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ADVERTISEMENT Pa. Panel OKs District's Sales-Based Tax Assessment Appeal Law360 (July 8, 2021, 7:56 PM EDT) -- A Pennsylvania school district's method of selecting properties for tax assessment appeals when recent sales data indicates they were underassessed by more than $150,000 passes muster under the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. In a precedential opinion, the Commonwealth Court rejected arguments from GM Berkshire Hills LLC and GM Oberlin Berkshire Hills LLC that the Wilson School District's use of recent sales prices to determine which assessments to challenge violated the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause and the Pennsylvania Constitution's uniformity clause.
New federal COVID-19 relief funding will bring nearly $80 million to Berks County school districts. During a media briefing Friday, Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Education Noe Ortega announced the state had received $2.2 billion for education as part of the federal government's second coronavirus relief package. "No doubt, the level of need by our schools is great," Ortega said. - Advertisement - Because of that need, he said, Gov. Tom Wolf and department leadership have decided to distribute the entire $2.2 billion directly to school entities. "All schools have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and I commend school communities for rising to the challenge to combat the toll it has taken," Wolf said in a statement released Friday afternoon. "This extra funding is critical to help schools meet the unique needs of educating students at this time while keeping school buildings safe when students return to the classroom."
Dec 23, 2020 >>Drexel University College Of Medicine At Tower Health Set To Finish (Wyomissing, PA) -- The Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health is getting closer to completion. Officials announced yesterday that the new medical school is expected to be completed in July of next year. The school is a result of a partnership between Tower Health's Reading Hospital and Drexel University. The new building will include a large anatomy lab, small group rooms and a simulation lab. Hiring for staff and instructors is going to start next month. >>Reading Downtown Improvement District To Discontinue (Reading, PA) -- Reading Downtown Improvement District is going to be discontinued. City Council voted on Monday to not reauthorize the DID for next year. It will be discontinued on New Years Day. The group was originally founded in 1995, and its goal was to improve the city's central business district. Mayor Eddie Moran says his administration is planning to meet with DID directors soon.
SPRING TWP., Pa. â The Wilson School Board is clearly satisfied with the performance of its superintendent, as the board voted 9-0 Monday night to appoint Richard H. Faidley to another three-year term. After accepting the resignation of Faidley as superintendent under his 2017 agreement, the board approved a new agreement to reappoint him, effective July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023. Faidley's base compensation will be $197,124.20. Beginning July 1, 2021, for each year of the agreement, he will be eligible for an adjustment to his salary, not to exceed 3% plus a discretionary merit increase as determined by the board. Also beginning July 1, 2021, for each year of the agreement, the district shall make a contribution in the amount of $4,000 to the Arizona State Retirement System. Prior to his service in several school districts in Pennsylvania, Faidley was an administrator in three school districts in Arizona.
But this year her parents felt her goal was a bit too ambitious. In early November, the Lower Heidelberg Township girl told her mother that she wanted to make greeting cards to deliver to police departments in her area. She set a goal of 300 cards. - Advertisement - âI thought, âSheâs definitely going to need help,ââ her mother, Amanda, said. Her mom made a flier that she posted on her Facebook and Instagram profiles, saying Mackenzie wants to make sure that all her local police departments get Christmas cards to spread holiday joy this season to those public servants.