School board meetings in North East are held twice monthly and begin at 6:30PM. Once per month, or every other meeting, the superintendent passes out a number of student awards for various reasons at the beginning of the meeting, a process that can easily consume 20 or 30 minutes. When members of the public come […]
Warren County School District Facing Enrollment Decline Considers School Closings
As noted here last month, the North East School District is facing an enrollment decline and needs to make adjustments. Also, as noted, falling enrollment is happening to school districts everywhere. In nearby Warren County, a board meeting tonight will be considering the closure of the high school portion, grades 9 through 12, of two […]
Dept of Education Withdraws Proposed Title IX Changes NESD was Planning to Adopt
Last September, the North East School District scheduled a vote to adopt Title IX changes proposed by the Biden Administration. Those changes would have allowed biological males to use female restrooms and changing facilities. Residents of North East were quick to respond and attended the school board meetings in large numbers voicing their opposition to […]
NE School District Enrollment Decline Requires All of Our Attention
At the last NESD board meeting on December 19th, I noticed one data point I had not yet seen, the enrollment in the district for the 2024-2025 school year, which is 1435 students. The chart above is an updated version of the one I’ve been using here with the addition of the data for the […]
Pennsylvania’s New Senator Dave McCormick Gets Committee Assignments
The Senate Republican Conference committee assignments for the 119th Congress have been released and our new Senator Dave McCormick will be on five: Banking, Energy, Foreign Relations, Aging and the Joint Economic Committee. The assignments have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be ratified by the full Senate early next […]
Refocus School Board Meetings on School Board Business Not Award Ceremonies
The North East School District has made it a practice to have an impromptu award ceremony near the beginning of every other board meeting. These award ceremonies are due to the superintendent’s desire to recognize students for all sorts of different reasons. This month’s awards are for “conflict resolution and self-control.” All of the students […]
NE Community Marina Authority Board Installs New Member and Elects Officers
During their regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening, the North East Community Marina Authority board installed their newest member, Dan Adamus, who was recently appointed by North East Borough council to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of board member Eric Urbanowicz. The board then held their election of officers for the coming year. Board […]
NE Borough Council Approves 2025 Budget and Tax Ordinance and Appoints Marina Board Member
The North East Borough council, at their second Monday meeting, approved the proposed 2025 budget and also approved the proposed tax ordinance. In the only other business on the agenda, council voted to appoint Dan Adamus to the vacancy on the marina authority board. He will be able to be seated at the marina board […]
What is Going on With Waste Management – Almost 4 Weeks Behind?
Waste Management has now become one more example of a company with enormous management problems and terrible customer service. Our next scheduled pickup according to their website, is Friday, December 20th. That will be a full four weeks since it was last picked up. An email from the company says Tuesday, December 17. Contacting the […]
NE Borough Council to Address Several Items from Previous Meetings
North East Borough Council will hold a public hearing before Monday’s council meeting for the proposed 2025 budget and the proposed tax ordinance. Afterwards, both will be considered for passage during the regular meeting. Also on the agenda, is the appointment of a replacement member for the North East Community Marina board to fill the […]
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