So search engines will crawl the article more. That's it. The more details you put in that can get picked up by search engines, the more clicks you can get, the more money you make.

I think a lot of families hear all the bad press and I certainly don't blame families for wanting to do that. My neighborhood is about half and half. That said the grass isn't always greener... I know two other families that have switched from Collegium back to Coatesville this year. The one family was getting some serious bullying going on with their teen in Collegium high school. I'm not going to say the same doesn't happen at Coatesville, but I feel the staff is equiped to handled this because of the negative press the district has to endure regularily.

Academically kids that will perform well in Coatesville will do so because they have the support of their parents. And for those kids they were going to be college bound whichever district they went to. One example, Coatesville robotics club hosted the regional competition and advanced to the state competition this year so things like that are looking up for the district in that regard.

We have teacher shortages, but like many other districts experienced after the pandemic. They're as good as or better than any district in the area in my opinion. Also being a public school they have a hard requirement to have a PA State Teacher Certification. I don't believe all Charter school teachers have this requirement including Collegium.

In any case... Yes, Coatesville definitely suffers from funding shortfalls due to the Charter school formula, and hopefully this helps with that. Since the CASD school district has a disproportionate amount going to Collegium/Avon Grove as you've pointed out... the district suffers moreso due to economy of scale problems (i.e overhead of running multiple school systems, higher mileage bussing, etc.) and has had to raise real estate taxes as a result. We all suffer for that regardless of our choice of where to send our kids.

I dont see whats wrong with attempting to give students equal educational opportunities regardless of where they live in the state. Is one example of a districts misnamgement enough evidence to say that there shouldn't be more equitable funding in public education?

Edit: I haven't read enough on this particular law suit and the proposed changes I do know that PA was (maybe still is) the state with the greatest disparity in quality of public education. Something needs to change.

I hate it when no-karma know-nothings try to police discussion, so I know how you feel.

Good to see all of you “I was once a Registered republican” sniffing your own farts here.

Democrats are the worst… how do they still win anything? 🤔 50 yrs of failure

We (polling or election workers...the state folks) are not sending out texts to vote. That is pacs, parties and special interests that get voter roles and buy data.

I get hounded too. It's fucking ridiculous, i agree.

Generally though, at least with the specific party/special interests, they make sure the "text STOP to end messages" works. The people i have talked to about it point out that hounding people can lead to them deciding to vote against whoever is hounding them on principle or as a type of revenge.

Which makes sense. I don't buy shit when the advertisers annoy me.

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Link it! I linked a story it isn't that hard.

There was a girl who identified as a cat. And everyone had to play along . That’s what this is referring to. Google it.

So the data show that in PGH area the poor performing districts already spend more than higher performing districts. So, exactly how are they underfunded?

Yes this is unfortunately something that we need to change in this state.

How do the volunteers choose who to call? I vote in every election big and small and get HOUNDED by the calls/texts asking me to vote…. Can’t they check my voting record and spend time on people who don’t vote, but might with reminders? It’s exhausting.

note the irony in suggesting one is stating something for upvotes and then proceeding to make a point to say you voted mostly D in the last cycle. as if that was done for any reason other than to buffer you from downvotes.

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By super local, you mean through 3 or 4 counties? Yea, super local. /s

I WILL NOT!

Not a problem. Wish I had more actionable suggestions to contribute. But short of creating an investment fund to snap up the land beforehand (but then how do you get ROI) and preserving it, there aren't a lot of options.

You can become evangelical about purchasing locally sourced goods of all stripes, but it's drops in the ocean to stem the tide of Amazon and the other folks leasing these warehouses. And even then, it'll still be an empty warehouse, since they keep buying and building without securing a tenant.

And You certainly can't blame the farmers, they have been taking a beating for decades in the US and have a chance to create generational wealth for their families. Regardless, lots more flooding and low air quality days on the horizon.

But they'll make sure it trickles down!

2 things of note from my experience in auditing PA school districts for 6 years:

• Whenever the schools have excess funds beyond budget at year end it's common for them to commit it to future capital improvements, so the funds are locked going forward only for a new school....or in a lot of cases a new Football Stadium...it's always a Football Stadium

• I think the schools in lower income areas also have a higher percentage of parents put their kids in Charter Schools instead. This costs those districts extra because the school district must provide the Charter School with the Per Student funding it receives from the government, and must provide transportation for that student too and from the Charter School which can often be far commutes.

This eliminates any "economy of scale" benefits the school may realize in providing the same benefits to a larger group of students. Any efficiencies developed to decrease per student costs are null when you have to pay the full per student cost over to the Charter School now and also additional costs in transportation.

Yeah, I honestly can't remember the last policy the party has tried to make a reality besides the 2017 tax cuts. Republicans have to stop fighting culture wars and start winning the war of ideas if they want to win back voters. The average voter wants solutions not complaints.

Thank you! I've definitely looked into the local action groups and the farmland protection stuff. I really wish there was more that could be done. I appreciate the response

Nah, it’s anywhere PA that’s outside of the Greater Pittsburgh and Greater Philadelphia areas

Very little can be done about it. It's private land, zoned commercial and bought by groups like Jaindl (there's also a Texas based development firm doing a lot of buying). The farmers get prices they can't refuse and politicians like Jared Coleman won't do anything to mitigate it, If anything, the low income manual labor jobs they bring are better for Rs.

The valley, berks and the like are all at the intersection of major roads coming from the coast and heading into the Midwest and south. You can monitor online for public comment hearings, but there is too much money and special interest to stop it, not to mention the long term gov. Investment into highway expansions to support the truck traffic. There are initiatives to preserve farmland that have had success, especially in Bucks. Maybe look at those as a model.

Grew up in the valley, moved out for a decade, came back and bought a home almost immediately regretting it. Just waiting for the market to bounce back before moving out. The area is turning into a glorified weigh station.

It is definitely happening in other areas of the state, hence why I asked for the experiences of others. Sorry if I went too in depth about local stuff, but I was really looking for input from people anywhere outside of where I am with a similar experience.