From the BCCT
To Morrisville resident Mark Coassolo, who suggested a way that the perpetually cash-strapped Morrisville School District could produce some much-needed additional funding. Coassolo is now heading a steering committee charged by the school board with implementing his proposal.
Coassolo’s idea of establishing a nonprofit education foundation isn’t new; other districts have similar foundations and business partnerships. But it’s among the few positive developments from the school board in recent years.
The goal of the fledgling foundation is to solicit donations from businesses and individuals to help improve the district. And much help is needed what with buildings that are in varying stages of disrepair. Encouragingly, interested donors already have surfaced.
Kudos to Coassolo on his enterprising idea and his willingness to lead the effort.
Morrisville, in Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is a colonial era town in the midst of transition into the 21st century. Taxes, personalities, and development all combine in a sometimes explosive mix. Come on in and join the discussion Email: savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com
Student Achievement Billboard
Congratulations!
Does Your Business Reject Education?
"Stay on Track" Businesses
C-Confirmed with photo
R-Reported
* C-William Hellmann, CPA (April 29)
* C-A to Z Music (April 29)
* C-Squirrel's Nest (April 29)
* R-Yardley Auto Body (April 29)
* C-Colonial Haircutters (April 29)
* C-Piscopo Brothers (April 29) REMOVED April 30
* C-Delmorr Lanes (April 29)
* C-The Hair Works (April 29)
C-Confirmed with photo
R-Reported
* C-William Hellmann, CPA (April 29)
* C-A to Z Music (April 29)
* C-Squirrel's Nest (April 29)
* R-Yardley Auto Body (April 29)
* C-Colonial Haircutters (April 29)
* C-Piscopo Brothers (April 29) REMOVED April 30
* C-Delmorr Lanes (April 29)
* C-The Hair Works (April 29)
Morrisville Primary Election 2009
Secret Meetings??
Labels
- * I SUPPORT EDUCATION (1)
- 2008 Presidential Election (15)
- 2009 Mayor Campaign (2)
- 21st Century program (1)
- 501C-3 (5)
- A-Field (2)
- accountability (5)
- Act 1 (6)
- Albertson (1)
- apathy (1)
- Archives 2007 (2)
- arrogance (21)
- bad construction (3)
- Bailey (10)
- bankruptcy (3)
- BCCT (59)
- BCIU (3)
- Bensalem (5)
- board vacancy (7)
- Bolos (14)
- Borough Council (25)
- Bristol (9)
- Bristol Twp (3)
- Buckman (24)
- Bucks Tech School (16)
- budget (73)
- budget in other districts (27)
- bullying (1)
- Burger (4)
- Calhoun St Bridge (3)
- Centennial (5)
- Center Area-Monaca merger (4)
- charter schools (1)
- Cicero (1)
- Citizens Action Plan (2)
- comics (44)
- Community Justice Project (1)
- Council Rock (1)
- Curtin and Heefner (2)
- DeAngelo (15)
- defeasement (44)
- development in other towns (9)
- DeWilde (6)
- distress in other districts (49)
- Dreisbach (5)
- DRJTBA (3)
- drugs (3)
- Dunford (7)
- DVHS (8)
- education policy (2)
- facilities director (1)
- farming (38)
- Farrell (17)
- federal education policy (4)
- federal funding (6)
- Ferrara (3)
- First Suburbs (2)
- Fitzpatrick (6)
- Frankenfield (18)
- Frankenfield Question (4)
- Fratti (35)
- free lunch (2)
- Galloway (23)
- Gateway (15)
- Gehrens (4)
- general education (6)
- George Clymer (1)
- Gesualdi (1)
- Gibson (4)
- Good Schools Pennsylvania (1)
- Gould (1)
- grade inflation (1)
- Grandview (7)
- grants (4)
- Greenland (6)
- Gym Night (1)
- Halifax-Millersburg merger (1)
- Heater (14)
- Hellmann (137)
- Hellmann 6 part plan (3)
- Hellmann building report (15)
- Historic Morrisville Society (2)
- homeless students (3)
- Huggins (1)
- illegal students (2)
- impeachment (4)
- integrity (15)
- Jones (1)
- Jordan (2)
- K-12 (2)
- Kelly (6)
- Kemp (14)
- lame-duck (1)
- Landmark Towns (1)
- Lastician (4)
- lawsuit (1)
- leadership (15)
- Ledger (5)
- local business (1)
- Magic Cottage (1)
- Manning (1)
- McIlhinney (11)
- meeting reminder (29)
- merger (5)
