Books that are being challenged in three local school districts Latest front in the culture wars: school library books Angry speakers called Gender Queer: A Memoir “dangerous to developing brains,” and said including the book in the S.S. Seward... Local News 02 Mar 2022 | 09:41
From left: Ashley Zimmerman, solicitor; Dawn Bukaj; Felicia Sheehan; Pat Lutfy; Jessica Decker, vice-president; Jack Fisher, president; Corey Homer; Rosemary Walsh; Dr. John Bell, superintendent; Julie Ewald, recording secretary. Corey Homer arrived after the vote, so did not vote. Brian Carso teaches a class on Tuesday night so was not present. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) School board allows students to ditch masks with parents’ say-so When is a mandate not a mandate? The Delaware Valley School District is about to find out. A special school board meeting... Local News 29 Sep 2021 | 02:07
What stays? What goes? As the start of a new school year looms, Straus News wondered what routines and equipment from last year would remain and... Back to School 18 Aug 2021 | 08:07
A class at Delaware Valley High School, which provided full-time, in-person instruction from start to finish (Photo provided) Top of everybody’s wish list: Ending the year in class School districts can see the finish line after a tough year negotiating remote, in-person, and hybrid instruction, and everything... Local News 10 May 2021 | 02:13
Delaware Valley High School (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) School reports 11 new cases of coronavirus Eleven new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Delaware Valley School District since March 20. Superintendent of schools... Local News 25 Mar 2021 | 10:08
Dawn Bukaj School board member says she did not intend to ‘make any child feel less than’ A school board member whose social media activity started a discussion about the treatment of LGBTQ students at Delaware... Local News 17 Mar 2021 | 07:22
We ask you, as a school board member, to retract transphobic social media posts Editor’s note: The following letter dated March 3 was sent to Dawn Bukaj, a member of the Delaware Valley School District... Letters to the Editor 11 Mar 2021 | 10:42
Vicki Vingoe, of Shohola, Pa., and her son Edward, 8, on the first snowday of the winter. The Vingoes moved back to the Northeast in part so Edward could experience the magic of snow. ( Vicki Vingoe) The future of snow days When kids woke up to a snow globe world last month, some pulled on snow pants and headed outside for a pre-breakfast snowball... Local News 08 Jan 2021 | 12:49
Last week, Zoey Kelly’s school switched from in-person learning to fully remote instruction for the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas. Remote learning adds a new layer of stress to the holiday season Orange County, N.Y., school districts have made swift pivots to fully remote learning for the weeks following Thanksgiving... Local News 27 Nov 2020 | 07:37
These graphs from the Pennsylvania Department of Health show the sharp rise in new coronavirus cases in Pike County. The numbers for November have not been seen since April and May, at the height of the pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 9, eleven new cases were reported in Pike, the highest per-day number since May 1. As Covid cases take off in Pike County, we must redouble our efforts to stay safe An Open Letter to our Pike County Neighbors: Pike County has much to be proud of concerning our response to the Covid pandemic.... Letters to the Editor 11 Nov 2020 | 10:12
Pike County cases charged by the Pennsylvania Department of Health show cases starting to rise again. Coronavirus is rising in Pike, school reports another confirmed case Twenty-eight new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Pike County in the past two weeks, reflecting an unsettling upward... Local News 02 Oct 2020 | 05:38
Delaware Valley High School (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) DV reports two student cases of coronavirus The Delaware Valley superintendent of schools told parents on Thursday that two students who attended school this week have... Local News 18 Sep 2020 | 11:36
