Co-curriclar additions: Goldsack's "45" contested

A letter written by incumbent school board candidate Bob Goldsack claims that Taxpayers United board members have "added 45 co-curricular activities" since the last election.

According to a list from the co-curricular chair Sue Schor, another incumbent board candidate, this number is exaggerated. Schor provided a list of middle and high school co-curriculars and indicated which activities were added in the past two years. The new activities add up to 25.

The number of new activities is not the only thing in question. Goldsack's letter gives sole credit to the TU board members only in the creation of co-curriculars. Schor said in an e-mail that there many activities added to the elementary schools but that the majority of those activities are executed and funded by the PTAs.

Superintendent Candis Finan said in an e-mail that Goldsack may be basing the number off of an estimate she provided.

Goldsack and other Taxpayers United board representatives have not returned an e-mail sent Tuesday.


Schor's e-mail:
⇒ VIEW THE LIST

04/01/09

* The activities in red are new Co-Curricular or Clubs that have developed within the past two years. Keep in mind some clubs have taken place of others that are no longer in place.
I do not have the elementary attached to this list. I had it as a handout at a board meeting but my scanner is not working. Whatever has been added as clubs in the elementary schools is through the dedicated PTA’S where parents and teachers, support staff and administrators that donate their time. (It is funded through the PTA not the board budget.)


Co-Curricular Activities at the High School Level

Athletics
Baseball
Basketball (Boys/Girls)
Cheerleading
Cross Country (Boys/Girls)
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Lacrosse (**Boys/Girls)
Special Education Olympic Ski Group (Middle Schools and High School)
Soccer (Boys/Girls)
Softball
Special Education Track and Field (Boys/Girls) School District
Swimming (Boys/Girls)
Tennis (Boys/Girls)
Track
Volleyball (Boys/Girls)
Wrestling

Clubs and Activities
**Rachel’s Challenge Club is in the process of beginning. We have an awesome team of teachers that are willing to get this club off the ground. There are over 150 students interested in participating. This club will help students that are new to the school. It will also help students that feel they don’t fit in with groups get associated with the social life at DV.
**Computer Programming Club
Computer Graphics Club
**Russian Culture Club
Foreign Language Club
Creative Writing Club
**Digital Photography Club
Mu Alpha Theta
Dance Club
Drama Club
Literary Magazine (ECHO)
National Honor Society
Newspaper (DelAware)
Odyssey of the Mind
Model United Nations
PYEA
History Day
Art Club
Skills USA/VICA
FCCLA
HOSA
Foreign Film Club
Pep Band
Political Issues Club
Martial Arts
Mock Trial
SASA
Philosophy Club
Scholastic Bowl
Ski Club
**Special Education Bowling
**Special Education Weight Lifting Training
Student Council
Yearbook
Junior Historians
Science Olympiad
DV World (Web-Site)
Junior Academy of Science
Mountain Bike Club
FBLA
Ham Radio Club
Environmental Club
TATU
Broadcast Del Val
**Fencing
**Water Polo
Weight Lifting Training
Election Club
**Scrap booking Club


Middle School Dingman-Delaware Middle School and Delaware Valley Middle School
Baseball
Basketball (Boys/Girls)
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Soccer (Boys/Girls)
Softball
Special Education Track and Field (School District)
Special Education Olympic Ski Group (Open to Middle School and High School Students
Tennis (Boys/Girls)
Track and Field (Boys/Girls)
Volleyball (Boys/Girls)
Wrestling


Dingman-Delaware Middle School Clubs and Activities
Age Group Swimming (DV-ACE)
DDTV
Drama
Hall Monitors
Jr. SASA
Library Helpers
Pep Band
Student Ambassadors
Student Council
**Book Reading Club
Odyssey of the Mind
**Looms of Love
Magazine
Math Counts
**Movie Club
Newspaper
Science Olympiad
**Ski and Snowboard Club
Theatre Club
Yearbook
Art Club
DDWeb
**Lights and Sound


Delaware Valley Middle School Clubs and Activities
Age Group Swimming (DV-ACE)
Drama
**Art Club
Jr. SASA
Library Helpers
**Pep Band
Student Ambassadors
Student Council
**Book Reading Club
Odyssey of the Mind
National History Day
Looms of Love
**Computer Club
Math Counts
Newspaper
**Stamp & Scrap Booking Club
Science Olympiad
Ski and Snowboard Club
Literary Magazine
Principal’s Mini-Marathoners
Yearbook
Hall Monitors