CASD responds to backlash over plans to purchase building
Finance committee members say building will save district $500k a year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
This Sadsbury building is proposed to replace the Benner Education Center as the base for Coatesville Area School District administration as well as housing a healthcare center
CALN – Coatesville Area School District finance committee members addressed concerns over last month’s decision...
Reflection and courage key to Coatesville’s Class of 2013
Coatesville Area High graduates 527, including record number of AP students
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
CALN — Laugh about the past, and dare to go boldly into the future.
These seemed to be the recurring messages at Coatesville Area Senior High’s graduation on Thursday night. Held in the 9/10 Center gym, 527 students became Coatesville’s 135th graduating class.
The evening started...
CASD to purchase Cumberland Insurance Group building
District to set next year’s budget at $144 million, including 3.6% property tax increase
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
The Coatesville Area School District Board of Education voted Wednesday night to purchase this 38,100-square foot building in Sadsbury.
CALN – Coatesville Area School Board voted to purchase a new building at its meeting on Tuesday night at the 9/10 Center.
Located...
CASD to improve security systems and discipline policies
District takes multi-faceted approach to prevent violence in light of Sandy Hook
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
CALN – The Coatesville Area School District Board of Education passed multiple motions to improve the safety in schools at their meeting Tuesday night.
Actions taken include updated security systems and new discipline policies. The board believes that such actions are necessary...
Annual CASD art show draws hundreds of fans
District expressed thanks to talented creators – and public who supported them
“Someone is Watching” was an entry by Madison DiSalva, a ninth-grader.
The Coatesville Area School District – especially the Art Department faculty – is celebrating the success of the 10th Annual CASD Art Show last weekend at the downtown Coatesville Cultural Society galleries.
No awards were given...
New ServiceCorps coordinator is welcomed
Kutztown grad will supervise Coatesville Youth Initiative’s summer program
Mena Badros will supervise ServiceCorps, a Coatesville Youth Initiative program that combines summer employment and leadership training.
The Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Youth Initiative is pleased to welcome Mena Badros as the new ServiceCorps program coordinator.
In his new role, Badros, who graduated...
Middle schools to require uniforms for 2013-14
Board votes in favor of uniforms for middle school students starting next year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
The school board approved $2.3 million of renovation to South Brandywine Tuesday. The maintenance will update the school as North is being replaced.
CALN – Uniforms will be incorporated into the Coatesville Area School District’s middle schools next year, as voted on by the...
Phillie Phanatic deftly spreads reading fever
Students at Friendship Elementary earn visit from high-energy mascot
The Phillie Phanatic demonstrates some of his dance moves during an assembly at Friendship Elementary School.
Friendship Coatesville elementary students recently learned the value of being reading fanatics: a visit from the Philadelphia Phillies’ beloved, green, furry mascot.
Thanks to the efforts of student’s in Kimberly Stracinski’s...
Nonprofit aims to get students hooked on books
Students in Renee Ferretti-Smith’s fourth-grade class at Rainbow Elementary School peruse the array of choices from Partners in Outreach, a nonprofit that donated the books to improve literacy.
Partners in Outreach distributes 1,400 free titles to grade-schoolers
A wonderful array of book choices greeted more than 1,400 grade-school students last month in the Coatesville Area School District,...
‘Cat in the Hat’ comes back to captivate Coatesville
Hundreds converge on high school to celebrate reading
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
“Reading Across America” organizers Michele Ollis (left) and Traci Tury demonstrate one of the photo opportunities for participants.
Despite a heavy police presence, the mood was positively giddy Friday night at Coatesville Area Senior High School Friday, where hundreds of people of...
