We're taking our 'Live From the Newsroom' out on the road tonight.
And we're heading to a very special place.
When the founding fathers talked about this newfangled place called America a 'melting pot,' they might have had Upper Darby in mind.
Care to guess how many languages are spoken in Upper Darby?
5? 10? 20?
Guess again.
How about more than 75.
Yes, I think that qualifies as a melting pot. It also stands as just one of the huge challenges the Upper Darby School District handles every day.
We've accepted an invitation from the Upper Darby High School Home and School Association to sit down with their group and learn about some things that don't always make the news in Upper Darby.
We'll be joined by Home and School Association President Tracy Gormley, board member Lee Jordan, school Principal Ed Roth, as well as Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood, and some teachers and students as well.
As usual, a lot of these people are not always happy with the way the school is represented in many of the stories that appear in the paper every day. They want an opportunity to talk about the effects some of this coverage have on the kids, and also to highlight the positive things that most students are taking part in, not "the 1 percent who are truly troublemakers."
I am guessing it is a feeling that is shared by many school districts.
If you have a question you'd like me to ask the panel, email it to me at editor@delcotimes.com. Then tune in tonight at 7 as we go "live" with the Upper Darby High School Home and School Association.
Join the conversation.
And if you'd like a similar visit by 'Live From the Newsroom,' give me a call.
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