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Chaos erupts at Camden school board meeting amid call to remove president
CAMDEN. NJ - Controversy in the Camden School District is apparent as some parents and students are calling for the removal of the school board president, after the district settled a $2 million lawsuit over allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student. FOX 29's Dawn Timmeney attended a meeting...
NJ school district backtracks on plan to charge fee for busing
DEPTFORD — A controversial transportation plan pitched by the Deptford Township School District is now being put in reverse. There was a change of heart after backlash from community members and partners, including Mayor Paul Medany. The idea for the 2024-2025 school year, which was shared on Friday, mentioned...
South Jersey's preseason Mean 15 football rankings for 2024
As the journey that is the 2024 high school football season begins this weekend, the South Jersey Gridiron Gang debuts its Mean 15 rankings. New rankings will be published each week on Sunday evenings. ...
Camden looks to cut down on student truancy
The $250,000 program intends to help at-risk students learn computer skills. Camden schools says it has a solution to help solve a longstanding problem – truancy among high school students. Thanks to a new $250,000 program, 50 additional students will train and work at Hopeworks, a nonprofit based in...
Security cam captures assistant principal and student's joyful mutual birthday celebration
When Arnold Ford went to work on his birthday in February of 2024, he knew he was in for a treat. One of his students, a girl named Cali, has the same birthday as he does, and Ford was ready.As soon as he saw Cali come bounding down the hallway with her arms spread wide, the assistant principal tossed his backpack aside, swooped the girl up and spun her around in joyful celebration. Then the two raced down the hallway, arm in arm, so Cali could give him a balloon and a cupcake she had saved for him. All of this was captured on the security cameras at west Philadelphia's Mastery Charter School, Mann Elementary, and the footage has people cheering for amazing educators.
NOMO Foundation opens early amid 63 schools dismissing early
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Students in 63 Philadelphia public schools were released three hours early Tuesday due to inadequate air conditioning. The early dismissals are part of the district's ongoing efforts to protect students from the heat while upgrading outdated electrical systems and installing air conditioning units.The district defines an "adequately cooled" school building as one that has air conditioning units in all classrooms and office spaces. Despite progress, with eight more schools receiving air conditioning over the summer, 63 schools still face academic disruptions.Parents and guardians, many of whom had to alter their schedules to pick up their children early, expressed...
Mary Jane Mullen Memorial Foundation Honors Longtime Lenape Staff Member Thru Scholarship Program
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — The Mary Jane Mullen Memorial Foundation is making a final push for the community’s support of its Scholarship Fund. The Foundation, which was created in honor of Mary Jane Mullen, the beloved and long-serving staff member at Lenape High School who passed away in May 2023, has used this month as Fundraising Month to achieve a $2,500 fundraising goal for Mary Jane's Scholarship Fund.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER "In the month of August, we are dedicated to doing what we can to remember the role that she played in...
Former Cheltenham superintendent agrees to resign following ongoing troubles with parents
Dr. Wagner Marseille, former superintendent of the Cheltenham School District, and the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District (Delaware County) “have mutually agreed to pursue an amicable conclusion to Dr. Marseille’s service as district superintendent”, according to a letter to the district community sent on Friday morning. A special board...
Parents Fight Springfield School District for Control Over Screens
Springfield Township parents gathered over concerns that their children spend too much time on screens while in school. Concerned mother Meredith McGlinchey pushed Springfield School District to keep YouTube out of classrooms after her son got hooked on screens, reported Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. McGlinchey said that she...
Delco nonprofit helps teachers fill classrooms with school supplies
FOLCROFT, Pa. (CBS) – The first day of school is less than a week away for some school districts in Delaware County. One nonprofit is helping teachers get their classrooms ready before students arrive.Teachers' Teammates operates a 3,000-square-foot warehouse in Folcroft that contains just about everything an educator needs to supply a classroom, including folders, crayons, notebooks and backpacks. The nonprofit's founder and executive director, Raelyn Harman, is in charge of getting those supplies into teachers' hands."We have 150 orders in the pipeline that we're trying to get out as quickly as possible because school is starting," Harman said.Teachers who...
