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Riverside – Tom Borthwick
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A School Day in the Time of Covid
July 22, 2020 By Tom Borthwick

Let me run through what a typical school day will look like for the parties involved in an in-person environment in the time of Covid.  We all want to return, and we all want to return safely.  I’m going to note the practicality and cost of each item, so we get a clear picture.  This […]

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WNEP’s Disservice to Students and Teachers
March 19, 2016 By Tom Borthwick

Every year in my capacity as a teacher at Riverside, I take my AP Literature & Composition kids, along with another teacher and his AP US History kids, to State Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich’s annual Youth and Government Forum at Keystone College.  It’s a wonderful experience. Check this video out and draw your own conclusions […]

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I May Very Well Be Back
April 29, 2015 By Tom Borthwick

The polite, rote explanations for my blogging absence are good at deflecting any line of inquiry about why: I’m married now.  I’m more involved in my union. I’m on the Scranton Parking Authority.  I’m on the Executive Board of the Scranton City Democratic Committee. Sounds pretty busy, right? It is.  But the truth is that I was possessed, sadly, […]

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