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$75M Pottsgrove budget draft would raise taxes 2.1%

Pottsgrove picks from among 7 for open school board seat

According to School Board President Al Leach, the budget passage means an additional $117 a year for a home assessed at $120,000. It will increase the millage to 39.8952 mills.

Few would question that this past year of the pandemic has been a difficult one for schools, and for the school boards that oversee them. Through uncounted stormy meetings, difficult decisions, and always someone unhappy about them,  each school board has tried to navigate its best course for both safety and optimizing education. Perhaps that explains why incumbents comprise only a little more than 15 percent of the 64 candidates running in the May 18 primary for the 38 open seats on the nine school boards in The Mercury coverage area. - Advertisement - May 3 is the last day to register to...

It's no secret that Pennsylvania’s public schools and taxpayers have been under serious pressure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus and the mitigation efforts have strained our education system and our economy in profound ways, impacting each community member, from the children in our schools to seniors on fixed incomes. As school board members from around Montgomery County, we have seen up close just how overwhelming some of these challenges have been. As we look ahead at the state budget season, we know our lawmakers will have many difficult decisions to make. However, we sugg...