budget address from Governor Tom Wolf could contain good news for the North Penn School District.