Photo By: schoolboard.com; The School Board debate held last night at the Lenoir Retirement Community Center.
By: Lauren Goldstein; Staff Writer
Lenoir, PA- Senior citizens in the Lenoir School district (I’d have to do research on this) are worried that a proposal for year-round schooling might hit their wallets hard. This was the main issue of concern at the school board candidate debate held on Tuesday night.
School board candidates held contrasting positions on the proposed changes at the debate. Some believed the plan for a 12-month school schedule could eliminate the need for trailers that now house additional classrooms and aid in reducing overcrowding. Others believed that this new scheduling would be costlier as opposed to adding permanent buildings.
Board President Elton Fay claimed that year-round school was impractical and leads to many complications. Fay substantiated his argument by alluding to the increase in costs for year-round schooling and offset of schedules among students of different ages. He claimed, “What Mr. Lane fails to tell you is that if we are to avoid erecting additional buildings to save on construction costs, the cost of educating our children would go up substantially.”
Candidate Larry Dorman said he aims to focus on eliminating overcrowding in schools and increasing teacher’s salaries. The incumbent, Kerry Corino, claimed that large class sizes are hard to avert with the increasing population.
When the subject of unionization was brought up, Fay said teachers in the state do not bargain collectively, something he is in accord with. Corino then spoke of the anti-union sentiments of teachers correlating it to the way in which the city functions.
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