The hits just keep coming for the “Schools of Hard Knocks.”
You might remember that is the name we gave our series a few weeks back in the increasingly difficult financial straits battering so many local districts.
Last night two more Delco districts faced the music.
You can read all about the bleak situation in William Penn here.
It’s not much better in Chichester. Read about it here.
William Penn did not hike taxes, but it did slash jobs and programs.
And the district is still short $600,000, which it hopes will be made up for with increased state funding, which is still being debated in the budget process in Harrisburg.
William Penn eliminated 80 full- and part-time positions.
Out in Chichester, residents will be asked to pay more in taxes. The board approved a 4 percent real estate tax hike. That’s actually down from the proposed 4.5 percent cut, and is the results of shaving $200,000 from the budget.
Thirteen positions are being cut in Chichester.
Tonight all eyes will be on Chester Upland. The school board there is expected to vote on its budget, and the possibility of laying off as much as 40 percent of its teachers.
Schools of Hard Knocks? Oh, yeah.
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