Saturday, January 17, 2015

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Lights being rewired on 3rd Street



Excavation was being done today on Third Street (near Burning Bridge Antiques) so that three street lights could be rewired. The lights have been out for several months

State adds budget information and teacher salaries to school rankings site

Columbia Borough School District has the second lowest average teacher salary: $55,377.

Beware ‘the blob’ that small government forms

Don't believe in the blob? Consider that Pennsylvania has 500 school districts (about one for every 25,000 people) and levies the 10th-highest state and local taxes in the U.S., according to the Tax Foundation. Compare that to Florida, No. 31 in state and local taxes, with only 67 school districts (one per 280,000 people).
The blob created by the mass of educational bureaucracy in the 16 school districts in Lancaster County alone — 16 superintendents, 144 school board members and hundreds of administrators — leads to public institutions that are collectively bigger, costlier, fractured and more resistant to reform. 

Hempfield superintendent hire not so super on transparency

The Hempfield School Board's hiring of Chris Adams was probably the right move. Too bad it was not done in a transparent way aimed at building trust and cooperation among parents and residents.