Jenkintonians residing here since 2006 might have experienced a twinge of deja vu upon reading the latest email from Superintendent Jill Takacs. That year, the school district completed construction of “the link”, connecting the elementary and high schools, paying for it with debt that weighs on its budget today. While the facility provided improved working conditions for administrators, it improved nothing about educational outcomes for the children they teach. The […]
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Why the Borough is Broke
Mismanagement, opacity, and complacency combine to diminish the community. What’s next? With the Borough’s finances now finally in such a state that it has to actually consider disbanding our police department, it bears reminding of what we wrote here in 2019: Make no mistake, Jenkintonians: We are sailing into some stormy seas. We ended the last fiscal year with a half-million dollar deficit, this despite ten years of national economic […]
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Court forces release of Jenkintown PD audit
A heavily redacted audit of the Jenkintown Police Department released by court order reveals morale, organizational, and financial problems going back at least five years.