Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale wants the Scranton School Board to steer clear of nepotism and conflicts of interest. ...
Politics / 26.02.2019
Patel Out At Scranton School Board
Scranton School Director Gopal Patel announced this week that he is stepping down from the job he has held for two months....
Politics / 06.10.2018
Teachers Rally at the Scranton School District
Hundreds of teachers rallied outside of the Scranton School District's administration building Friday, demanding that the district make concessions is ongoing contract negotiations. ...
City Confidential / 05.10.2018
City Confidential: Week of 9/30/18
Monday was the Case of Alexis and the No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Day. Poor Alexis Kirijan. Even though School Board President Barbara Dixon called a last minute cancellation of the regular meeting (no, BL, we mean Bob Lesh's basement did not flood again), that did not stop Directors Paul Duffy, Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, Mark McAndrew, and Tom Schuster from continuing with their Labor Relations Committee meeting. The four want Jeff Brazil's head on a platter. Who can blame them? Word around town is Brazil was asleep at the wheel while Daniel Sansky funnelled fraudulent bills to Gregg Sunday. Kirijan took the brunt...
The Scranton Federation of Teachers and the Scranton School District remain deadlocked when it comes to the adoption of a new teacher contract. The teachers union, led by Rosemary Boland, released a scathing statement today on Facebook that accuses district leaders of graft, mismanagement, and adopting policies that hurt students....
City Confidential / 28.09.2018
City Confidential: Week of 9/23/18
The Scranton School District is embroiled in a web of scandal and dysfunction rarely seen in the annals of Lackawanna County politics. The arrest of one time fleet manager Daniel Sansky on charges that he defrauded taxpayers by overbilling for work performed at Danny's Auto Body comes as little surprise to those familiar with the findings of Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale in the 2017 performance audit report of district operations. A teacher phoned yesterday to remind us that this is all the tip of the iceberg. Bob Lesh disputes that he is the "BL" listed in the indictment. It's a hard case to make...
Rosemary Boland, the head of the Scranton Federation of Teachers, wants the sixteen teachers laid off by the Scranton School District back to work when school starts next week. This time, who could blame her? At Monday's Board of Education meeting, directors voted 3-3 on a motion to finalize staff reductions adopted in January. The tie caused the motion to fail and calling into questions whether the cuts would go through and the teachers remain on the unemployment line. Kudos to Robert Casey, Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, Barbara Dixon, and Kate Gilmartin, Mark McAndrew, and Tom Schuster. Regardless of one's opinion on...
Scranton's school directors shocked observers Monday by failing to vote to finalize the lay off of sixteen teachers for the coming school year....
Politics / 27.08.2018
Scranton Teachers Edge Closer to Strike
With the first day of the Scranton School District fast approaching, the Scranton Federation of Teachers is urging its members to stop volunteering to support activities outside of normal work hours. This is one step closer to a strike....