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David Schaef update: (12/05/23)

I spoke with David yesterday. He had just arrived at the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Erie.

There are still a couple of issues to resolve, and David is optimistic that Encompass has the skills. We didn't speak much of medicine and health, most of the conversation was about our subscribers and the Community News newspaper.

I was much encouraged by the tone of his voice and the idea he was interested in talking about Community News. So, he’s at that, “I want to get back to work” stage of healing.

He talked about his subscribers and a letter he is composing for them. He talked about how to proceed with the newspaper when he gets home.

He said he hopes to be home in 2 weeks.


Thank You all for your Love and Prayers and Well Wishes.
Tom Deighton

Charter school finances, practices come under review

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Written by DAVID SCHAEF DAVID SCHAEF
Created: 06 September 2016 06 September 2016

Charter schools, both brick and mortar and cyber charters, are often talked about as they compete for public school students.

Much talk is they are not held to the same standards as public schools in the state.

A Pennsylvania School Board’s Association [PSBA] study was recently released and makes note of the money spent by charters and also that the charters are not held to the same standards of the traditional public schools.

The PSBA requested, through Right To Know laws, information from 173 state charter schools regarding advertising expenses, salaries of administrators and real estate. Objectives included shedding light on charter school spending and operations.

Only 92 complied without an appeal; 75 appeals were filed and 56 more complied. Records were not obtained from 25 including 19 - even with OOR order granting PSBA’s request.

Read more in this weeks issue.

For additional details about Charter school finances, practices come under review, as well as the headlines noted below, please purchase a Monday, September 6, newspaper at area locations or a digital download of the paper.

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