The Scranton School Board voted Wednesday to raise property taxes by 3.6% and made an unexpected decision to appoint a new member. While the increase was on the agenda, the vote to name local businessman Gopal Patel to the seat left vacant by last week's resignation of Paige Gebhardt Cognetti was not....
Well, that was fast. Twenty-four months and five days after being appointed to the Scranton School Board Director Paige Gebhardt Cognetti tendered her resignation. Cognetti announced her decision this week in a public Facebook post. She's also accepted a job working for Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, who like Cognetti, has doggedly pursued matters of financial malpractice within the Scranton School District. We don't blame the reform minded Ivy League graduate for wanting out. During her two-year tenure, she took on entrenched interests and was the brunt of jokes, name calling, and misogynistic treatment by her colleagues. The knock on Cognetti has been that...
Paige Gebhardt Cognetti announced on Facebook today that she is resigning her seat on the Scranton School Board to accept a position in the office of the Pennsylvania Auditor General. ...
Who needs cable when Scrantonians can attend Scranton School Board meetings? This week your favorite cast returned for the premiere of their new season. They never fail to deliver the high drama, laughs, and controversy avid viewers have come to expect. The directors, minus Greg Popil (more on that later), met Monday night for their annual re-organization meeting. Almost immediately, chaos ensued. Directors shouted over one another as five different members - Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, Barbara Dixon, Katie Gilmartin, and Tom Schuster - were nominated for President. Gilmartin was defeated in a 5-4 vote, with Robert Casey, Dixon, Paul Duffy, Bob Lesh (BL!), and Popil voting...