Kudos to Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pa. for the fireworks show off Saxer Avenue that just ended, tonight, Dec. 7.
It’s a great way to start the Christmas season.
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SHS Town Hall 2 Tonight
Regina Scheerer reminds us that the second town hall regarding the Springfield High School Master Plan starts 7 tonight in the auditorium of the high school, 49 W. Leamy Ave., Springfield Pa. 19046.
The Oct. 16 meeting revealed that four options were being considered for the high school with a cost range of $110 million for extending the life of the existing building to $144 million for building a new one.
Mrs. Scheerer says tonight’s agenda is Statement of Existing Conditions; Right Sizing; Long Term Strategy; Academy Model; Operating Expense; and Cost Benefit.
There will be a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes for questions.
The meeting will be broadcast live on Channel 29 FIOS and Channel 11 Comcast.
The next town hall is Dec. 11.
SHS Town Hall 2 Tonight
Isabella Marie McGrane Welcome
Isabella Marie McGrane was born today, Nov. 1 at 3:38 p.m. to John David and Lynn McGrane of Chicopee, Mass.
David is the nephew of Judy and Lynn McGrane of Springfield, the proprietors of Jootz, and son of John and Sharon McGrane of West Chester.
Isabella Marie McGrane Welcome
Joe Grace Ends Daily Times Deliveries
Joe Grace of Springfield, Pa., who has been bringing us the Delaware County Daily Times for about as long as we can remember included a note on his familiar green paper that he will no longer be our carrier as of Nov. 1.
“Due to circulation dropping over the years and modern technology (cell phones, iPads, computers etc. . . .) it has become necessary for me to retire the newspaper delivery service.”
He included an early Merry Christmas wish.
Merry Christmas to you, Joe, and God bless you. You were great. We will miss you.
Joe Grace Ends Daily Times Deliveries
First SHS Master Plan Meeting Now Online
The first Town Hall held Oct. 16 concerning the proposed $150 million new high school for the Springfield (Pa) School District is now online, reports Regina Scheerer.
The original link is here
For your convenience, it is embedded below.
Town Hall 10/16/2014: Refresher from Springfield Educational TV on Vimeo.
The present Springfield High School
First SHS Master Plan Meeting Now Online
Fox29 Features Delco Memorial
Kudos to Fox29 Philadelphia and Sue Serio for this morning’s (Oct. 27) story on Good Day concerning the Delaware County Veterans Memorial on West Chester Pike in Newtown.
Featured were Margaret Lozinak Lawrence of Springfield and Bob Dimond of Media, both Korean War veterans, and Springfield Police Chief Joe Daly, who served as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during Vietnam.
Kudos also to Claude deBotton without whose help the Memorial would never have been built.
FOX 29 News Philadelphia | WTXF-TV
Fox29 Features Delco Memorial in a story on Good Day on Oct. 27.
New Springfield High Plan Leaves Crowd Leary
About 100 persons spent two hours on a Thursday night hearing Springfield School District (Pa) officials detail plans concerning the fate of the high school.
Considering the questions asked, the consensus of the crowd in the auditorium on Leamy Avenue seemed to be “please don’t raise our taxes, we can’t take any more. ”
The officials led by School Director Doug Carney described the current state of things and went through four scenarios as to what to do about it. They were extending the life of the existing building via necessary maintenance, renovating the building, putting a new one at the intersection of Leamy and Rolling Roads, and putting a new one adjacent to the Saint Francis property on Saxer Avenue.
Carney noted the maintenance work to extend the life of the building would be far more expensive than most understood due to the asbestos roof, the ancient low-pressure steam heating system and pipes, and the simple pane windows that date to the 1950s.
The discussion was organized to clearly point to the district’s preference of a new high school behind Saint Francis Church, that would have more community athletic fields, parking and better traffic patterns.
It was noted that the building would be smaller than the existing one — the existing one is underused –and have geothermal heat.
Quite a bit of volunteer labor went into the study. The logic behind it is sound and those who did it deserve respect and praise.
However, the plea “we can’t take any more” trumps all.
The costliest of the plans was the one for a new Leamy Avenue building coming in at $150 million, followed by the one for renovating the old high school.
The new school near Saxer Avenue was pegged at $144 million, and the life-extension maintenance at $110 million.
This is a little lower than the costs initially presented in May.
For the most likely plans this translates to an ultimate tax increase of $171 per $100,000 assessed for the necessary maintenance one which would mean $250 per year more for a home assessed at the district average of $146,000; and $273 per $100,000 assessed for the Saxer Avenue one or $398 per year for a home assessed at the district average.
Note the tax will not be implemented all at once but in frog boiling increments — now estimated at between $26-$46 — over nine years until the max is reached.
In the question period, Carney said in response to rumors about the school district seeking to buy Saint Francis, that the only contact it has had with the Archdiocese was a plan related to straightening Speakman Avenue, which the Archdiocese rejected.
He also noted that the district is considering unprecedented ways of raising revenue including selling naming rights to the school.
New Springfield High Plan Leaves Crowd Leary
New Springfield High Plan Leaves Crowd Leary
New Springfield High Plan Leaves Crowd Leary
New Springfield High Plan Leaves Crowd Leary
Springfield School Master Plan Meeting Tonight
A report on what happened at the meeting can be found here.
The first Town Hall Community Meeting to discuss the Master Plan for Springfield High Schooll is 7 tonight, Oct. 16, in the Springfield High School Auditorium at the school, 49 W. Leamy Ave., Springfield Pa. 19046.
The cost of the project is an estimated $150 million.
The meeting will start with a presentation of the overall plan and options, followed by a question and answer period.
It will be broadcast live on SETV which is Ch. 11 Comcast or Ch. 29 Fios.
This is the first of six planned Town Hall meetings. A schedule can be found here.
Springfield School Master Plan Meeting Tonight
Hat tip Regina Scheerer
James Merkins Fills Scanlon Judge Seat
Congratulations to James Merkins who has been picked to fill the remaining time on the Magisterial District Court Seat that was vacated by Anthony Scanlon when he was appointed to Delaware County (Pa) Common Pleas Court in June.
Merkins will run for a full-term for District Court 32-2-54 in 2015. The court serves the 1st, 5th and 6th wards of Springfield along with the 1st and 3rd precincts of the 2nd Ward.
In other matters, the initial forecast is that Springfield is not getting a municipal tax hike this year, and County Council Chairman Tom McGarrigle is developing an Ebola response policy for the county, which after all is home to one of the world’s major international airports.
James Merkins Fills Scanlon Judge Seat
Delco Vet Memorial Honored By Fox29
Margaret Lawrence being interview, Oct. 15, for the Fox29 feature on the Delco Vet Memorial in Newtown Square
The Delco Vet Memorial will be highlighted on the Oct. 27 edition of Fox29’s Good Day Philadelphia with weather anchor Sue Serio doing her feed from the site on West Chester Pike in Newtown Square if we understand the plan correctly.
Delaware County veterans Bob Dimond of Media, Springfield Police Chief Joe Daly and Margaret Lawrence of Springfield whose quotes can be found on the memorials pillars will be featured.
Kudos to Barbara Ann Zippi and Linda Houldin for setting things up.
Delco Vet Memorial Honored By Fox29