So important:
'When the Dali cargo ship demolished that bridge support on Tuesday, it also obliterated all the ridiculous lies and myths our demagogues have been spreading around immigration.'

Naturally dyed eggs. Ever see posts about this and wonder how they really turn out? Well here you go!
Black tea, red and yellow onion skins, purple cabbage, hibiscus, tumeric, beets... Pretty cool!

Trojan proud PHS softball looks strong in all aspects of the game. Hard work pays off with a victory.Stephen Rodriguez Laura Johnson Pottstown Athletics Pottstown HS Deborah Ann Spence BSN SPORTS - Philly

Great article, Scott Overland ! Glad to get to advocate with you for equitable, transparent public ed funding for each and every pa student.
FixHarrisburg Jackie Huff John Armato PA School Boards Association Evan Brandt @MCIU_Leg CCIU Pottstown Schools Christopher Dormer Stephen Rodriguez

Jeff Yass, TikTok, Trump, billionaire, school vouchers-- I think that was on my 2024 bingo card!!
#🤢

Passing the governor's education budget proposal will be a big Step 1.

But closing our state's harmful, unconstitutional school funding gaps is not a one-and-done project.

The state will need to keep taking big steps, year after year.

In our Pottstown Schools finance meeting discussing our 24/25 budget.
Trying to pass a budget on a deadline when Legislação Diária doesn't follow their own deadline or tell us what state basic ed funding will be is nonsense.

Ohio’s EdChoice expansion as implemented was not the school-choice program Statehouse leaders promised.
The data suggest instead it became a big taxpayer subsidy for those students already in private schools.
Governor Josh Shapiro Senator Tracy Pennycuick
PA House Democrats
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Underfunding has not only had drastic effects on students, including class size increases and slashing school library funding, but it also has placed an undue burden on residents through increased property taxes.

'While affluent school districts might be able to correct the injustice through higher property taxes,many districts- such as those in Octorara, Coatesville and Pottstown- are left behind.'
PSEA Education Voters PA Children First Public Interest Law Center
Governor Josh Shapiro
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Pottstown school district superintendent Stephen Rodriguez recognizing middle school students for academic growth in the areas of reading and mathematics. Hard work pays off. Evan Brandt Laura Johnson Deborah Ann Spence Thomas Hylton Pottstown Schools Rep. Joe Ciresi Senator Tracy Pennycuick

There are bills to open PA primaries so unaffiliated/3rd party voters can vote.
Bills were voted out of House State Gov Committee.
Will #PAHouse leaders give them a vote?
There's also a #PASenate bill, introduced by Senator Dan Laughlin. Voters are waiting.
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PA House Republicans 🇺🇸 No one is forcing local schools to ⬆️ taxes. They are just naming the fact that a portion of the adequacy shortfall is due to local SDs keeping their property tax artificially low while the rest of PA provides the lion's share of education $ for their students. PA House Appropriations (D)

.Rep. Josh Siegel's Allentown district & 386 others have resource gaps because the state doesn't level the playing field for districts with weak local tax bases. Commonwealth Court's ruling means the legislature must fix the problem; the status quo cannot be allowed to continue.

Laura Johnson Education Voters PA Donna Cooper Children First Education Voters PA: “Discrimination is a feature, not a bug, of school voucher programs. PA’s EITC & OSTC school voucher programs direct $470 million tax dollars into private & religious schools that can & do explicitly discriminate against students for just about any reason they choose

I was grateful to get a chance to share the Pottstown Schools story at the Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee hearing today. As I said in my remarks, my community is one of many in Pennsylvania that has been harmed by the underfunding of our schools- both at student and local economy levels.

Laura Johnson: 'However, even though our properties raise fewer tax dollars, that doesn’t mean our students suddenly need fewer education dollars. In fact, the opposite is true.'

Pottstown SD Board Member Laura Johnson: 'Because Pennsylvania has relied so heavily on property taxes to fund local school districts, we have suffered major educational setbacks as well.'

PHS beauty and the beast outstanding high school performance. Another reason to say proud to be from Pottstown. Still plenty of time to see one of the performances. Stephen Rodriguez Laura Johnson Pottstown Schools Evan Brandt Pottstown HS

My Pottstown Schools daughters watched this and found it pretty alarming that their senator would say this. They rightly thought that kids shouldn't have to join the military in order to afford college.