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NORRISTOWN — A provision within a $1.4 million contract amendment launching a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for teens and young adults was something Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale appeared to take
NORRISTOWN â Rock legend Jimi Hendrix once sang about a girl who dreams of zebras and moonbeams.
The Norristown High Class of 2021 is sure to create its own share of moonbeams June 9 as Elmwood Park Zoo provides the zebra experience, in more ways than one.
A zebra-themed party, to be held from 6 to 10 p.m., the night before graduation, will spotlight guests dressed in their finest stripes and black and white attire.
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Al Zone and Elmwood Park Zoo, in collaboration with the Norristown Area High School Student Council, are hosting this prom-like âwildâ party to celebrate the Norristown High School 2021 graduating class. Guests will enjoy a catered affair, in addition to food offered by zoo partners Petrucciâs Ice Cream, Zacharyâs BBQ and Tosco Pizza, and dance to music played by the world renown DJ Aktive, who has worked with the likes of Janet Jackson, Â Kanye West and P Diddy.
CHELTENHAM Student members of the Montgomery County Cultural Proficiency and Equity Student Ambassadors had one critical question for state legislators during a recent virtual town hall: âWhy arenât we spending more on education?â
Yasir Valentine, a senior at Cheltenham High School, posed the challenge during the town hall discussion, organized by the student organization and their adult consultant Carmina Taylor.
Since launching last February, the group has involved 80 high school students across eight different school districts in Montgomery County who are meeting monthly.
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According to Taylor, Cheltenham, Norristown, North Penn, and Upper Dublin were the organizationâs original members, and Abington, Hatboro Horsham, Lower Moreland, and Upper Moreland school districts later joined.
WEST NORRITON â At Mondayâs school board meeting, Norristown Area School District Superintendent Christopher Dormer noted that staff will soon be busy preparing for on-site, in-person instruction five days a week for the upcoming  2021-2022 school year. Students return to class Aug. 30.
The board also approved a $173 million preliminary budget with no tax increase and increased staffing, as noted in Dormer s remarks to the board. Final approval will be in June.  Despite all the financial challenges that weâve endured throughout this pandemic, tonightâs proposed budget demonstrates a commitment of this board and this administration to support all taxpayers, families, staff and stakeholders in this great community, Dormer said. It is remarkable to think of where we were financially just a few years ago. We want to be able to propose a budget tonight that includes a zero percent tax increase, proposes no use of fund balance as a one-time revenue sou