PAT CROSSLEY pcrossley@sungazette.com
JERSEY SHORE For the second time in as many months, the Jersey Shore Area School Board has nixed a motion that would have added a health careers curriculum to the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program.
Citing budgetary concerns, five board members this week advocated taking a wait-and-see approach to adding the career pathway. Their decision was made in spite of calls from residents, letters and an unofficial student survey supporting the addition of the curriculum.
“Basically what I asked students was where their interests were as far as a health careers program at the high school,” said Robert Parker, student representative on the board.
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PAT CROSSLEY pcrossley@sungazette.com
JERSEY SHORE Support for Jersey Shore Area School District’s cyber program, JSOL, is the first of five goals outlined by Dr. Brian Ulmer, superintendent, for using more than $1.8 million from the Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) funds coming to the district sometime next month.
“We want to make sure that (JSOL) is an attractive option that is efficient and works,” Ulmer reported at the school board meeting Monday night.
“We want to not only serve kids that are in it but we want to attract kids back from cyber schools into our own programs,” he added.
pcrossley@sungazette.com
JERSEY SHORE Support for Jersey Shore Area School District’s cyber program, JSOL, is the first of five goals outlined by Dr. Brian Ulmer, superintendent, for using more than $1.8 million from the Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) funds coming to the district sometime next month.
“We want to make sure that (JSOL) is an attractive option that is efficient and works,” Ulmer reported at the school board meeting Monday night.
“We want to not only serve kids that are in it but we want to attract kids back from cyber schools into our own programs,” he added.
PAT CROSSLEY pcrossley@sungazette.com
JERSEY SHORE Even though increasing the real estate rate above the 4.1 percent index set by the state’s department of education could generate over $590,000, the Jersey Shore School Board voted unanimously to stay under the index for another year when considering tax rates for the upcoming fiscal year.
The vote came at the board’s meeting held virtually Monday night.
According to Ben Enders, district business manager, if the board would choose to raise the millage to the index, Lycoming County would see an increase in .75 mills, while Clinton County would see that increase at .55 mills. This alone would generate the $590,000 additional dollars in taxes.