- MHS asbestos (7)
- Mihok (77)
- mo (1)
- Morrisville Business Development (3)
- Morrisville Community Events (19)
- Morrisville Comprehensive Plan (2)
- Morrisville District Reorganization (5)
- Morrisville PTO (6)
- Morrisville Tomorrow (3)
- MSD students in action (17)
- MV building survey (4)
- Myers (3)
- NCLB (3)
- Neshaminy (25)
- New Hope-Solebury (1)
- news from other districts (20)
- North Penn (2)
- Northampton (1)
- NYT (1)
- open records (4)
- out of district students (1)
- PA State law (5)
- PA State School Consolidation (14)
- Panzitta (6)
- PDE (7)
- Pennsbury (25)
- Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign (2)
- Philadelphia (1)
- Philadelphia Inquirer (8)
- PJP (2)
- PJRP (3)
- poll (7)
- poverty (2)
- privacy (4)
- propaganda (2)
- PSBA (4)
- PSBE (1)
- PSERS (1)
- PSSA scores (3)
- PSSA Scores 2008 (10)
- PSSA Scores 2009 (1)
- Public Notices (2)
- QSRE (12)
- Quakertown (1)
- Radosti (47)
- re-registration (6)
- reassessment (2)
- referendum (2)
- Reiter (34)
- Reiter shut down (11)
- Reithmeyer (16)
- released emails (6)
- Rendell (5)
- renovation (12)
- renovation in other districts (21)
- Right To Know Law (11)
- Rivella (7)
- Robert Morris (1)
- Sandy Gibson rule (3)
- school uniforms (3)
- Schools News Around the Blogosphere (26)
- secrecy (15)
- Secret Meeting (7)
- Sharon Hughes (1)
- Sherlock (5)
- solicitor (2)
- Souderton (12)
- Special Education (24)
- Special Education in other districts (12)
- state funding (15)
- Stockham Building project (14)
- Stout (4)
- strategic plan (1)
- student sports and activities (3)
- student testing (17)
- students (5)
- taxes (56)
- teacher strikes (6)
- teachers union (20)
- teaching vacancies (2)
- testing in other districts (4)
- trailers (5)
- train station (2)
- Trenton Times (2)
- Tullytown (1)
- uncategorized (2)
- unethical. immoral (2)
- Vitetta (14)
- Wisnosky (3)
- Worob Brenda (20)
- Worob Steve (17)
- Yonson (78)
Morrisville Links
Education Links
Just Plain Good Links
Blog Archive
- ▼ 2008 (842)
About Me
- Save The School
- Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Concerned parent who wants a future for this town and its residents Mail to savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com
6 comments:
That's why the circulation is spiraling down on that dirty, stinky, smelly, rotten, no good, pink slip's in the mail, rag of a so-called newspaper.
Oh, he's one of "us"? Fantastic piece of Pulitzer Prize worthy journalism! I wish I had more hands so I could offer more thumbs up!
Jon?? Is that really you? Why are you channeling high public officials?
Whether you love him, hate him, or just think he's a kook, he has stuck to it and made this happen. Whether or not it was his idea in the first place is irrelevant. And for this I gotta agree with the BCCT thumbs.
Now, the challenge is to make sure this non-profit is properly managed. And this, I think, is where Mr. Coassolo attracts scrutiny, because he insists that this non-profit can replace taxes. If legally it can be done then have at it. Otherwise, please define the (legal) mission so we can all get behind it.
I must be high.
Why Jon? Been to Reiter lately when the black "mystery" smoke is coming out of the vent?
I guess so. The boiler problem is so bad at Reiter that it was absolutely imperative for the board to blast ahead, Hellmann to chuck out 9 of the 12 bids, and to forego any cost reimbursement from the state in order to get a new boiler at the Middle-High School. And new burners for the boiler at Grandview.
What that you say, the Middle-High School and Grandview aren't Reiter? I know. Silly isn't it?Apparently, Reiter's boiler is so bad that it boggled the board's mind to the point it almost didn't even think about it at all, only adding Reiter's boiler in a follow-up vote after it was brought up in public comments.
Does the black smoke at Reiter mean that no new Emperor has been chosen?
Post a Comment