Neshaminy Turns into Morrisville

From the BCCT

Dear Sam: Come on over to Morrisville. Much to our shame, fire all the teachers and replace them, and a state takeover of the district are the stated goals of the Emperor's minions.

Find middle ground

I recently attended a senior meeting regarding the current situation in Neshaminy School District at the Lower Southampton Library. Mostly everyone there was quite concerned how things are going. Many had suggestions on how to fix the problems.

Jim Barrett (chairman of the Democratic committee in Lower Southampton) said, “We should cut the administrators’ pay by say 20 percent. Sue Barrett (an ex-school board member) said, “We should fire all of them and start new from scratch. Or we could declare the school district bankrupt and let the state take it over.”

For two prominent community leaders to make these kinds of suggestions is, in my view, outrageous. I’m sure most members of the community do not want the state to run our schools.

A school board member, Joe Blasch, started reading a list of programs they can cut such as music, art, school bus routes, have part-time library, etc. I felt this too is a bit much and stated, “You want to cut things from our kids and not our teachers.”

Our kids are our most important and precious asset. We have many great teachers in our schools who care a great deal about our kids. I know, I have a boy in third grade and he loves school. That’s because of our teachers.

What we need is for the union and the school board to go back to the table and find some middle ground where everyone will be dealt with fairly. Our children should not suffer for an unreasonable union leader or an unreasonable community leader.

Sam Pozzuolo Feasterville