At the Coatesville Area School Board meeting on Tuesday, Bishop Shanahan parents urged officials to provide more buses for their kids.

The buses are shared between Shanahan and Collegium Charter School students. Collegium starts school at about 7:20 a.m. and Shanahan doesn't have to start until about 8:05 a.m. As a result, some Shanahan kids have to catch the buses as early as 6 a.m. in order to accomodate the Collegium schedule.

In a 5-4 vote, the school board approved a contract for one extra bus. But parents said this may not be enough to fix the problem.

Do you think the school board should consider approving contracts for more buses?

Although City Council voted against layoffs on Monday night, some officials said Tuesday that this issue may be revisited in the near future.


Do you think it's a good idea for the city to layoff some employees in order to balance the budget?

City Manager Harry Walker sent out layoff notices earlier this month to 13 employees but City Council unanimously voted against this action on Monday night.

There was also a presentation on cash flow in which Finance Director Stacy Bjorhus said the city will be about $900,000 short at the end of the year.

Lastly, the request to withdrawal money from the trust fund was on the agenda again. Before a vote was taken on the first reading of the ordinance, Councilman Ed Simpson raised several questions about bills paid to consultants. One in particular was a bill paid for a consultant's work visa.

"You used taxpayers' money to pay for a work visa without any prior approval," Simpson said to Walker.