More than a dozen students and parents commented during the Nov. 19 Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board meeting on plans to change the curriculum status of the high school marching band. The lengthy discussion led to the board tabling voting on the recommended policy change until the Jan. 22 meeting. Unionville High School policy requires music students who want to participate in band to also participate…
Rick Hostetler, supervisor of Buildings and Grounds, told school board members that the high school renovation project is ahead of schedule. “Our original project completion date was January 2013. Except for a few punch list items, the renovation is now complete and all the construction trailers and equipment are gone,” Hostetler said during the Oct. 15 school board work session Robert Cochran, director of Business…
Cossart Road in Pennsbury Township’s, also known as “Devil’s Road”, will get some extra patrolling by the Pennsylvania State Police during the Halloween season. Township Manager Kathleen Howley asked State Police Cpl. Michael Stoner during the Oct. 17 Board of Supervisors’ meeting to step up patrolling Cossart Road during “mischief season”. Howley told Stoner, who was making his quarterly report to the township, that during…
The Pennsbury Village project has an uncertain future. Eagle National Bank has filed for an Oct. 18 sheriff’s sale against PVA, so financing for the townhouse development project is in doubt. “We don’t know what the status of the Pennsbury Village Associates development is currently,” said Supervisors’ Chairman, Aaron McIntyre at the Sept. 19 supervisors meeting. Township solicitor Tom Oeste said the township’s existing stipulation…
School District taxpayers will enjoy hearing that more than $175,000 in savings are on the horizon. At the Sept. 10 school board work session finance meeting, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Director of Business and Operations Robert Cochran said the district has “an opportunity to refinance some outstanding debt which will generate about $100,000 in interest savings spread over the current budget and next year as…
More than 1,000 acres of land, including 220 in Chadds Ford Township, could be turned into a national park covering parts of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Delaware’s congressional delegation, a host of Delaware state government officials, local non–profit group officers and Jon Jarvis, U.S. National Parks Director held a public meeting to discuss options for the recently preserved 1,100 acre Woodlawn Brandywine River tract of land…
Excitement and enthusiasm are the two best words to describe the tone of Aug. 20 Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board Meeting. Superintendent John Sanville jokingly opened the meeting by reciting the three good reasons for choosing teaching as a career. “The good reasons to teach are June, July and August.” He continued his remarks with an enthusiastic report on preparation for the Aug. 27 return of…
West Marlborough Township’s recent passage of a 0.5 percent earned income tax triggered a brief discussion among Unionville-Chadds Ford School District board members at their Aug. 13 work session. Keith Knauss, director of the finance committee said the board doesn’t want to tackle the issue at the present time, especially since it was rejected a few years ago. “The Board does not have enthusiasm to…
According to Thornbury Farm owner Randell Spackman, on average, carrots travel 1,780 miles to a retail super market. Although Thornbury Farm has been growing produce since 1709, community involvement is part of a food production revolution. The idea of cooking with locally grown produce was popularized by Alice Waters’ restaurant, Chez Panisse, and her cookbooks. Waters’ contention is that food should be “based on the…
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board met for six minutes in a rare July meeting and approved various district personnel matters including hiring eleven new teachers. Superintendent John Sanville explained the reason for having a meeting in July. “July school board meetings are not a normal happening,” he said. “However, we have been hard at work selecting new teachers to replace eleven teachers who retired effective…
Taxes to go up for ChesCo residents of U-CF if preliminary budget holds.