Hillendale Elementary School is returning to the Pennsbury Township Zoning Hearing Board for an application that was already approved in May. The reason is to avoid litigation. The hearing board approved a special request application for an outdoor pavilion/classroom for the school on May 31 (see story here) but one neighboring resident — Kathleen Carmody — who was a party to that proceeding opposed the…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District directors are looking to buy two new diesel-powered buses costing a combined $ 283,050. The issue was discussed briefly during the Aug.14 work session. The new diesel buses are scheduled for a July 2024 delivery and go into service for the 2024-2025 school year. James Whitesell, director of facilities for the district, told the directors the district usually looks at replacing…
They gave their kingdoms names like Sandy Paradise, Modern Sandcastle, and Magical Castle. That was part of the direction professional sand sculptor Chuck Feld gave to a group of youngsters at Hands on History Camp at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. Feld gave the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District students instructions on how to build the castles and told them that they had to build them…
A patent-pending invention by two Unionville High. School students caught the attention of the Chester County Intermediate Unit’s Invention Convention. In May, the 2023 CCIU’s Invention Convention empowered students from across Chester County to showcase their creativity in an engaging competition. While there were many great inventions, one entry from Rohan Kapoor and Jack Reichert from Unionville High School was especially noteworthy, a press release…
• Madison Carr of Chadds Ford was named to President's List at Coastal Carolina University. Students who made the President's List have achieved a 4.0 grade point average during the semester. • Samuel Biddle of Chadds Ford was among 2,650-plus students who received their degrees at the spring 2023 commencement ceremonies at Middle Tennessee State University. • Johnathan Fager, of Chadds Ford was named to…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District directors held an unusually short meeting Monday. The session took only 21 minutes instead of the usual three hours. Directors approved parent/student handbooks for all the schools. Those handbooks contain contact information at the schools, as well as various policies involving dress codes, bullying, lost and found, and a parent’s right to know. In all, the handbooks cover roughly two dozen…
• Beau Hopkins, of Chadds Ford, graduated from The University of Tampa on Saturday, May 6 with a Bachelor of Science in entrepreneurship. • Olivia DiMarino and Vitoria Travetti, both of Chadds Ford and majoring in nursing, were named to the Spring 2023 Dean’s List at DeSales University.
• Jamison MacMain and Jordan Withjack, both of Chadds Ford, graduated from Delaware Law School with a Juris Doctor degree on May 1. • The University of Alabama named two Chadds Ford students to the school’s Dean’s List and one Chadds Ford Student to the President’s List. Olivia Carpenter and Natalie Gartner were named to the Dean’s List with a GPA of 3.5 or better,…
• Middle Tennessee State University student Samuel Biddle of Chadds Ford was named to the dean's list for the spring 2023 semester. Biddle is majoring in audio production. To qualify for this distinction, an undergraduate student must maintain a current semester grade-point average of 3.5 or above and earn at least 12 semester hours. • The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that…
Taxes are going up again in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District. School board directors passed the 2023-2024 academic year budget during their June 19 meeting, and for another year, there’s a property tax increase. The district has been raising taxes almost every year since at least 2009. Directors also voted to approve all-day kindergarten to begin in the 2025-2026 school year. A survey conducted in…
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board recently approved the appointment of two new assistant principals for Charles F. Patton Middle School. Mr. James Smith and Mrs. Caitlin Ward will take on their roles as assistant principals at Patton Middle School beginning July 1. Smith has been the dean of students at Patton for the past four years. Prior to becoming dean, Smith was a special education…