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HES on MLK Day

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on January 16, 2023

Fabric is cut so students can make surgical caps for kids in need of surgery.

Hillendale Elementary School students and parent volunteers kept the school’s activism on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year with a variety of projects Monday. There was a change for this year, however. Typically, Hillendale makes lunches for several organizations and get-well cards for patients at AI Dupont Children’s Hospital. But there was more this year. Volunteers still made get-well cards for child patients during…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on January 11, 2023

Unionville Chadds Ford School Board directors started talks on the 2023-2024 budget this week. A proposed preliminary budget — with an estimated appropriation of $102.35 million and revenues of $100.5 million — was passed. The vote was 9-0. The estimated appropriation reflects an increase of 7.28 percent over that of the 2022-’23 budget. The proposed preliminary millage rates for Chester and Delaware Counties are 32.34…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on January 11, 2023

Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry is partnering with the Pennsylvania Chamber to host a regional Civics Bee on April 15, as part of the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s National Civics Bee. The National Civics Bee is an annual competition that encourages young Americans to engage in civics and contribute to their communities. In the first round of the contest, local 6th, 7th- and 8th-grade…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 15, 2022

UPDATE: Sanville sent the following email shortly before 7:30: "We have been keeping an eye on the forecast. The mixed precipitation could leave ice accumulations up to 1 to 2 tenths of an inch. While this doesn’t sound like much, it is all it takes to make for dangerous road conditions. Additionally, temperatures are hovering around freezing right at that time when students, staff and…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 22, 2022

Unionville-Chadds Ford School District directors voted to spend almost $4 million on facilities improvements during their Nov. 21 meeting. Leading the expense list was a bid of $1.8 million awarded to Garland/DBS for roof replacement at Unionville High School. Directors also awarded a $236,700 bid to Garland for roof replacement work at Hillendale Elementary School. Also for the high school, board members awarded a bid…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 4, 2022

Not everyone thinks the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board or the district administration has acted in good faith during the last several years. Chad Williams, a U-CF parent from Birmingham Township is one. Another is state Sen. Scott Martin, chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Martin, R-13, went so far as to call two U-CF officials “arrogant” in how they responded to requests for information about…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 18, 2022

As anticipated, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board voted not to change school start times next academic year. The vote was unanimous, but the matter will likely come up again. School board directors had been talking about a change to a later start time for secondary students, but the administration recommended last week not to make any changes yet. As previously reported, the proposal called for…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 11, 2022

Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors have been talking since May about changing the school start times, and a vote on the matter is scheduled for next week. But now the recommendation from the district administration is to make no changes yet. The district did change school start times five years ago, moving start times for high school and middle school students to 8 a.m. School…

Posted by Press Release on October 4, 2022

Read more about the article Four more in UHS Wall of Honor

New members of Unionville High School's Wall of Honor.

Unionville-Chadds Ford School District recently inducted four new members to the UCFSD Wall of Honor. Jamie Bartholomew Aller from the Class of 1998, Charlie Ferron from the Class of 1958 (honored posthumously), Rick McFeely from the Class of 1980, and Robert Pearson from the Class of 1967 were inducted during a Wall of Honor Celebration on Sept. 30, at Unionville High School. Earlier that day,…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 23, 2022

Read more about the article Academic Achievement Sept. 23

UHS National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

Unionville High School announced that 15 UHS students were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. “We are so proud of the 16 students who have been recognized as National Merit Semifinalists,” said UHS Principal Amy Jenkins. “Through their efforts and hard work, these students have distinguished themselves as exceptional academic leaders at Unionville High School. Their families and the entire community should be proud of their…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on September 20, 2022

Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors Monday night voted to spend $250,800 on two new diesel school buses. It will be at least another month before the board votes on whether to acquire new electric buses. Among the options considered was to buy four diesel buses at $125,400 each or buy the two and then lease two electric vehicles. Leasing the electric buses would cost $28,000…