A few weeks ago, someone asked me to compare financial aspects of the Cheltenham School District to the Upper Dublin School District, which has about the same number of students as the Cheltenham School District. Both the Cheltenham and Upper Dublin School Districts are located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.After looking at 2005 - 2006 data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for

The School District of Cheltenham Township held a Budget Hearing on 4/15/08. A revised draft budget dated 4/1/2008 was discussed, as were other changes made after the revised draft budget. Before the other changes were discussed $1,521,592 needed to be cut from the budget to arrive at the approximately 5.16 percent School District real estate tax increase limit allowed for 2008 - 2009. These

Some brief background: The School District of Cheltenham Township has an aging building plant. Glenside Elementary (1956), Wyncote Elementary (1948), Cheltenham Elementary (1953) and the Elkins Park School (1954) were all built over 50 years ago. The older schools have all faced a lack of maintenance and renovations over the years, and are now in need of major improvements or renovations. There