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Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 1:06 am, Wed Aug 21, 2013.
Posted on August 21, 2013
By Carl LaVO
On a tight budget, Morrisville is working it.The Morrisville School District administration has aligned the K-6 schedule to provide additional resources to assist students in improving their reading comprehension skills, Superintendent Bill Ferrera said.That arrangement includes adding another K-12 reading specialist, he said.
In addition, the school district is adding algebra classes to the seventh- and eighth-grade curriculum, according to Ferrera.
As for the staffing of the administration, the district is juggling the best it can.
The district will operate this year with three deans instead of principals. They will answer to Ferrera who will serve as principal for the entire district. Acting secondary principal Donald Harm retired, and last year, the elementary principal left the district.
There are a couple other changes this year:
School will start earlier than usual — on Aug. 27. And parents dropping off their children will have to follow arrows painted on the parking lot leading to the back of the school building.
“Students that are arriving or departing by vehicle will do so at the rear gym lobby,” reads a letter sent to parents. “When arriving or departing from the rear lobby area, vehicle shall enter the side driveway and stay to the right next to the school building. Pass through the side parking lot to the rear lot to drop off or pick up your student. Please stay in line; this is a single continuous loop.”
WHO’S WHO IN SCHOOLS
Superintendent and Pre-K-12 Principal: William Ferrara, 215-736-2681, Ext. 5374
Special education supervisor: Lynn Palumbo, 215-736-5280
Business administrator: Paul DeAngelo, 215-736-2681, Ext. 5932
Custodian/Maintenance: Dave May, 215-736-2681, Ext. 8085
Psychologist: Alison Bechberger, 215-736-2681, Ext. 5927
IT director: Joe Myat, Ext. 215-736-2681, Ext. 5927
Dean of Students:
Morrisville High School: Jim Gober, (grades 9-12): 215-736-2681, ext. 4001
Morrisville Intermediate School: Todd DuPell (grades 4-8): 215-736-5270
Grandview Elementary School: Lynn Palumbo (grades pre-K-3): 215-736-5280
School board:
President John DeWilde, Secretary Wanda Kartal, Treasurer Damon Miller, Ronald Stout, Jack Buckman, Ted Parker, David Stoneburner, Steve Worob and Dann Dingle.
The board meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third and fourth Wednesdays of the month, except in July. Public work sessions and public board meetings are held in the LGI room of Morrisville High School. To reach the school board, visit www.mv.org and follow the links.
2013-14 SCHOOL DISTRICT CALENDAR:
Aug. 27 — First day for students
Sept. 2 — School closed — Labor Day
Sept. 5 — School closed — Rosh Hashana
Oct. 31 — End of first marking period
Nov. 5 — No school — Election Day, staff only
Nov. 11 — Veterans Day, no school, staff only
Nov. 26 — Staff conferences, early dismissal
Nov. 28-29 — School closed — Thanksgiving
Dec. 20 — Early dismissal
Dec. 23-Jan. 1 — Winter recess
Jan. 2 — School starts up
Jan. 20 — School closed — Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 22 — End of second marking period/ early dismissal
Feb. 17 — School closed — Presidents’ Day
March 27 — End of third marking period/early dismissal
April 17-21 — School closed — spring break
May 20 — Election Day, no school, staff only
May 26 — School closed — Memorial Day
June 5 — Last day of school
Information provided by Morrisville School District.
In addition, the school district is adding algebra classes to the seventh- and eighth-grade curriculum, according to Ferrera.
As for the staffing of the administration, the district is juggling the best it can.
The district will operate this year with three deans instead of principals. They will answer to Ferrera who will serve as principal for the entire district. Acting secondary principal Donald Harm retired, and last year, the elementary principal left the district.
There are a couple other changes this year:
School will start earlier than usual — on Aug. 27. And parents dropping off their children will have to follow arrows painted on the parking lot leading to the back of the school building.
“Students that are arriving or departing by vehicle will do so at the rear gym lobby,” reads a letter sent to parents. “When arriving or departing from the rear lobby area, vehicle shall enter the side driveway and stay to the right next to the school building. Pass through the side parking lot to the rear lot to drop off or pick up your student. Please stay in line; this is a single continuous loop.”
