Monday, May 21, 2012
A heads up for those who live or work in Ardmore, Merion Station, Wynnewood, Penn Wynne and Haverford.
The Lower Merion Board of School Directors will meet Monday, May 21 at 8 p.m. at the district administration building, 301 East Montgomery Avenue, Ardmore. View the meeting agenda. The westbound Schuylkill Expressway's left lane will be closed Monday and Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., between City Avenue and King of Prussia. The annual Jimmy Sullivan Walk-a-thon takes place Monday through Thursday this week at Penn Wynne Elementary School. Jimmy was a first-grade Penn Wynne student who died in 1990 while awaiting a heart and lung transplant. Penn Wynne has held the walk-a-thon in Jimmy's honor for more than 20 years. A free child car seat safety check-up will be held on Saturday, May 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 101 Sibley Ave. in Ardmore…
Friday, April 13, 2012
Harriton Principal Steve Kline is retiring in June.
Welsh Valley Principal Scott Eveslage will be recommended to succeed Harriton Principal Steve Kline, who is retiring in June. Lower Merion School District Superintendent Chris McGinley announced the choice on Friday and will make the recommendation to the Lower Merion Board of School Directors at next Monday night's meeting. Eveslage has been the principal of Welsh Valley Middle School for three years, McGinley wrote in a letter to parents Friday. Eveslage has also served as assistant principal at Cheltenham High School and as an administrator at Lower Merion High School. "He is an outstanding instructional leader and a person of high intellect and good character," McGinley wrote. "He is a dedicated professional who puts his heart and soul…
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The school board voted to move forward with plans to advance refund the district’s 2003 bonds, which could save the district $6 million, at Tuesday's regular meeting. The board will vote March 19 for final approval of the refunding.
After some difference in opinion, the Lower Merion Board of School Directors ultimately voted unanimously on Tuesday night to move forward with plans to advance refund the district’s 2003 bonds, which could bring $6 million in savings to the district. The refinancing option comes at a time when interest rates are at an all-time low, according to John Frey, senior managing consultant for Public Financial Management, a district financial advisor. Most municipal bond issuers look for about a 3 percent savings when refinancing. Currently, refinancing the district’s 2003 bonds would result in a 12 percent savings, Frey said. Back in the fall, the school board had considered refunding the 2003 general obligation bonds, which at that time would …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Robert Schanne, fired in January 2011, wants reinstatement, back pay and damages. The school district called the suit "shameless."
Update, 3:30 p.m. Robert Schanne, the former Lower Merion physics teacher who lost his job after school officials informed township parents almost a year ago that he had initiated a relationship with a female student before she graduated, has sued the Lower Merion School District, claiming defamation and multiple counts of civil rights violations. (See attached PDF for the full 16-page filing.) The suit also names School District Superintendent Christopher McGinley; each individual member of the School District Board of School Directors; and Marty Yoder, the school district’s director of human resources. On Jan. 4, 2011, LMSD sent a letter “to all Lower Merion School District parents, defaming Plaintiff’s character and reputation,” the …
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The district would pay out $10,000.
Monday night, at a regular meeting of the Lower Merion School District Board of School Directors, the board voted unanimously to recommend the district pay an unnamed student $10,000 to settle another laptop-camera lawsuit. Near the conclusion of the meeting, Superintendent Christopher McGinley read from a letter asking the board to vote for the following: Approval of a settlement agreement to resolve the pending dispute between and among the school district, a minor student and the student's parents, and the school district's insurance carrier. The student intended to assert claims against the district alleging that it improperly remotely activated and captured photographs from a webcam to a laptop the district issued to the student. …
