Maddie Hanna
Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Reporter for @PhillyInquirer covering education around the region. Reach me at [email protected]
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Kristen A. Graham |Maddie Hanna
Philadelphia is getting its first new charter in nearly a decade — a major milestone for a district that has not granted a new charter since the days of the state-run School Reform Commission. Early College Charter School of Philadelphia will give about 800 sixth through 12 graders early college and career exposure and either college courses or industry certifications. It will open in 2026 in Center City, but recruit students from underserved neighborhoods.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Maddie Hanna
The Centennial school board hired Abram Lucabaugh as its next superintendent Tuesday, over the opposition of community members alarmed by the controversy surrounding his tenure in Central Bucks. The board voted 5-4 to approve a three-year contract for Lucabaugh, with a starting annual salary of $225,000. That’s less than the $315,000 salary Lucabaugh made in his final months leading Central Bucks in 2023 under a raise awarded by the former GOP-led board.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Maddie Hanna
Before a vote next week by the Centennial school board to hire him as its new leader, former Central Bucks superintendent Abram Lucabaugh distanced himself Thursday from the controversial policies he carried out under a GOP-led board there that later gave him a $700,000 payout. “The policies that were passed in Central Bucks by the board are not policies I advocate for in Centennial,” Lucabaugh said during a community forum at a school in Warminster. While “I acknowledge ...
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Maddie Hanna
Abington School District voters on Tuesday cleared the way for the district to build a new $285 million middle school, approving a ballot question authorizing borrowing the money. The referendum, which passed with 8,941 votes in favor compared to 8,556 against, is believed to be the largest approved in Pennsylvania. The project will eventually cost the average taxpayer $54 a month, according to the district. A district spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Maddie Hanna
A slate led by Lower Merion’s school board president and another incumbent prevailed in the Democratic primary Tuesday, after a contentious race that featured debate over antisemitism in the district and federal threats to public schools. The four members of the Elect LMSD slate — school board president Kerry Sautner, member Anna Shurak and newcomers Juanita Kerber and Jennifer Rivera — were the top vote-getters among a nine-member field, each garnering between 7,800 and 8,400 votes.
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