'Is there an attendance sheet that the public can see?'

'Are there minutes or an agenda from the meetings?' asked Rooney. On Tuesday night, Rooney acknowledged receiving the replies but still had questions regarding the district's use of executive sessions to discuss the contract. 11 and was ultimately told that answers to his questions would be emailed at a later day. Rooney went back and forth with McGarry at the board's previous meeting on Aug. The board approved a new five-year contract for Sichel that includes additional bonuses in 2017, 20. According to published reports, Sichel received a $26,000 incentive bonus on July 1, bumping her annual salary to $319,000, making her the highest paid superintendent in Pennsylvania. Kubel was followed by Joe Rooney, an Ardsley resident who has appeared several times before the board to grill it about the renewal of Superintendent Amy Sichel's contract. There would not be an additional cost to the district.' 'He could go to an already existing bus stop 20 minutes away. 'It's a 40-minute walk for him,' said Kubel. She presented the board with a petition signed by 135 of her neighbors, claiming they have always questioned the district's policy that would not provide busing for students from their section of the township. Kubel's house is 1.3 miles from the junior high school, placing her family inside the minimum 1.5-mile radius that qualifies students for bus transportation.

'That intersection is so dangerous, the police department installed red-light cameras.' 'He would cross a four-lane highway at Susquehanna Road,' said Kubel. She fears for her incoming seventh-grader's walk to Abington Junior High School and possible dangers of crossing busy Old York Road (Route 611) in the mornings and afternoons. A routine end-of-the-summer Abington school board meeting started and finished with testy exchanges between board President Raymond McGarry and district residents, one new to the public forum and one familiar face.Īdele Kubel, from the Brentwood section of Abington, started the opening public comment period Tuesday night by voicing concerns about the district's busing policy.

Abington township school bus schedule