Friday, April 9, 2021
Coexist Gallery gets 2 new signs
The owners of Coexist Gallery, 477 Locust Street, installed two new neon signs this week. The signs received a recommendation from HARB at its March 2021 meeting and were approved by Columbia Borough Council.
Wolf's bold proposal to fix unconscionable education inequality
Wolf's bold proposal to fix unconscionable education inequality
Gov. Wolf's budget contains the first serious attempt in Harrisburg to make real the hope that the school funding formula would actually close opportunity gaps.
https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/2021/04/05/op-ed-wolfs-bold-proposal-fix-unconscionable-education-inequality/4851154001/
COLUMBIA'S NEW LOGO IS UNVEILED
Councilman Todd Burgard unveiled his design of a new logo (brand mark) for Columbia Borough at Tuesday's borough council work session. Burgard, who owns Burgard Design, received no financial compensation for the design. Click on the link below to see a presentation on the logo:
https://www.columbiapa.net/Columbia%20Brand%20Presentation.pdf
Pa. lawmakers ought to implement the school fair funding formula fully before the court requires them to do so [editorial] | Our Opinion | lancasteronline.com
THE ISSUE
A "potentially game-changing school funding lawsuit in Pennsylvania is tentatively scheduled to go to trial Sept. 9, a Commonwealth Court judge ordered" April 1, LNP | LancasterOnline's Alex Geli reported last week. "The decision comes seven years after the petitioners, which include the School District of Lancaster, filed the initial lawsuit stating Pennsylvania's education funding system dangerously shortchanges public school students, especially those from low-income communities, in violation of the state constitution. Representing the petitioners are the Education Law Center and Public Interest Law Center."