Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf spoke today at Abington School District’s Willow Hill Elementary School in Willow Grove, PA. Attending were Superintendent Dr. Amy Sichel and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Fecher, Abington School Board Directors Mr. Daniel Kaye and Adam Share, Esq., Representative Dean, Senator Haywood, Montgomery County Commissioners Shapiro and Arkoosh, Abington Township commissioners, school principals, school district students and staff members, members of the Abington Township Police Department, and others.
Shown in photos, Dr. Sichel and School Board president Raymond McGarry, Esq. greet and welcome Governor Wolf. The Governor spoke on his budget proposal as it relates to increased education funding. Providing all children with a quality public education is the cornerstone of the Governor’s “Schools That Teach” strategy to prepare students for quality careers, further education, and helping to “rebuild the middle class.” Governor Wolf emphasized the need to have school funding be increased as well as stable and reliable. He said that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania needs to have funding for education comparable with other states. Governor Wolf encouraged a tax on gas extraction to reduce property taxes and increase education funding.