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 […]
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 School District to Spend $4 Million of Your Money at Thursday Meeting
They’re spending money they don’t have and you will pay As noted here after the last school board meeting, the North East School District is set to vote to spend $4 million at the December 5th board meeting which will inevitably result in a substantial tax increase. Act 1 says they don’t need your permission […]
It’s Time for Earlier Publication of the School Board Agenda and Backup Documents – UPDATED
Last month I suggested publishing the school board agenda and backup documents online earlier than 24 hours prior to the meeting, so the public would have an opportunity to look it over, to give everyone a chance to study the information presented and to make arrangements to attend if something important to them was going […]
North East School Board Votes to Table Policy Revisions for Title IX 2024 Updates
In a long and very well attended board meeting, the North East School Board, in a 5 to 4 vote, tabled the policy revisions incorporating the 2024 updates to Title IX until the United States Supreme Court decides whether the updates are constitutional. Board members voting to table the updates: Nick Mobilia, Corrie Boyd, James […]
Let’s Commit to a No School Tax Increase Budget This Year
The $4 million grass replacement project is water under the bridge, it’s done, the money is spent, so let’s move on. It’s time, right now, to think about the school budget, so we don’t run into the usual end of the school year surprise with a budget that can’t be balanced without a big tax […]
Here’s a Suggestion for Better School Board Meetings with a More Informed Public
The North East School District publishes the agenda and backup documents to be discussed and/or voted on before every school board meeting. They are posted on the school district website just over 24 hours prior to the meeting which is within the time they are required to do so. Backup documents can be quite long, […]