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

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 By Tom Borthwick

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 […]

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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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Scranton PAC: Buying the Integrity of Directors Who’ll Sell It
December 30, 2017 By Tom Borthwick

In today’s paper, Borys points out that the Scranton PAC called in a few sitting Scranton School Directors and told them they wanted Paige Cognetti on the Board. Now, I’m sure Paige could’ve and would’ve gotten on the Board without this influence.  This isn’t about her.  Instead, I want to point out something very important and […]

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