Yeah there is something of an influx of refugees. They’re paying too much. A bunch of bottom-feeder developers think they can just buy houses and flip then immediately with no work or even cleaning it out. Housing prices were rock bottom when I bought mine in 2016. I paid $34,000 for a 1400 square foot home. I know some landlords that were despairing about the low real estate values back then.

And no, it’s “go back to your state” territory. Hundreds of NYers vacationing here during COVID to escape the lockdowns is the reason Graffiti Highway in Centralia was finally covered over. There’s been a massive influx of NY/NJ license plates since then

Some faithful mask-wearing city guy just got himself killed on an electric scooter in the last year or so. He zipped around like crazy in and out of traffic, I always saw him riding around with a surgical mask and groceries in hand and knew exactly what would happen with him driving so confidently around. Fortunately for everyone else it was a cop car who struck him. People aren’t looking for scooters around here.

This should be getting more ⬆️

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Neshaminy starts at 45k, so you'd have to be working a long while to get to six figures.

Then they were getting REALLY good raises

The board is so inept, I am surprised they did not hire a new PR firm to help with this announcement.

Yep, I remember reading the most senior teachers at Neshaminy were making nearly six figures. I would not be surprised at all if Central Bucks teachers were making more.

Not how it was when I was there. Hope they changed their tune

This is a case of folks sabotaging the SD & the district trying their best to cope. The authoritarian fascist creeps want to destroy education because smart folks don’t vote for idiots.

They can use paid distribution services and hire a skilled copywriter for far less. This is just another example of gross misspending by yet another Pennsylvania school district.

Weird take. Not sure that’s something I’d find particularly funny but you do you.

LOL

I notice, too, a total lack of evidence that anyone intimidated the PR firm - other than BucksCo saying it happened. Sure, chief.

Wasn't the initial research into how to make an mRNA vaccine started at Penn State back in the 1990s?

They already had a Communications Department for stuff like this. They decided they needed more.

These "Teach Don't Preach" dopes cannot even really articulate what the alleged problem is.

Not that I agree that a school needs this, but a well connected pr person will cost far more than 180k/yr. Yes you can hire someone with good ideas for cheaper but the ability to get your message out in the main media channels consistently requires networking, clout, and will cost you A LOT more than 180k.

Again, a school doesn't need that shit.

Just goes to show it's easy to run on these imaginary problems but once the dog has caught the bus .......

This has nothing to do with the free market. The PR firm, which doesn't necessarily share the same sentiments as the school district, is being harassed by by the very group that claims to be tolerant and civil.

It once again just goes to prove that both sides have absolutely no qualms with resorting to these antics.

https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/cb-central-bucks-school-board-partners-with-pr-devine-partners-firm-to-improve-community-relations,18949

This is such a CB moment

Don’t forget that districts have to send 34% of wages to PSERS because PA has neglected to ensure the retirement fund is adequately funded. That’s just retirement folks, do not forget to include healthcare claims , most districts I believe are now self insured.

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Fair but if you have crazy book banning theocrats that are trying to skirt the lines to not have the federal government come down... and they get to talk for themselves... they will totally show.

Or election. 3 of the 6 in that majority will be up in November, and all are running in regions that Biden carried in 2020.

Actually, a significant number of the high schoolers spend half their school days at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology to learn Trade School stuff.