Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
Parents and community members pressed the Central Bucks School District Board of School Directors on March 20, 2025, for immediate answers and accountability after allegations that special‑education students at Jamison Elementary were physically restrained, denied access to water and left exposed, sometimes for prolonged periods.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
At its March 20 meeting the Central Bucks School District board approved a package of routine administrative, finance, operations, curriculum and personnel items, including an interim chief financial officer, CB East realignment renovation contracts and an updated emergency operations plan.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
At the Feb. 20 meeting the board approved minutes, multiple finance and operations items, several personnel leaves and policy changes; most motions passed unanimously or nearly so, though some human resources leave approvals drew objection and one set of policy revisions passed 8–1.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
The Central Bucks School District Board of School Directors faced sustained public pressure Feb. 20 after commenters and family members said a Pennsylvania Department of Education review found students at Jamison Elementary were improperly restrained and otherwise mistreated.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
Board members discussed a proposal to convert existing district buildings (Tohicken to a high school, Groveland to a middle school) as an alternative to multimillion‑dollar high‑school additions; the idea could reduce construction costs but would likely delay realignment and require district‑wide redistricting studies.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
Committee members approved the DECA high‑school club’s request to attend its state conference in late February; presenters said chaperones were arranged and asked the committee to approve in advance of the Feb. 20 board meeting.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
Central Bucks staff heard a presentation about Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE), a Penn State‑linked mindfulness and resilience program the district plans to pilot for school leaders and to train internal facilitators over two summers.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
The district presented proposed instructional minutes for full‑day kindergarten and a revised seven‑period middle‑school schedule to incorporate sixth graders, introduce a seminar course for study and executive‑function skills, and offer seventh‑grade world language.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
Central Bucks School District presented an update on its high school gifted support program, the Penn Independent Study, highlighting program structure, student projects and growth from about 75 to 218 students signed up for next year.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Central Bucks SD
The Central Bucks School District board voted to retain outside counsel to conduct an independent review of allegations of abuse at Jamison Elementary School after a lengthy public-comment period in which parents and residents called for criminal and administrative accountability.