Reopening

we’ve never seen in our lifetime, so a lot of school districts are writing a roadmap to reopen their schools and I’m confident in this plan.”

The board later denied a revised proposal for Norristown Academy Charter School

The board had denied the school’s original proposal earlier this year.

“There were some changes honestly one of the biggest issues is that their proposed start date is in two weeks,” noted solicitor Peter Amuso. “Even if everything is perfect I don’t know how the board can vote for a school (that will start in two weeks),”

Citing “a lot of (insufficiencies) in the revision,” Amuso noted that the “administration has worked hard to review this application.”

— Board Preesident Shae Ashe

Ashe pointed out that the application had been treated with fairness, “like any application that comes to our attention.”

Assistant Superintendent Yolanda Williams announced a contract addendum with the Lincoln Center to provide four fulltime equivalent College & Career Coaches (“Tutors”) for 2020-21, which represented an extension of the original contract for one additional year and increasing the number of tutors from two and one half to three and one half, in an amount not to exceed $240,000 from the NGU Gear Up grant.

Williams also noted that sessions with families to review plans for the new school year would begin on Tuesday.

Upcoming Parent Meetings include Aug. 19 (Middle School, 6:30 p.m.) and Aug. 20 (High School, 6:30 p.m.)

It was noted that a Walmart Community Grant for $500 had been filed for additional iPads for Whitehall Elementary School.

Reporting on finances, Sharon Mauch noted that

the district would be providing transportation for the district’s public and parochial school students, to be handled by First Student, with contracted runs for special education students.