Posted by Press Release on March 18th, 2016

The Chester County Technical College High School (TCHS) campuses recently received an in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software, with a commercial value of over $6.3 million, according to a press release from the Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU).

Technical College High School teachers participate in a training session led by Siemens to learn how to use the Solid Edge software.

The Solid Edge software provides students enrolled in the TCHS programs access to the same technology that companies around the world depend on every day to develop innovative products in a wide variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, machinery, shipbuilding, high-tech electronics, and many more, the release said.

The in-kind grant was provided by the Siemens PLM Software’s academic program that delivers PLM software for schools at every academic level. Many of these software packages are utilized on a global perspective for the design and development of products.”

Bonnie Wolf (left), CCIU Board president and Kirk Williard (right), director of the CCIU’s Career and Technical Education division, thank Ryan Theeck, a Siemens representative, during CCIU’s board meeting.

Siemens PLM Software is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services. “Students are gaining experience in product design and practical applications,” electronics and robotics instructor John Cilladi said in the release.

Siemens was recognized at CCIU’s Board of Directors meeting last month for their donation, which included training on the program for TCHS instructors.

“We have a vested interest in using our technology, so we can help students better prepare for the workforce of today and tomorrow,” Howard West, Siemens Digital Factory Division, said in the release.

Operated by the CCIU, the Chester County Technical College High School (TCHS) is a public high school specializing in career and technical education with three campuses: TCHS Brandywine Campus in Downingtown, TCHS Pickering Campus in Phoenixville and TCHS Pennock’s Bridge Campus in West Grove, which serves which serves students from the Avon Grove, Kennett Consolidated, Octorara Area, Oxford Area, and Unionville-Chadds Ford school districts.

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Fremont Middle School recently enhanced its industrial technology lab with a grant provided by Big Red Keno.

In January, six 3-D printers were purchased with a $7,500 grant provided through the Big Red Keno Science and Math Program.

The middle school was one of 10 elementary and secondary schools located throughout the Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk and Fremont that received grants ranging from $6,000 to $8,000.

aWeare impressed by the variety of projects and programs the recipient schools have developed to enhance math and science curriculum and are pleased that so many students will be encouraged to collaborate, think creatively and actively learn about the world around them.a

Gale Hamilton, executive director of development and secondary operations for the Fremont Public School system, said that the grant allowed yet another outlet for students to learn.

a3-D printing allows students to take their two-dimensional drawings and create three-dimensional prototypes,a Hamilton said.

When the printers first came in, Doescher was able to create an attachment enabling a handicapped student to be able to play the violin a the creation may be displayed in a music magazine, he said.

Doescher said that the learning curve for using the printers isnat extreme.

aThe kids run those 3-D printers without us (teachers) a lot right now,a he said. Most students are used to being close on measurements, but now they have to be completely precise.a

Doescher said that Big Red Kenoas goal of improving student skills is being completely fulfilled.

aIt really is going to improve our math and science skills immensely,a he said.

The Fremont Board of Education is in the process of determining a plan of attack in regard to district-wide elementary school calendars.

Currently, two schools a Grant and Washington Elementary a are on a continuous calendar schedule, which consists of students being in class for 45 days, followed by 15 days off.

When Grant implemented the continuous calendar 14 years ago, the change was made so that the school could increase academic performance and increase enrollment.

Washington followed suit four years ago.

But research conducted in summer 2015 determined that the current system has its holes.

Grant enrollment is around 146 students this year a itas the smallest school in the district, which raised questions about the effectiveness of the calendar in that regard.

Fourteen years ago, Grant had 180 students.

Additionally, Washington and Grant students are not receiving the same out-of-class voluntary enrichment opportunities that students on the regular calendar are for numerous reasons.

Although students on the regular and continuous calendar all spend the same amount of time in the class during the school year, the opportunities students have outside of the classroom are not the same.

Students on the traditional calendar have the opportunity to take two, three week math and reading learning sessions during the summer months a six weeks of enrichment.

When the continuous calendar first started, student at Grant received the same a if not more — out-of-class learning opportunities through two weeks of intersession half-days during their 15 days off of school, said Superintendent Mark Shepard.

Working with teachers and community partners, students had the opportunity to participate in two weeks of learning during each of their three-week breaks.

aThey had five weeks of extended learning, now they have two weeks total during the fall and one during the spring.a

The district is in the process of talking with staff and parents who have children attending Washington and Grant to get feedback about what parents feel should happen with the calendar.

Shepard said that a decision should be made by December.

aRegardless of what calendar they are on moving forward, they need to have the same opportunities for extended learning that students on the traditional calendar have,a he said.

What Does The Lack Of MAP Grant Funding Cost Illinois State Universities? What Does The Lack Of MAP Grant Funding Cost Illinois State Universities? The legislation was supposed to be introduced to the state Senate this week.

Meanwhile, public universities that temporarily covered those costs still haven’t been reimbursed.

Data was unavailable for Chicago State University and some data has yet to be determined for the University of Illinois. But out of the rest of the Illinois state schools and their campuses, only one school did not cover full MAP grant funding for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters.

