Building a Better Budget
One of the most important responsibilities of the Board is to set the annual budget and the associated tax rates for property owners,...
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Bob Sage
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Harnessing Chat GPT
Large language models are infiltrating K-12 education. These tools are pervasive, powerful, disruptive, and awe-inspiring. They have...
Bob Sage
- Apr 17
- 1 min
What do I say about full day K?
One of the most important issues before the School Board this year is whether our district should replace half-day kindergarten with a...
Bob Sage
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Proposed UCF Investment in Solar Energy
At tonight's Unionville Chadds Ford School District board meeting, the administration will be presenting a proposal to "go solar". You...
Bob Sage
- Jan 17
- 2 min
I am running for School Board in 2023!
I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Unionville Chadds Ford school board, representing Pocopson, Birmingham, and Newlin...
Bob Sage
- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
Let's hop on the electric bus ... in 2025
Last month the UCF board discussed a proposal to lease two electric buses. In the last two weeks, I have developed a clearer point of...
Bob Sage
- Sep 16, 2022
- 4 min
What I have learned about electric school buses this week
At the September 12 school board work session, the administration brought forward a proposal to lease two electric school buses. The...
Bob Sage
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
UCF Work Session 9/12/22
On this month's school board agenda there are several items of significant interest. I am looking forward to the board's discussion and...
Bob Sage
- Sep 8, 2022
- 3 min
Policy 203 - Immunizations & Communicable Diseases
On September 12, the UCFSD School Board will again discuss Policy 203, which outlines the District’s policy on Immunizations and...
Bob Sage
- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
Proud to be serving as Region B School Board Director
Last night, by a vote of 5-3, I was appointed as School Board Director for Region B of the Unionville Chadds Ford School District. ...
Bob Sage
- Feb 27, 2017
- 0 min
Bob Sage
- Feb 22, 2016
- 1 min
What to do about Deciles?
What should be done, if anything, to protect the achievements of those who worked hard under the decile system? Should we remove this...
Bob Sage
- Feb 4, 2016
- 1 min
Family Background and Student Achievement - An Example
% Economically Disadvantaged- PES: 3% GES: 40% % Gifted - PES: ...
Bob Sage
- Jan 26, 2016
- 1 min
Schools Matter for Student Achievement, Don't They?
Family socio-economic status Level of parental education Family structure Level of parental involvement in student’s education Student IQ...
Bob Sage
- Jan 5, 2016
- 2 min
What's at stake with Testing (Part 5 - Conclusions)
The PSSA does not impact student grades, promotion, placement, or college admission. (see post) For our teachers, student test scores do...
Bob Sage
- Dec 23, 2015
- 1 min
State of the Blog - Year End 2015
Published 95 posts Reached ~2,400 readers in 71 countries Doubled email subscribers Here are the most popular posts of 2015. Perhaps you...
Bob Sage
- Dec 15, 2015
- 0 min
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