Superintendent's Blog: from the office of Mike Leichliter

Penn Manor community members may have noticed an article in the April 11th edition of the Lancaster Newspaper concerning the rezoning of a small piece of Comet Field.  http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/623358_Lancaster-Township-vote-a-boost-for-retail-projects.html

People who follow Penn Manor news may remember that there has been talk about selling a small unused portion of the field as early as the mid-1980s.

As of April 11th, Penn Manor still owns the property which is under agreement to Blackford Development.  The rezoning of the Lancaster Township slice of the land is a significant accomplishment that paves the way for the eventual sale of the land which will yield much needed revenue for the district.  Penn Manor greatly appreciates all of the efforts of our friends in Millersville Borough and Lancaster Township as we continue to move this project forward.

For a conceptual drawing of the property, see this file.  Millersville Aerial Site Plan_02-10-2012-1

Two community “State of the District” meetings will be held for Penn Manor residents. There will be a review of the district’s budget and the factors that influence it followed by roundtable discussions. This is your opportunity to ask questions, make suggestions and help the district establish the priorities of the Penn Manor community. The same material will be covered at each meeting.

MEETING DATES:

Thursday, March 15 at Manor Middle School at 6:30 PM

Wednesday, March 28 at Marticville Middle School at 6:30 PM

I hope to see you at one of these meetings.  If you have any questions, please contact me at mike.leichliter@pennmanor.net or by calling (717) 872-9500.

Mike Leichliter, Superintendent

Dear Member of the Penn Manor Community,

The Penn Manor School Board is once again asking each and every member of the Penn Manor community to participate in an online evaluation of the superintendent. The Survey Monkey tool is easy to use. There is also an open response area, giving participants the opportunity to communicate directly with all nine (9) School Board members. They review all scores and comments. Please take the time to respond at the site listed below.  I value the feedback that you can provide and all responses are anonymous.

Even if you do not feel you have enough interaction with me to fully evaluate my strengths/weaknesses, I would encourage you to take this opportunity to share any comment you may have about the overall impression you have of the Penn Manor School District.

The survey will close on Friday, February 17. Thank you for your time.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WFBRTT7

Sincerely,

Michael G. Leichliter, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

One of my duties as Superintendent is to propose a school calendar to the Board of School Directors every year.  I am always interested in feedback and normally make some adjustments during this process.  The one element of the current year’s calendar I’ve heard about the most in the past month was the fact that school was in session on January 2nd which was the federal holiday.  I would have done this differently in hindsight but there are always tradeoffs.  I did check the 2013 calendar and the official holiday is once again January 1st!

I have attached a draft to this post. Click on the phrase “2012-2013 Draft District Calendar” at the bottom of this post to access the .pdf file.

I am interested in any feedback from faculty, staff, parents, students, and community members so that I can refine this draft and make a formal proposal to the School Board in March.

2012-13 Draft District Calendar

On Friday, October 14th Pequea Elementary School held a “twin day” for all students and staff.  My twin was fifth grader Caleb Murungi.