That school was Northeastern Illinois University, but it was able to cover most of it.

Otherwise, the rest of the schools were able to fully cover MAP grant funds for the fall 2015 semester “in good faith” or under the assumption that the state of Illinois will reimburse them. The amount the state owes each school for MAP grants this school year ranges from almost $3 million to more than $60 million.

With the exception of Northeastern, all but one of the universities reported they were able to cover MAP grants for the spring 2016 semester in that same “good faith.” “They would probably fund MAP before they would fund the public universities.”

Phillips says if there’s still no MAP grant funding or state budget by next fall, NIU will not be able to cover the grants for that semester.

But Phillips says he doesn’t think it will get to that point.

Ad-Free OVF Option: Click here (you need to be logged into your forum account) to subscribe. Potential legal dispute over ownership of Vale Park buildings

A possible legal dispute over the ownership of buildings at Vale Park could take place in the near future.

Current club owner Norman Smurthwaite is in talks to sell the club but the Port Vale FC Community Trust say that the building that houses the club shop and ticket office (pictured above) is owned by them.

The problem the trustees have got is that within the grant details it says that no commercial activity whatsoever must go on by Port Vale FC in any of the buildings

They say that because they are a separate business from the football club, their property was not part of the sale when Smurthwaite and Paul Wildes bought the club in 2012.

The land on which the buildings stand belong to the football club and its owner, but the ownership of buildings themselves are in dispute as they were built with the aid of government grants issued to the Trust.

Port Vale FC Community Trust trustee Pete Williams told a Port Vale Supporters Club meeting that: “My research finds that the academy building, the gym above it, the club shop and the ticket office do not belong to Mr Smurthwaite, they belong to the football Trust.

“The problem the trustees have got is that within the grant details it says that no commercial activity whatsoever must go on by Port Vale FC in any of the buildings.

He showed me where it is quite clear that only buildings in the ownership of Valiant 2001 were sold to Alchemy Investments

“Because the club is up for sale we can’t sit back now. He showed me where it is quite clear that only buildings in the ownership of Valiant 2001 were sold to Alchemy Investments which was the company that Mr Wildes and Smurthwaite bought it under.”

Williams says the Port Vale chairman to buy the buildings from the community trust for the price of the grants so that the Trust could return the money raised in grants to central government.

The Sentinel reports that Norman Smurthwaite disputes the Trust’s claims and that he has not seen any proof that the buildings do not belong to the football club.

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The North Callaway School Board approved staff to move forward on two grants, which would add a new series of classes for vocational learning and after school programs.

Teachers proposed moving forward in grant applications to continue enriching the learning in North Callaway during the board’s regular meeting Thursday.

The second possible grant being discussed was proposed by Jason Smith for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers After School grant; the previous grant will expire in June.

Port Vale: Club could face legal dispute over Vale Park buildings Port Vale: Club could face legal dispute over Vale Park buildings

PORT Vale could face a legal dispute with their former community trust about the ownership of buildings at Vale Park.

Pete Williams, a trustee of the Port Vale FC Community Trust, told fans that at last night’s Supporters’ Club meeting that he has taken legal advice about the issue.

The trust left Vale Park two years ago following a dispute with football club chairman Norman Smurthwaite who has subsequently set up a new football in the community scheme.

The old community trust have instead set up in Hanley and claim they are still the owners of the buildings at Vale Park which currently house the club shop and the ticket office.

They say they owned the buildings before the football club went into administration in 2012 and, because they are a separate business from the football club, their property was not part of the sale when Smurthwaite and his then business partner Paul Wildes bought the club out of administration later that year.

Smurthwaite has made clear he was not aware of a potential dispute when he bought Port Vale. He says he has researched the issue since he was first made aware of it, but has not seen any proof that the buildings do not belong to the football club.

The land on which the buildings stand belong to the football club and its owner, but the ownership of buildings themselves are in dispute.

Speaking at last night’s supporters’ club meeting, Williams said talks with the chairman have so far failed to resolve the issue.

Williams says he is concerned because more than 300,000 was raised in grants for the building which houses the club shop when it was built in 2007.

He told the meeting that one of the conditions of the grant money was that the buildings should not be for commercial use.

He said: “My research finds that the academy building, the gym above it, the club shop and the ticket office do not belong to Mr Smurthwaite, they belong to the football trust.

“The problem the trustees have got is that within the grant details it says that no commercial activity whatsoever must go on by Port Vale FC in any of the buildings.

“Because the club is up for sale we can’t sit back now. He showed me where it is quite clear that only buildings in the ownership of Valiant 2001 were sold to Alchemy Investments which was the company that Mr Wildes and Smurthwaite bought it under.”

Williams says a solution would be for the Vale chairman to buy the buildings from the community trust so they could return the money raised in grants to central government.

That would be at a cost of more than 300,000 to the Vale chairman and would be a bitter pill because the grants were received five years before he bought the club.

He has also overseen improvements to the buildings since then, including the opening of the new club shop in 2013.