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Spring-Ford advises parents of luring incident

The Spring-Ford Area School District sent a letter to parents Thursday detailing a Tuesday incident in which an unidentified man tried to lure an 11-year-old into his pickup truck.

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Spring-Ford superintendent disagrees with special ed testing

The superintendent of the Spring-Ford Area School District takes issue with federal and state requirements for the testing of students with learning disabilities.

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Spring-Ford School Board protests state budget impasse

Local school directors' frustrations over the budget deadlock in Harrisburg were on display during Monday's meeting of the Spring-Ford Area School District.

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Spring-Ford approves budget, superintendent donates raise

Superintendent Marsha Hurda understands that employees of the Spring-Ford Area School District have made significant cutbacks and sacrifices to bring next year's tax increase to 3.95 percent. She'll say, "thanks, but no thanks" to a raise next year.

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Reporter’s Notebook: Spring-Ford edition

We all know a tanking economy is one of the reasons school districts everywhere face budgetary crunches. Yet the closure of one corporation in the Spring-Ford Area School District seems to have at least one upside, according to school officials. Free furniture!

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Spring-Ford officials: Spend it or lose it

When Uncle Sam offers cash, a school district shouldn't give it back. That was the general consensus among several Spring-Ford Area School District officials concerning $1.7 million in additional special education funding from the federal government.

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