The Daily Numbers: 500,000 dollars in savings already trimmed from the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District budget.
1.2 million dollars more in cuts needed.
2.56 mill tax hike already being looked at for the $74 million fiscal plan.
6.9 million dollars to $8.4 million, boost in school district’s payment for employee retirement plan. That is 11.4 percent of the budget.
1 borough manager in the 122-year history of Aldan Borough. Kudos to John White on the new job.
26, age of man from Ridley Park killed in crash on Route 41 in Del. yesterday.
2 Pa. state troopers among 3 people injured in a crash yesterday at Routes 1 and 452 in Middletown.
19, age of Folcroft man charged with stealing a loaded semiautomatic handgun.
2 intersections in Chester Heights that are being changed to make them safer for drivers.
26, age of man charged with hitting a police officer with his car out in Chester County.
3 states that do not have an education funding formula in place. Pa. is 1 of them.
1 person killed in 5-vehicle crash that shut down I-95 in Philly and Bucks county for hours yesterday.
18, age of Temple University student who was killed when she fell 8 floors to her death from a building in Philadelphia.
18.4 billion dollars in debt that caused Caesars Entertainment Corp. to file for bankruptcy.
2 terror suspects killed in police action in Belgium.
133 stores in Canada being closed by Target.
2 straight games the Flyers have been shut out.
4-0 shellacking in front of home fans at Wells Fargo Center last night.
11 points out of final playoff spot for the orange and black.
31, Union’s 1st pick in MLS SuperDraft. They took Dzenan Catic.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
I’m beginning to wonder how long Ed Snider will hold out before he decides to make major changes with this floudering Flyers team.
I Don’t Get It: The woman making the Academy Award nominations had the misfortune of mispronouncing one nominee’s name. Of course it quickly went viral. I guess poop happens.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Pew Charitable Trusts, which yesterday added their considerable voice to those saying that the state’s system of funding education is basically unfair.
Quote Box: “Our elected representatives, and the governors going back to Gov. Ridge, have created a monstrous liability for the state and, as you can see, it’s threatening our school district.”
- Wallingford Swarthmore School Board President Paul Schregel, on the district’s growing pension liability.
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