School Issues

Posted below is information and analysis regarding some of the most important issues facing the Pottstown School District.

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Preparing Pottstown schools for the future

How do we make the best use of our school facilities to provide a quality education at an affordable cost? This 32-page report, first published as an advertising supplement in The Mercury, examines relevant facts and provides two options.
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Innovation, competition, and choice in education: a series

Gov. Tom Corbett has called for innovation, competition and choice in our education system. In a series of nine articles, we look at different approaches to education and their implications for Pottstown public schools.
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Pottstown superintendent and charter schools

At the May 19, 2011 meeting of the Pottstown School Board, director Tom Hylton reported on the results of a Right To Know request he made concerning superintendent Reed Lindley's activities regarding a charter school operator running Pottstown's elementary schools.
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Edgewood most expensive elementary school to operate

In an email to Charter School Management Inc., Pottstown superintendent Reed Lindley estimated the operating costs of Pottstown school buildings. The high school and middle school cost far more to operate than all five elementary schools combined. Of the elementary schools, Edgewood and Franklin are the most expensive to operate.
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Pottstown Citizens for Responsible Government

Thomas Hylton, Treasurer and Web site editor