Meet the candidates for Delaware Valley school board There’s been much competition for seats on the Delaware Valley School District Board of Education this year. An initial field... Local News 17 Oct 2023 | 08:03
Dawn Bukaj Dawn Bukaj Why are you running for school board? I am seeking a third term on the Delaware Valley school board to continue my dedication... Local News 12 Oct 2023 | 04:27
Gretchen Pollack had to put away her signs (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Book defenders and detractors take the floor as board grapples with lack of high school librarian At a time when parents and members of the public are challenging the books on school library shelves, Delaware Valley High... Local News 17 Mar 2022 | 08:14
From left: Board members Felicia Sheehan, Pam Lutfy, Jessica Decker, Jack Fisher (president), Corey Homer, Derek Smith, and Brain Carso, and solicitor Ashley Zimmerman (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Parents ask school board about sex questions on surveys, books on library shelves, and burdensome quarantines After routine housekeeping tasks, including the appointment of Christopher Lordi as the Delaware Valley School District’s... Local News 16 Feb 2022 | 08:51
Nine people attended the work session. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Time’s not up: Limiting speakers limits ideas, school board decides Dr. John Bell suggested that the Delaware Valley school board limit each public speaker at meetings to five minutes, which... Local News 23 Jan 2022 | 04:35
The school board at its Oct. 21 meeting (from left): Christine Agron; Dawn Bukaj; Felicia Sheehan; Pat Lutfy; Jessica Decker, vice-president; Jack Fisher, president; Corey Homer; Rosemary Walsh; Brian Carso; Ashley Zimmerman, solicitor; Julie Ewald, recording secretary. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Parents’ lawyer asks judge to consider new information in DV mask case Five Delaware Valley parents have asked the court to consider new information obtained since they first sued the school for... Local News 12 Jan 2022 | 10:27
Delaware Valley High School (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) School board adjourns after member of the public compares teachers to gestapo Matthew Contreras had a lot to say at the Nov. 18 Delaware Valley school board meeting before one of his remarks brought... Local News 29 Nov 2021 | 01:17
The school board at its Oct. 21 meeting (from left): Christine Agron; Dawn Bukaj; Felicia Sheehan; Pat Lutfy; Jessica Decker, vice-president; Jack Fisher, president; Corey Homer; Rosemary Walsh; Brian Carso; Ashley Zimmerman, solicitor; Julie Ewald, recording secretary. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Federal court sides with DV school board on mask mandate Delaware Valley is free to allow students in its buildings without masks, as long as their parents sign a waiver testifying... Local News 16 Nov 2021 | 01:17
School police officers passed out masks at DV’s last school board meeting and barred entry to those who refused to wear them. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) School mask order to remain in place through Nov. 12, Zoom class option returns Scranton. A federal judge has ordered that all people inside Delaware Valley school buildings continue to wear face masks,... Local News 03 Nov 2021 | 02:33
The school board at its Sept. 28 meeting, 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. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Federal judge sides with DV parents suing for mask mandate A federal judge has ordered the Delaware Valley School District to comply immediately with the health secretary’s mandate... Local News 21 Oct 2021 | 10:49
Christine Fiumara Agron was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Jack O'Leary (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) After Jack O’Leary’s abrupt departure, Christine Fiumara Agron is appointed to fill school board vacancy The Delaware Valley school board appointed Christine Fiumara Agron to fill vacancy left by longtime member Jack O’Leary,... Local News 14 Oct 2021 | 03:54
The dishonesty of the school board and its superintendent is shocking To the Editor: The dishonesty of the Delaware Valley school board and its superintendent are shocking. They have schemed with... Letters to the Editor 13 Oct 2021 | 06:12
The school board’s failing grade To the Editor: In response to reading the following in the Pike County Courier: “To cheers and applause, (Bukaj) said a student... Letters to the Editor 13 Oct 2021 | 06:12
People without masks were asked to sit on the right side of the high school auditorium during the meeting. Several unmasked attendees wore tees that said, "NO MASK, NO CONTACT TRACE, NO VACCINE, NOT AFRAID." (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Let’s wait for court decision on mask mandate, school board says As people approached the doors to enter last Thursday’s Delaware Valley school board meeting, a police officer asked those... Local News 21 Sep 2021 | 10:43
