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Scranton School Board Mid-April Update: PTAs & Fair Funding

April 14, 2019 By Tom Borthwick

Scranton’s kids have an issue. While we look at our district’s budget of $166 million and how we constantly experience shortfalls that require cuts and borrowing and tax increases, we are missing the biggest issue when we talk about how to address it: fair funding. According to the last state budget, a kid from Scranton […]

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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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Scranton School District: State Lifeline And A Look At How We Got Here

December 23, 2017 By Tom Borthwick

With news that the state is going to provide $2 million to the district as a kind of lifeline, there’s reason to celebrate this Christmas. There’s also reason to be cautious, because, based on the district’s Powerpoint from their raucous meeting last Monday, $2 million isn’t nearly enough to dig us out of this hole. […]

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On Scranton’s Commuter Tax

August 3, 2014 By Tom Borthwick

Oh, Lordy-loo. From the abyssal void in which I lost my blogging self, I emerge to tackle the greatest issue facing our great County: Scranton’s (gulp) Commuter Tax! Nobody likes taxes, period. And nobody likes taxation without representation. But wait, don’t we elect the people who write up these laws that allow for commuter taxes? […]

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