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Tom Borthwick – Page 4 – Author, Teacher, Blogger
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Remembering Sid
October 22, 2018 By Tom Borthwick

The last time I saw Sid Michaels Kavulich was at his annual Youth & Government Forum at Keystone College.  I take my students every year, and it’s a wonderful chance for kids to interact with the people who make decisions that impact their lives rather directly. When Sid and I spoke, he said he’d love […]

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Remembering Carol Oleski
October 13, 2018 By Tom Borthwick

Running for any political office, let alone Scranton School Board, isn’t pleasant.  That’s why I always tip my cap to anybody willing to get into the public arena.  There’s a special bond, I found, that comes with running: only other candidates know the countless hours of door-knocking, party-going, spaghetti and pierogi eating, glad-handing, and utter […]

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Justice on the Way: SSD Edition
September 19, 2018 By Tom Borthwick

News broke of the first release from the grand jury investigating the Scranton School District.  I’ve read the whole release, and you should, too. Here’s what you need to know: There will be more from the grand jury. There is an “Unnamed Co-Conspirator” who pops up in the release.  Even without Times confirmation (which I’m […]

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Scranton School District Pt 3: The Players
July 14, 2018 By Tom Borthwick

Blame for the current Scranton School District Disaster isn’t actually very easy to assign, because we are going way back.  And that means there are different political majorities and factions and people in control at different times. Not every person listed below is getting blame, per se.  The Grand Jury will handle that definitively.  The […]

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Scranton School District Pt. 2: What’s Been Done
July 6, 2018 By Tom Borthwick

So we’ve weathered a rather rough year in the Scranton School District.  How?  The Board really pulled out all the stops.  While I certainly wish more had been done (and more could have), we made it when I thought a state takeover was a distinct possibility. The Board deserves credit. They recently released a statement regarding […]

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