$1000 Scholarship Supporting College Students Due: 9/3
Background: GVD Renovations understands how tough it can be for students to manage tuition and living costs. To help, they’re offering a $1,000 scholarship to support one student’s education. Eligibility:. 🎓 Full-time students at a U.S. two- or four-year college or university. 📈 Cumulative GPA of 3.0...
CLASS OF 2024 SENIOR STARS: Jon Young Jr., Cherry Hill West baseball
As good as Garino was on the mound, Young Jr. was nearly as good on offense and defense. The University of Alabama commit had a tremendous senior season, batting .458 with 44 hits, 47 RBIs, 38 runs, seven home runs, 14 walks and eight steals. His slugging percentage was better...
It’s the first day of school for students in the School District of Philadelphia
Monday is the first day of school for students in the School District of Philadelphia. More than 113,000 students will return to more than 200 district schools to begin the 2024-2025 school year. At Franklin S. Edmonds School in East Mount Airy, Mayor Cherelle Parker, Superintendent Tony Watlington, and city council officials rang the bell […]
Philly artist KUR visits Saul High School to encourage attendance
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia hip hop artist KUR returned to his alma mater, Saul High School, Monday to encourage students to show up every day.KUR surprised the school's more than 450 students with backpacks, T-shirts and school supplies to encourage students to start the year on time and continue the effort throughout the year. "You never know how your words touch somebody," said KUR.Philadelphia-area lifestyle brand retailer Snipes USA, KUR and the School District of Philadelphia launched the ongoing commitment. In Saul High School's cafeteria, KUR surprised students like senior Carmelo Fortye. "My hope for my senior year is I want to pass...
Manheim Central at Ephrata | Game of the Week preview
EPHRATA, Pa. — This week's FOX43 High School Football Frenzy Game of the Week is a showdown between two former Lancaster-Lebanon League division rivals who are meeting for the first time in seven years. The last time Manheim Central and Ephrata squared off in 2017, the Barons rolled to...
High school midfielders from Lower Gwynedd and Blue Bell selected to attend USA Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp
Camilla Lutte of Lower Gwynedd and Haley Elliott of Blue Bell have been selected to attend the U-16 Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp, USA Field Hockey announced Tuesday. Lutte (above left), a Class of 2028 midfielder for Wissahickon High School, and Elliot (above right), a Class of 2027...
Back-to-school tips: Generating meaningful conversations with children
It's the first time for many students returning to the classroom as a new school year begins and it will be a whirlwind of a day -- especially for younger kids.The first day of school will be filled with learning new faces, new names and remembering what time to get to lunch and recess.As a parent, we always want to know all the things about their day, but some kids aren't always so open and transparent.ALSO SEE: Back-to-school tips: Create a homework spaceTips to improve your child's homework environment at home set them up for success this year.Maybe they struggle to articulate it.Action News caught up with Dr. Nika Fabienke, who is an educator and senior director of curriculum for ABCmouse. She spoke about how you can have a meaningful conversation with your kids once they get out of school. She suggests there's a better way than that classic parent question: "How was your day?"Watch the interview above to learn more.
Springfield schools announce screen time restrictions for 2024-25, parents feat. in the Inquirer for successful organizing
Meredith McGlinchey, Sue-Im Lee, and Karen Moore Schultz—three parents in the Springfield Township School District in Oreland—were featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer for successfully working with district administrators to lessen screen time in the schools. The parents have been in meetings with administrators about the issue since the...
Montco awards $3.5M to hundreds of early child care centers
NARBERTH, Pa. (CBS) — As early child care centers struggle to find enough staff, one Philadelphia suburb is awarding millions of dollars to boost centers in need."I feel like the kids are really valued here," Megan Yarnell of Havertown said.Yarnell loved that her two daughters, 4-year-old Elaine and 2-year-old Peggy, attend Wonderspring Early Learning in Narberth. Staffing issues at a previous day care center while she was pregnant with Peggy brought her here."The place that I was going before this was actually closing their infant room because of that," Yarnell said, "which is why I had to change child care...
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