WHO’S WHO IN SCHOOLS
Superintendent and Pre-K-12 Principal: William Ferrara, 215-736-2681, Ext. 5374
Special education supervisor: Lynn Palumbo, 215-736-5280
Business administrator: Paul DeAngelo, 215-736-2681, Ext. 5932
Custodian/Maintenance: Dave May, 215-736-2681, Ext. 8085
Psychologist: Alison Bechberger, 215-736-2681, Ext. 5927
IT director: Joe Myat, Ext. 215-736-2681, Ext. 5927
Dean of Students:
Morrisville High School: Jim Gober, (grades 9-12): 215-736-2681, ext. 4001
Morrisville Intermediate School: Todd DuPell (grades 4-8): 215-736-5270
Grandview Elementary School: Lynn Palumbo (grades pre-K-3): 215-736-5280
School board:
President John DeWilde, Secretary Wanda Kartal, Treasurer Damon Miller, Ronald Stout, Jack Buckman, Ted Parker, David Stoneburner, Steve Worob and Dann Dingle.
The board meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third and fourth Wednesdays of the month, except in July. Public work sessions and public board meetings are held in the LGI room of Morrisville High School. To reach the school board, visit www.mv.org and follow the links.
2013-14 SCHOOL DISTRICT CALENDAR:
Aug. 27 — First day for students
Sept. 2 — School closed — Labor Day
Sept. 5 — School closed — Rosh Hashana
Oct. 31 — End of first marking period
Nov. 5 — No school — Election Day, staff only
Nov. 11 — Veterans Day, no school, staff only
Nov. 26 — Staff conferences, early dismissal
Nov. 28-29 — School closed — Thanksgiving
Dec. 20 — Early dismissal
Dec. 23-Jan. 1 — Winter recess
Jan. 2 — School starts up
Jan. 20 — School closed — Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 22 — End of second marking period/ early dismissal
Feb. 17 — School closed — Presidents’ Day
March 27 — End of third marking period/early dismissal
April 17-21 — School closed — spring break
May 20 — Election Day, no school, staff only
May 26 — School closed — Memorial Day
June 5 — Last day of school
Information provided by Morrisville School District.
21 comments:
Nice post, thank you for the info.
Wrong board info
Would the only person at the Courier Times who knows how to use the internet please use it? This is shoddy research.
Don't get your undies in a twist. Moville has bigger problems to police.
Kids, don't be like the local newspaper. Do your research. Check your facts. Then check them again.
First day of school only 6 days away.
Is everybody ready?
BCCT - As usual, a bunch of screw ups, lacking information, getting facts wrong and calling it journalism. They're even more of a joke than ever these days. It's truly sad when they get scooped by media from outside the area on regional stories, and when they get around to reporting, they get it wrong. I guess the idea of editing is dead. Why do they even bother any more? Who pays to read this?
wow such a downer of a post above - familiar negativity
Yes- from now on only unicorns and rainbows. Everything's fine.
I don't think the person was suggesting that everything is unicorns and rainbows. Everything is never fine. There are always issues that need addressing. There is no perfect life. Sometimes on here is seems as though a few just want to spew negativity, no matter what the topic. It gets old.
Is there a link between borough, PD, and school district?
Right it's negativity from the poster. The BCCT does in fact, SUCK egs. The crap in town is a disgrace. How else can you frame this? Take your useless post and cram it.
everything in town is not a disgrace stop spewing such crap and look around you and perhaps you can find something good i know i do everyday and would rather concentrate on that then the bad, no matter where you go there is bad the problem is morrisville people are the worst at talking bad first about their own its truly disgusting just freaking move and be done with it nobody wants to hear the whining anymore
Whining about the whiner?:-\
The Courier should hire Pat Wandling, I hear she is available.
Isn't she too busy with that radio show? Speak your mind? I wonder what her listenership is.
Someone above thinks they are ee cummings. You're not!!
Somebody needs to get the sand out of they skivvies.
SOC listens to her.
So, 8 people? Must be tough to get sponsors.
The Morrisville School District taxpayer money sponsored her.
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