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Pictured are The Harrisburg contingent of, from left, Tom Yoniski of Senator Baker's staff, Ashely White and Hannah Barrick of the PSBA, Laurie Brown-Bonner, chair of the Blue Ridge School Board, state Representative Sandra Major, Bill Goldsworthy of the governor's Scranton office, and Aaron Shenck, representing the state Department of Education.

Six people representing a spectrum of views from Harrisburg faced another 20 or so representing public education in Susquehanna County in the Blue Ridge cafeteria for a couple of hours on the evening of March 26th for the annual county “legislative conference.” There wasn’t much controversy among the participants, unless you count the exasperation of the school directors and administrators with what appeared to them to be indifference toward public schools in the state legislature and government.

This is NOT your grandmother’s school. For better AND for worse, the only constant is change. And that truism applies to Susquehanna Community School District (SCSD) as much as to any other institution.

At their Wednesday, March 20 meeting, School Board President Steven Stanford, Vice-President Clay Weaver, and board members Lori Canfield, Jason Chamberlain, Amanda Cook, Carol Jackson, Holly Kubus, and Martha Stanford gathered to recognize and ratify policies for a future brighter. Unfortunately, to secure that brighter future, ominous and threatening forces will have to be confronted and conquered first. Business Manager Gary Kiernan took notes - in the absence of Board Secretary and board member Evelyn Cottrell.

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