Here's links to the budget documents
# 09-10 Budget Calendar
# Preliminary 2009-10 Budget Presentation 3/11/09
# Proposed Preliminary 2009-10 Budget as of 4-3-09
# Preliminary Proposed 2009-10 Budget Power Point
MORRISVILLE BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
In accordance with the School Budget Calendar of the School District of Borough of Morrisville, the proposed Preliminary Budget for the 2009-2010 school year will be presented at the Finance Committee Meeting on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Conference Room G-9 located in the Middle/Senior High School, 550 West Palmer Street, Morrisville, PA.
The Board of School Directors may adopt the proposed Preliminary Budget at their monthly Board Meeting on April 22, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., in the LGI Meeting Room located in the Middle/Senior High School. The proposed Preliminary Budget is available on the website at www.mv.org and at the Business Office located in the High School.
Marlys Mihok
Board Secretary
Appeared in: Bucks County Courier Times on Sunday, 04/05/2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
In high school, tougher eligibility standards?
From the York Daily Record
In high school, tougher eligibility standards the new trend?
By SEAN McLERNON, Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 04/11/2009 10:34:49 PM EDT
The Northeastern school board's change to its academic eligibility requirement for extracurricular activities -- implementing tougher standards -- was motivated by the desire to stress academics first, according to Northeastern High School athletic director Bryan Stephens.
It could be the start of a local trend.
Earlier this month, the spotlight was cast on Eastern York's policy, which requires students to maintain a grade of at least 70 percent in each of their classes. It is more stringent than the PIAA requirement that student-athletes merely pass at least four full-credit subjects in an approved curriculum.
Three parents complained that Eastern's policy was too demanding, and the board agreed to review it.
Less than a week later, a Northeastern policy change that implements a 70 percent standard like the one at Eastern was passed unanimously by the school board.
The policies aren't identical. Eastern gives its students a five-day grace period to bring up a grade that drops below the threshold before the student suffers a 15-day suspension from extracurricular activities. Northeastern has no warning period, according to Stephens, but the penalty is only five days and students have to attend mandatory study hall sessions.
What the policies share more than anything else is a tougher baseline standard than most schools. And that could put athletic teams at a competitive disadvantage.
Stephens said that's not something he's concerned about.
"I'll never use that excuse," Stephens said. "I'd like to think that our kids are doing what they are supposed to be doing in the classroom and that will carry over on the field. If kids aren't keeping their grades up because they can't keep up with our policy, I don't want to say shame on us, but the policy is in place and the kids will understand what's at stake here and I'm not concerned if we suffer competitively or not.
"What's important is our kids are held to that academic standard. It's important that we're stressing the academics."
YAIAA executive director Herb Schmidt said he wasn't sure if more area schools would follow Northeastern's lead, but said any school district considering a change shouldn't be discouraged from doing so.
"I see nothing wrong with it," Schmidt said. "It shouldn't have any impact. They are there to get an education. They are there to study. That's why we refer to them as student-athletes."
At Northeastern, the change in policy does have some coaches concerned, Stephens said, mainly "about whether the kids understand what the ramifications are." Stephens said that most Northeastern students take only four classes because of block scheduling and there is little margin for error.
"I worry about kids getting stuck in a class where they just don't get it -- they don't understand the subject they have been put into and would have trouble getting out of there," Stephens said. "It's not like college when you can just go in and get a pink slip from a professor to get out."
The athletic director still expressed confidence in the school's teachers, coaches and students to step up to the task.
"I think that this policy gets us on the right track," Stephens said. "I am a firm believer and have faith in both my coaches and my kids that if they are educated and understand the policy, they are going to come through with flying colors."
Red Lion boys' basketball coach Steve Schmehl said that he doesn't anticipate a change at his school, which he said sets the bar at simply passing classes, like the PIAA standard. Schmehl said that he and most head coaches require students to get weekly grade updates and said his standard "would be higher than the standard for the school so you can catch it a little bit earlier" and avoid a suspension.
Since most students are interested in pursuing higher education after high school, Schmehl said raising standards makes sense, but it "would get pretty silly" if students were required to get higher than a 70 percent.
"If you have kids that are interested in going to college, obviously D's aren't going to cut it and a lot of times C's aren't going to cut it," Schmehl said. "Holding them to a standard of a C I don't think is a bad idea, but if you end up going any higher than that, you're going to end up losing some kids."
For the last 14 years, Central York girls' soccer coach Liz Critchfield has been coaching at the school in some capacity and said she has never had any academic issues with her athletes, who are also held to a standard similar to that set by the PIAA. Like Schmehl, she said 70 would be a reasonable grade to expect students to make, but would hesitate supporting a tougher standard than that.
Critchfield said that coaches and parents would have little to complain about if the minimum was bumped up to 70.
"Education has to be the No. 1 priority," Critchfield said. "Not every kid out there is going to become a professional athlete, and sometimes that's what parents are looking for or coaches are looking for -- a winning season -- instead of taking a look at the whole scenario."
PIAA'S STANDARDS
Academic and Curricular Requirements
1. You must pursue a curriculum defined and approved by your Principal as a full-time curriculum.
2. You must be passing at least four full-credit subjects, or the equivalent, as of each Friday during a grading period. If you fail to meet this requirement, you will lose your eligibility from the following Sunday through the Saturday immediately following the next Friday as of which you meet this requirement.
