Countdown to April 29 to PERMANENTLY close M. R. Reiter. Ask the board to see the 6 point plan.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Director of Pupil Personnel Services

Here's a job opening in Morrisville that used to be contracted out through the BCIU. It was held by a very talented lady and the Emperor is about to find out just how talented she was.

We better find someone new quickly. There's a lot of work to do over the summer.


Director of Pupil Personnel Services
Location: US-PA-Philadelphia
Status: Full Time, Employee
Job Category: Education/Training
Industry: General/Other: Training/Instruction
Career Level: Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)
Job Description

EDUCATION -Director of Pupil Personnel Services: Requirements: Strong interpersonal, organizational, supervisory skills to direct all aspects of the pupil services and special education programs; Supervisor of Pupil Services and Special Education Services certifications in addition to School Psychologist certification with at least three years experience and a minimum of an Educational Specialist degree required; Send letter of interest, resume, copy of certifications, clearances and three letters of reference to : Office of the Superintendent. Morrisville School District, 550 W. Palmer St, Morrisville, PA 19067.


Source: Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
Contact Information
Reference Code: pn2402088

Special Meeting Reminder

Don't forget the special meeting of the board tomorrow night (Thursday, June 19, 2008) at 7:30 P.M. in the LGI. This is open to the public.

Does anyone know who the candidates are seeking to replace Ed Frankenfield? The early line has the board selecting another unthinking accomplice to unquestioningly follow the Emperor.

GOP seeks to cut school funding

From the Inquirer this morning.

Our PA state legislators: Contact Senator Chuck McIlhinney (R-PA 10th) and Representative John T. Galloway (D-PA 140th)


GOP seeks to cut school funding
A Senate Republican bill would cut $400 million from Gov. Rendell’s budget.
By MARC LEVY

HARRISBURG — Public school funding is emerging as a friction point as state budget negotiators work to find common ground on an approximately $28 billion budget in the last two weeks of the fiscal year.

A Senate Republican budget bill that is primed for floor debate today would slash the $28.3 billion spending plan proposed by Gov. Ed Rendell by about $400 million. Of that, about $120 million would get cut from Rendell’s suggested basic education subsidy — state money that pays for instruction and operations in public schools.

Rendell called the proposed cut “hugely bad policy.”

“I asked around this morning, but the last time ... the basic education subsidy suggested by the governor was cut by the Legislature, no one could remember,” Rendell told reporters Tuesday.

The bill emerged from the GOP-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday on a party-line vote. A Senate Republican spokesman, Erik Arneson, characterized the bill as a step in the process of ongoing budget negotiations.

The sides have clashed over how much the state should increase spending. Rendell has advocated a 4.2 percent increase that includes $291 million more for basic education, a boost of 6 percent.

The Senate GOP bill puts forward a 2.8 percent overall spending increase. It would increase basic education spending by about $170 million, or 3.5 percent.

In the past, lawmakers have been averse to cutting a governor’s proposed education budget because school districts immediately plug their expected share of the money into their budgets. Should the Legislature trim down the governor’s proposed amount, lawmakers could face blame for local property tax increases that might result.

Rendell said he would he would rather use some of the state’s approximately $750 million budget reserve to fill in any cuts to his school funding proposal.

Arneson, however, said Senate Republicans, who control the chamber, would not discuss using the budget reserve until Rendell releases a fresh revenue projection for the 2008-09 fiscal year.

Without that projection, legislative negotiators do not know how much the state can spend. Rendell said his budget office is still watching the state’s daily revenue collections before it settles on a figure.

The 2008-09 fiscal year begins July 1. Rendell, who met legislative leaders in closed-door budget talks Tuesday, described the negotiations as making slow progress on various fronts.