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  • 5 days ago | phillyburbs.com | Jess Rohan

    Jess RohanBucks County Courier TimesA draft of the Trump administration's proposed 2026 Department of Health and Human Services budget spells trouble for Head Start programming in Bucks County and beyond. The spending plan, leaked to The Washington Post, would eliminate federal Head Start funding. This would likely end the preschool program locally, an administrator for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit confirmed.

  • 1 week ago | phillyburbs.com | Jess Rohan

    Jess RohanBucks County Courier TimesA contentious Bucks County commissioners' meeting on Wednesday saw the county executives take a brief recess after the sheriff went over his allotted public comment time. At issue was the appointment of a school resource officer for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, an education agency that supports school districts throughout the county.

  • 1 week ago | phillyburbs.com | Jess Rohan

    Jess RohanBucks County Courier TimesAn elementary school principal who resigned with a settlement agreement from Quakertown Community School District was not pushed out over a disagreement with his boss, Superintendent Matthew Friedman said this month. Quakertown Elementary Principal Gregory Lesher is resigning June 30, according to the agreement, after an extended leave that began in March. Lesher will begin medical leave from the district on Thursday, once his vacation days are used up.

  • 1 week ago | phillyburbs.com | Jess Rohan

    Jess RohanBucks County Courier TimesCentral Bucks School District is putting elementary school renovations on hold due to volatility in the stock market, the superintendent announced. The district had planned to renovate, close or replace eight of its older elementary schools. Renovations for five of the schools were approved earlier this year.

  • 2 weeks ago | phillyburbs.com | Jess Rohan

    Central Bucks West's school resource officer is resigning in June, according to the school district. The district announced the departure of Bucks County Deputy Sheriff Robert Landis, on Tuesday after a petition circulated against Landis's "removal" from the high school.

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