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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
• Dan Waterland of Chadds Ford graduated after majoring in politics at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Waterland, the son of Robert L. Waterland and Laura E. Waterland, is a 2018 graduate of Malvern Preparatory School. • Chadds Ford resident Lily Reardon has enrolled at James Madison University for the fall 2022 semester. Reardon's selected major is marketing.
No schoolmarm was ringing a bell outside a one-room wooden schoolhouse, but the line of cars outside Chadds Ford Elementary School was a sure sign of day one of the new school year. “Welcome back,” said Danielle Clark to returning students and pointed out to new kindergartners where they needed to go. Clark, the principal at CFES, said she’s eager to start her third full…