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West Chester and the Goshens — your local wire.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
West Chester University set a new school record by placing 185 student-athletes on the 2026 D2 ADA Academic Honor Roll, topping the previous mark of 184 set in 2020-21, with football leading all sports at 17 honorees.
Education
West Chester University set a new school record by placing 185 student-athletes on the 2026 D2 ADA Academic Honor Roll, topping the previous mark of 184 set in 2020-21, with football leading all sports at 17 honorees.
Education
West Chester Borough has signaled it will approve West Chester University's EwingCole Master Plan with conditions, though the specific conditions have not been made public. The five-to-10-year plan includes demolishing Lawrence Hall for a 700-to-780-bed dormitory and renovating multiple campus buildings.
Education
West Chester University welcomed more than 3,000 first-year and transfer students to North Campus on Aug. 20–21, with "Weeks of Welcome" events including a fireworks rally at Farrell Stadium before classes begin Monday, Aug. 24.
Education
The WCASD Property and Finance Committee addressed capital project bids, school renovation change orders and a meal price increase at its Aug. 17 meeting, two weeks before roughly 12,000 students return to class.
Education
Chester County farms and institutions received more than $2 million in Pennsylvania agricultural innovation grants announced Aug. 14, including a $50,000 feasibility study for a farm training facility on the Chester County Prison campus.
Education
West Chester Area School District's roughly 12,000 students return to class Monday, Aug. 31, with free breakfast for elementary and middle schoolers, orientations underway, and a half-day dismissal just four days into the year.
Education
Hundreds of West Chester-area families gathered at Henderson High School on Aug. 4 for National Night Out, where children explored emergency vehicles and met the responders and school resource officers who serve local schools.
Education
Pennsylvania House lawmakers toured Chester County's Technical College High School on Aug. 4 to examine how $65 million in new state career-tech funding since 2023, including $10 million in the latest budget, is expanding access for about 3,000 students at CCIU's three campuses.
Education
West Chester University's elementary education program dropped from a B to an F in the NCTQ 2026 Teacher Prep Review on reading instruction, falling short in four of five core reading areas while 53% of programs nationally earned A's.
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Exton Elementary fourth-graders partnered with Barclay Friends residents in West Chester for a spring 2026 oral history project, interviewing seniors about their lives and creating personalized keepsake books presented in June.
Education
Pennsylvania's 2026-27 state budget delivers $11 million in new funding to Chester County schools and allows out-of-state continuing education credits for PA-certified educators, a provision championed by State Sen. Carolyn Comitta that removes a barrier for teachers looking to return to the Commonwealth.
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