Senate committee backs local graduation requirements

WEST CHESTER – State Sen. Andy Dinniman announced that the Senate Education Committee voted 8-2 Friday to return control of high school graduation requirements to local school districts. “This is a victory for so many students, parents, teachers and education advocates throughout the Commonwealth and especially here in Chester County, which has become the epicenter of the movement against make-or-break...

June Super Six: Grad gift ideas

A few gift suggestions for those June graduates By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Happy JUNE 1st!  Time for the “Graduation Edition” of the Sunday Super Six! With the obnoxious amount of snow days, it seemed like this school year would never come to a close!  God bless Unionville-Chadds Ford Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Sanville (and his colleagues around the county) and his...