This is a great day for Baldwin that Schmotzer is going. Now if we could get rid of the rest of the members and bring in a school board that wants a better education for our students. I bet the good ole boy system already have in place who is going to get the job, but they have to go though the motions of posting the position.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

CC and Frank and all others who are quick to judge and go on their "patch" rant... What have YOU done for the community? Kudos to John Schmotzer, I admire him and the endless time he has VOLUNTEERED over 11 YEARS and the outstanding work he has done for our district. If both of you think you can do better and ready to give endless hours a week, please do us all a favor and apply for the position. I can't wait for you to be on the board and TRY to do half the things John accomplished. !

I wouldn't even want to attempt half the things John has, as you put it 'accomplished' (accomplished bad things!). And fyi I do plenty for my community. I yell at the speeders on my street, I yell at crazy lady who flies thru the stop sign, I report to MUFON on all the local UFO sightings, I pick up a stray piece of trash on the ground once in a while, I even painted ol' Mr. Hanaleys fence once, and I have my dog scare away the crazy Mormons who go door to door on my street. So top that Timmy!

Wonders who will fill this vacancy?

Seems like perfect timing. Marty is done with his State Rep gig, so now he can just slide right back onto the board.
I do commend John on his 11 years of service to the community and district. Mrs. DiNardo is correct, to go through all that and still get the audit results they did is impressive.

May i make A suggestion? Referring to qualified candidates, Thorough analysis will show Your best efforts in a new board member.

John Schmotzer has done an exceptional job as a school board member. He has twice lowered taxes while not having a single increase over the past 5 years. In addition, Schmotzer was on the front line of the balancing of an increasingly difficult budget, and to top it all off, he helped get the Baldwin-Whitehall School District one of the best teaching contracts in the state of PA. It is just a shame that the teachers sat on their thumbs when they could have given back to the district by taking a pay freeze. So many other districts in PA have had the goodwill of their teachers when it came to taking pay freezes, but not here. John Schmotzer is a fine man, and an even better school board member, this district will miss him dearly.

Can anyone just say ,"THANK YOU !!!!" You know, My Wise Father told me ," When you point a finger , 3 point back at you! ENOUGH SAID.......

Thank you Mr. Schmotzer for all your time over the years. Our community needs more people like you and less people like the ones that sit here and criticize. I would love to hear from all the people that write negative comments and hear what they do with their lives. I bet nothing!

This whiner would like the chance to sit on the school board. I would gladly welcome the opportunity to do this. I am newly retired and have my evenings free. I am a retired CPA and would be able to give of my time, experience, etc. I will send my resume.

re Sheryl and Bob "am I the only one whose taxes are being increased in the district?"

The B-W School Board voted June 13 on its final 2012-13 budget, which called for a tax increase of 0.5 mills instead of the 1.08 mills considered in an earlier plan.
Baldwin-Whitehall School Board shot down a recommendation by B-W School District administrators to raise the district's tax rate by 0.5 mills.Instead, a new 2012-13 budget plan adopted by the school board keeps Baldwin-Whitehall's taxes at a rate of 23.40 mills for at least another fiscal year. The last increase was 2006-07 .
this information is all from the PATCH.

WE DO NOT WANT MARTY SCHMOTZER ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD AGAIN, ANY MORE EVER. HE HAS NO BUSINESS AND NEVER DID HAVE ANY BUSINESS SITTING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. I DON'T CARE WHAT TROUBLE HIS BROTHER BAILED HIM OUT FROM .... HE HAS NO BUSINESS BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD OR REPRESENTING ANY OF US WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR AREA. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF WHAT THESE MEMBERS DO .. THEY LEAVE FOR A WHILE, THE POSITION IS GIVEN TO THEIR SPOUSE OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND ... THEN THEY LEAVE ... THEN THE FAMILY MEMBER COMES BACK ..... THIS IS WRONG. GUESS WE WILL SEE THIS WHEN MARTY IS "GIVEN" THE POSITION BACK BY HIS BROTHER. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.

You are all ridiculous! Wish you would take your energy and put it into something useful and make a difference like our school board members. (which are elected by YOU)... Except when someone resigns, the board elects the member I hope to see all your applications submitted if you think you can do better. But obviously you won't go through the effort, instead you will just continue to complain and post your opinions that are worthless and contain no factual information. May peace be with you all. :)

Robert...unable to attend the Baldwin-Whitehall school board meeting tonight. Looking forward to your meeting notes. Hope everyone behaves. Hope we don't have to back peddle and have an officer present again at the meetings. I guess it's better to be safe. I always say keep it positive and you can't go wrong... at least for yourself anyway! ;)