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Tom Borthwick – Page 3 – Author, Teacher, Blogger

Forgive the time it’s taken to get this out there.  There genuinely aren’t enough hours in the day, these days. The most important takeaway from Monday’s Scranton School board meeting is that only one person in the audience made an April Fool’s joke.  I genuinely can’t believe it.  I was waiting for, “You’re cutting Pre-K, […]

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Scranton School Board Week 2: I’m Learnding!
March 11, 2019

For the uninitiated, the title isn’t a typo.  It’s a reference to the Simpsons, the bread and butter of my younger days. It’s been yet another busy week since getting on the Scranton School Board.  Most of my time, after the last meeting, has been spent learning and gathering information. So what have I been […]

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Scranton School District Pt. 4: The Solutions
November 16, 2018

Frankly, the Scranton School Board hasn’t done all that it can to solve its problems and I don’t get it.  I’ve been pretty clear about proposals that would help, and nobody seems interested in making them happen.  I’ll propose them here again, where they can fall on deaf ears.  Some of these you’ll have heard […]

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Scranton School Board: The Clear Choice
November 4, 2018

Tomorrow, the Board has an opportunity and an obligation to do the right thing and appoint the most qualified person to fill its vacant seat.  While I hate to eschew my normal humility, that person is me. I’ve made my case previously, and I’m going to make one final pitch. I’ve said more than once […]