There has been a national conversation about “lunch shaming” in schools over the last several years. In East Penn, the policy has long been that students without money for lunch were given a cold cheese sandwich. In many of our cafeterias, kids without lunch money were actually first given a full lunch, then later in […]
I am pleased to report that the full day kindergarten proposal was passed by the East Penn school board Monday, by a vote to 6-3. It will be implemented next year. The approval caps almost two full years of planning, discussion, and debate on the issue. Ken Bacher, Alisa Bowman, Alan Earnshaw, and Paul Champagne […]
The East Penn School Board will again consider two proposals on full day kindergarten at their meeting on Monday. The first calls for implementation of the full day kindergarten plan, which was developed over the last two years by a special committee made up of educators, parents, and administrators. The second calls for a public […]
As social media and newspapers have reported, full day kindergarten was on the agenda again at last night’s East Penn School Board meeting. But the question before the board this time was not whether to adopt a fully day K program. Instead, the proposal was to initiate a referendum that would require the public to […]
I’m saddened to report that last night the East Penn School Board defeated the plan to offer the community full day kindergarten, by a vote of 4-5. I voted in favor of the plan, along with Ken Bacher, Paul Champagne, and Alan Earnshaw. Voting against the plan were Carol Allen, Chuck Ballard, Chris Donatelli, Rebecca Heid, […]
The East Penn School Board will vote soon on whether to offer full day kindergarten to all families in the district. I’m strongly in favor of doing so. I’ve already outlined four key benefits of full day kindergarten. Let me say a few words here about why this is a real need in our community. […]
The East Penn School Board will vote soon on whether to offer full day kindergarten to all families in the district. I’m strongly in favor of doing so. I’ve already written about some of the benefits of full day kindergarten, our community’s need for it, and paying for the program. The methodical, inclusive, and transparent […]
The East Penn School Board will vote soon on whether to offer full day kindergarten to all families in the district. I’m strongly in favor of doing so. I’ve already outlined some of the benefits of full day kindergarten, as well as our community’s need for it. But how do we pay for it? The […]
The East Penn School Board will vote soon on whether to offer full day kindergarten to all families in the district. I’m strongly in favor of doing so. Here are four key benefits of full day kindergarten to our community: 1. Improves Readiness for Elementary School (and Beyond) Any good house requires a strong foundation. […]
Samuel (Sandy) Rhodes closed the East Penn School Board meeting last week with the following remarks. It was his final meeting as a board member after serving our community for twelve years. His perspective is important enough that I wanted to share it beyond the handful of people who were at the meeting: “In the […]
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