Divided board dooms motion to seek new solicitor

Board president says now is not prudent time to change By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times Nicolina Sciarretta (from left), Johnna Morales, Gabrielle Hines, and Joshua Mensah stand before the audience as Principal Robert Fisher recognizes them as some of the top students in their class. CALN – In a tied decision, the Coatesville Area School Board failed to pass a motion on Tuesday night that...

School board continues its affront to electorate

But aggrieved taxpayers can – and should – continue pressure for change   By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Entrenched members of the Coatesville Area School Board thumbed their noses at the community once again on Saturday by defiantly ignoring not only the sentiments that citizens voiced at meetings but the ones that they expressed at the ballot box. Regrettably, the...

Retired state police corporal to fill CASD board vacancy

Public voices dismay as James Hills beats out Robert Beckershoff, 5-3 By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times James Hills takes his oath to fill the vacant school board seat. “The children are my biggest passion,” said the mentor and retired state police corporal. CALN – The Coatesville Area School District Board of Education voted in James Hills to take the vacant school board seat...

CASD building purchase is a disaster waiting to happen

New admin office, clinic is wrong on so many levels for struggling district By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Last night was quite the dog and pony show at the Coatesville Area School District Board of Education Finance and Personnel meeting. Of course, we got the denial that the board had approved buying the Cumberland Insurance Building in Sadsbury for $3.45 million, but merely approved negotiations...