Let Voters Fix Harrisburg School Board – Not State Takeover
Pushing the self-destruct button is the ultimate measure of last resort.
An election that could oust most of the very school directors responsible for the district’s troubles is less than a month away. But Democratic Representative Patty Kim, Republican Senator John DiSanto and Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse all say we shouldn’t wait – The state should takeover the Harrisburg School District immediately.
This would effectively destroy all democratic government in a district located in the state capital.
While senators and representatives from all over the Commonwealth work to enact the will of their constituents from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, residents at city schools a few miles away would be robbed of their own voices.
Under state law, if the district were put into receivership, a court-appointed receiver would assume all the functions of a locally elected school board, except the power to raise and levy taxes. This appointee would effectively take charge of the district’s CONTINUE READING: Let Voters Fix Harrisburg School Board – Not State Takeover | gadflyonthewallblog
