RADNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Main Line Life October 24, 2001 By Jay M. Kurtz

Excerpts from the article.

" Another board member, Dorothy Orlichowski, pointed out that the next step in the process should be meeting with the town ship commissioners."

" With several suggestions having been given as to where the process should go, board member J. Michael Glynn suggested that the board should look to the district administration for guidance. "

" The administration wasn't listened to when they said, " Don't build a school here,' " Yakulis said. " It sounds like a situational trust...pick and choose when to trust them. "

" Dr. John Deflaminis, superintendent, fielded the issue then and said that he and his staff could come up with the next steps. "

" Madden said he thought the commissioners would be willing to discuss the issue, despite not having a plan to review. "

" Yakulis asked if that meant the commissioners would only be helpful because something benefited them. He added that he thought the commissioners were overly bureaucratic when things weren't benefiting them during the Radnor Elementary School project. "

Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday, October 11, 2001 New school to be built in Wayne

RADNOR - The school board has narrowly voted to build a new middle school on the current downtown Wayne site, rejecting advice from professionals and pleas from administrators, and prompting a vow from the board president to fight the decision "brick by brick."

"If the block of five wants to build it [in Wayne], you won't do it with my leadership; you'll do it with my opposition," Yakulis said, lifting his voice in anger.

Incumbents Chase F. Gibson and Dorothy Orlichowski are both in favor of the Wayne site, as are candidates Judith Sherry, Craig Wheeland and John McMeekin 2d. Only candidate Kathy R. Fisher has come out for Ithan.

Radnor School Board votes for middle school in Wayne

By:Jay R. Kurtz, Special to Main Line Life October 11, 2001

Shortly after the vote was taken, Paul Yakulis said he would not accept another term as board president because he could not represent the majority's wishes.

"This is not the legacy I planned on leaving," he said. "I can never be proud of this ill-conceived notion for the middle school."

Yakulis added that after his term as president ends in December, he would be able to fully pursue changing the board's direction in regards to the middle school.

Anne Albright who offered to write recommendations for administrators choosing to leave the district

The following is from the Pennsylvania School Board Associations.