Parents angered over E. Fallowfield school water outage
Slated to reopen Thursday after county health department mandated Wednesday closure
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST FALLOWFIELD — East Fallowfield Elementary School is scheduled to reopen Thursday morning, after a failed water pump closed the school Wednesday — but a number of the school’s parents expressed anger over the district’s handling of the matter.
The pump broke at about...
CASD hires 26 new staff members to prepare for 2013-14
Coatesville Area School Board re-organizes and focuses on coming school year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
CALN – The Coatesville Area School Board took care of various personnel and financial matters to get ready for the coming school year at their meeting Tuesday night.
In addition to 26 new staff appointments, the board recalled six teachers previously furloughed at June’s meeting....
Graystone Academy finally announces its closure
Days after losing another appeal, school said students must register elsewhere
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Graystone Academy Charter School in South Coatesville, which lost its charter, will not open during the 2013-14 school year, its web site said.
The promised public response last week from embattled Graystone Academy Charter School regarding its future never materialized,...
Judge denies Graystone Academy’s motion for stay
Charter school wanted charter revocation put on hold so it could reopen
Updated at 6:50 p.m. to add material from judge’s opinion
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A Commonwealth Court judge on Thursday denied a motion by an embattled South Coatesville charter school to stay the revocation of its charter pending an appeal.
Graystone Academy Charter School had hoped to resume...
Decision due by Thursday on Graystone’s future
Commonwealth Court judge will rule on whether charter school can reopen
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A decision in the long-running dispute between Graystone Academy Charter School and the Coatesville Area School District is expected by Thursday, attorneys on both sides said.
On Tuesday, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert “Robin” Simpson heard about an hour of argument over whether...
Legacy of longtime city inspiration continues
Three Coatesville graduates to share Gladys Flamer Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship recipients Shakira Lewis (from left), Sydney Coppadge, and Jocelyn Brown pose with Mildred L. Dixon (second from left), president of the Women’s Democratic Club of Chester County (WDCCC) in front of Gladys Flamer’s Merchant Street home in Coatesville.
A year and a half ago, Coatesville lost a burst of sunshine...
Appellate court to hear argument on charter school
Graystone Academy wants charter reinstated while it appeals revocation
Updated at 7:30 p.m. to include link to Pa. Charter School Appeals Board’s decision
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has scheduled argument in the long-running case involving Graystone Academy Charter School on Tuesday.
As promised, the charter school appealed the July...
Graystone Academy should not reopen
Multiple failures, lack of accountability should doom charter school
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
As the drama unfolds surrounding Graystone Academy Charter School, there are undoubtedly winners and losers in the process of the charter school having its charter revoked.
The biggest losers, of course, are the parents and students — some 272 — who are being told that the school will continue...
State board revokes Graystone Academy’s charter
School vows to appeal, stay open; district readies for influx of displaced students
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The back-to-school routine for students at the Graystone Academy Charter School has been upended – at least temporarily — by a decision of the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board to revoke the school’s charter this week.
Capping a year-and-a-half-long process,...
Coatesville’s ROTC must find its own funding for another year
Program will look to combat Air Force’s closure decision with CASD support
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
With his ROTC compatriots behind him, Chasan Hall asks the school board for a letter of support. “This program offered me insane opportunities that I would never have dreamed about in middle school,” he said.
CALN – The status of the Coatesville Area High School’s...
