Former Coatesville athletic director gets jail time
‘Sometimes sorry isn’t enough’
By Lauren Parker- Gill, News Editor, The Times
James Donato in a Times’ file photo.
WEST CHESTER – The former athletic director of the Coatesville Area High School, James Donato, was given a sentence of between two and 23 months in prison byChester County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Thomas G. Gavin in the presence of current Coatesville...
CASD board continues to disrespect citizens
Tirade by Joe Dunn sadly typifies group’s overall tenor
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Few jobs on the planet are as thankless as serving on a school board, a duty that routinely subjects members to all manner of vitriol. In fact, when school district operations go smoothly, those folks rarely hear a peep from constituents; so even the good times go unrewarded.
Of course,...
Residents continue to voice anger with school board
Groups marched in protest, spoke pointedly at committee meetings
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Protestors march down Lincoln Highway to the school board committee meetings. “Don’t discriminate, educate!” they chanted.
CALN – Between a protest march to the school board committee meetings and lengthy public comment sessions at the meetings, Coatesville residents continued...
CASD vote exacerbates rancor, outrage
Initially confused, residents then angered by abrupt end to meeting
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A resident of the Coatesville Area School District yells at the Board of Education during Tuesday night’s standing-room-only meeting on the fate of Superintendent Richard Como and Coatesville Area High School Athletic Director James Donato.
CALN – After three hours of impassioned...