3. You must have passed at least four full-credit subjects or the equivalent during the previous grading period, except that eligibility for the first grading period is based on your final grades for the preceding school year. If you fail to meet this requirement, you will lose your eligibility for at least 10 or 15 school days of the next grading period, beginning on the first day that report cards are issued. If your school has four grading periods, you will be ineligible for at least 15 school days; if your school has six grading periods, you will be ineligible for at least 10 school days.
In high school, tougher eligibility standards the new trend?
By SEAN McLERNON, Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 04/11/2009 10:34:49 PM EDT
The Northeastern school board's change to its academic eligibility requirement for extracurricular activities -- implementing tougher standards -- was motivated by the desire to stress academics first, according to Northeastern High School athletic director Bryan Stephens.
It could be the start of a local trend.
Earlier this month, the spotlight was cast on Eastern York's policy, which requires students to maintain a grade of at least 70 percent in each of their classes. It is more stringent than the PIAA requirement that student-athletes merely pass at least four full-credit subjects in an approved curriculum.
Three parents complained that Eastern's policy was too demanding, and the board agreed to review it.
Less than a week later, a Northeastern policy change that implements a 70 percent standard like the one at Eastern was passed unanimously by the school board.
The policies aren't identical. Eastern gives its students a five-day grace period to bring up a grade that drops below the threshold before the student suffers a 15-day suspension from extracurricular activities. Northeastern has no warning period, according to Stephens, but the penalty is only five days and students have to attend mandatory study hall sessions.
What the policies share more than anything else is a tougher baseline standard than most schools. And that could put athletic teams at a competitive disadvantage.
Stephens said that's not something he's concerned about.
"I'll never use that excuse," Stephens said. "I'd like to think that our kids are doing what they are supposed to be doing in the classroom and that will carry over on the field. If kids aren't keeping their grades up because they can't keep up with our policy, I don't want to say shame on us, but the policy is in place and the kids will understand what's at stake here and I'm not concerned if we suffer competitively or not.
"What's important is our kids are held to that academic standard. It's important that we're stressing the academics."
YAIAA executive director Herb Schmidt said he wasn't sure if more area schools would follow Northeastern's lead, but said any school district considering a change shouldn't be discouraged from doing so.
"I see nothing wrong with it," Schmidt said. "It shouldn't have any impact. They are there to get an education. They are there to study. That's why we refer to them as student-athletes."
At Northeastern, the change in policy does have some coaches concerned, Stephens said, mainly "about whether the kids understand what the ramifications are." Stephens said that most Northeastern students take only four classes because of block scheduling and there is little margin for error.
"I worry about kids getting stuck in a class where they just don't get it -- they don't understand the subject they have been put into and would have trouble getting out of there," Stephens said. "It's not like college when you can just go in and get a pink slip from a professor to get out."
The athletic director still expressed confidence in the school's teachers, coaches and students to step up to the task.
"I think that this policy gets us on the right track," Stephens said. "I am a firm believer and have faith in both my coaches and my kids that if they are educated and understand the policy, they are going to come through with flying colors."
Red Lion boys' basketball coach Steve Schmehl said that he doesn't anticipate a change at his school, which he said sets the bar at simply passing classes, like the PIAA standard. Schmehl said that he and most head coaches require students to get weekly grade updates and said his standard "would be higher than the standard for the school so you can catch it a little bit earlier" and avoid a suspension.
Since most students are interested in pursuing higher education after high school, Schmehl said raising standards makes sense, but it "would get pretty silly" if students were required to get higher than a 70 percent.
"If you have kids that are interested in going to college, obviously D's aren't going to cut it and a lot of times C's aren't going to cut it," Schmehl said. "Holding them to a standard of a C I don't think is a bad idea, but if you end up going any higher than that, you're going to end up losing some kids."
For the last 14 years, Central York girls' soccer coach Liz Critchfield has been coaching at the school in some capacity and said she has never had any academic issues with her athletes, who are also held to a standard similar to that set by the PIAA. Like Schmehl, she said 70 would be a reasonable grade to expect students to make, but would hesitate supporting a tougher standard than that.
Critchfield said that coaches and parents would have little to complain about if the minimum was bumped up to 70.
"Education has to be the No. 1 priority," Critchfield said. "Not every kid out there is going to become a professional athlete, and sometimes that's what parents are looking for or coaches are looking for -- a winning season -- instead of taking a look at the whole scenario."
PIAA'S STANDARDS
Academic and Curricular Requirements
1. You must pursue a curriculum defined and approved by your Principal as a full-time curriculum.
2. You must be passing at least four full-credit subjects, or the equivalent, as of each Friday during a grading period. If you fail to meet this requirement, you will lose your eligibility from the following Sunday through the Saturday immediately following the next Friday as of which you meet this requirement.
3. You must have passed at least four full-credit subjects or the equivalent during the previous grading period, except that eligibility for the first grading period is based on your final grades for the preceding school year. If you fail to meet this requirement, you will lose your eligibility for at least 10 or 15 school days of the next grading period, beginning on the first day that report cards are issued. If your school has four grading periods, you will be ineligible for at least 15 school days; if your school has six grading periods, you will be ineligible for at least 10 school days.
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