11/8/21 School Board Meeting Guide
New high school courses, bullying on buses, and board member turnover were the main focus of last night’s meeting.
Our Schools. Our Community.
New high school courses, bullying on buses, and board member turnover were the main focus of last night’s meeting.
The superintendent explained her reasoning for universal masking at last night’s board meeting, which also featured more than 90 minutes of opinions from the public on school safety.
No matter what your views on issues like masking in school, are yelling, insults, and threats the best way to resolve controversial issues?
Equity in the schools requires continual work. And it requires we recognize how racial disparities in the pandemic might influence decision-making about school safety.
Optional masking implies we can make personal safety decisions without considering others. But a contagious pandemic doesn’t work that way.
A mask optional policy for school in the fall was adopted unanimously earlier this summer. But just six weeks later, we live in a different world– one that requires we consider universal masking in elementary and middle schools again.
The plan for the next school year: masks optional. Learn more here.
A plan to return kids to school and next year’s budget were the main topics of last night’s board meeting.
Planning (and obstacles) to 5-day in person instruction and next year’s budget were the chief topics of last night’s school board meeting.
Here’s why East Penn remains in hybrid, what can change that, and how it compares to other local districts.