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The SSD Recovery Plan: Special Education
July 26, 2019 By Tom Borthwick

Right off the bat, I will point out that Special Education has been a disaster in the district.  Why?  We get sued straight to hell.  It’s partly our fault, and we’ve drastically reduced lawsuits, thankfully.  And it’s mostly a cultural problem in the world of lawyers. Why?  Well, students in Special Education programs have individualized […]

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The SSD Recovery Plan: Academic Achievement
July 26, 2019 By Tom Borthwick

The Scranton School District’s Recovery plan is a monster of a document.  Small font.  214 pages.  Lots of jargon and lots of data.  It’s a lot, even for the initiated. I’ll try to break down the plan generally for everybody.  There are 11 areas that the plan covers (Academic Achievement, Special Education, Administration and Governance, […]

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Scranton School Board April 1st Meeting: Pre-K on the Road to Being Saved
April 5, 2019 By Tom Borthwick

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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Solacium: Coming to a Theater Near You!
July 8, 2015 By Tom Borthwick

Okay, semi-misleading title.  But I had to get you here, didn’t I? Here’s the scoop:  One of my short stories, Living in the Singularity, will be a film soon and I’m excited to tell you about it.  A  local production company, Voyager Video, liked a script based on the story written by the very talented Don […]

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