Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
UCFSD School Board of Directors
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Welcome! Thank you for taking time to visit the U-CF School Board page. All school board meetings are conducted openly and in public in compliance with the Pennsylvania Sunshine Law. Residents are welcome to stay informed about the schools by attending school board meetings and getting involved in their public schools.
Opportunity For Public Input - Top At regular board meetings, public comment is taken on agenda items at the beginning of the regular monthly meetings; time is also allocated for additional public input at the meeting's end as needed.
Citizens who want to have a specific item placed on the agenda must send a written request to the Superintendent at least one week prior to the meeting.
Work sessions are also held in public. The purpose of these sessions is for the school board, as a whole, to gather information, review and discuss issues.
Board Members - Top
Meeting Schedule - Top
Agendas - Top
Minutes - Top
Committee Membership - Top
*Meets in January, September and November as a "Committee of the Whole"
Members Biographies - Top
CURT
BAKER – Region B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships)
Curt earned his Bachelors degree from University of Southern California (Economics, Sociology and International Relations) where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He has a Masters from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (Economics, Political Analysis and International Law).
He is the Deputy Superintendent for the Roanoke City Public Schools, which serves a financially and ethnically diverse population of more than 13,000 students and has an approved budget of $150 million. Earlier in his career, he served as a negotiator for Conoco (a global oil company), as a management consultant, and as the Chief Financial Officer for the School District of Lancaster.
Curt devotes significant personal time to youth development activities. He founded and serves as Head Coach of the Unionville Rugby program, a school-affiliated varsity club sport. Curt, who is currently the U-CF’s Board President, was elected in 2003 and represents Region B (Birmingham, Pocopson and Newlin townships). He has served on the Finance and Communications Committees of the U-CF School Board and currently serves on the Co-Curricular and Student Life, Facilities, and Personnel Committees.
KATHY BROWN – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships) Kathy Brown was first elected to the UCF School Board of Directors in 2001 and is currently serving her second term, which will be up in 2009. Kathy is a native UCF resident. She attended Chadds Ford Elementary before any of the additions and the high school when it was a 7-12th grade school. The last of her teachers retired this year.
Kathy graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Political Science and has lived and worked in Baltimore, Chicago, London, Dusseldorf and Spirit Lake, Iowa before returning to Unionville. She has two daughters who have graduated from Unionville High School and her son is currently a UHS student. Kathy currently serves as the Secretary of the School Board as well as on the Communications and Technology Committees and is Chairperson of the Curriculum Committee of the Board.
KAREN HALSTEAD – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships) Karen Halstead has lived in the UCF School
District for over 40 years. She is a graduate of Kennett
High School and went on to get a BA in Elementary Education
from Allegheny College. She taught first grade for many
years in the Newark (DE) School District, including being in
the first class to be trained in teaching Head Start. After
taking time from teaching to raise her children, she
subsequently began teaching in the UCF School District as a
substitute teacher. As the Gifted Support Teacher for 16
years in the district, she taught in each of the present
elementary schools.
ED MURRAY – Region B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships) Ed Murray, who has been married 12 years, has two young children aged six and four. He and his family have been living in the district since 1998. Ed is a public finance investment banker specializing in financings for Pennsylvania local governments, school districts, 501©(3) organizations and municipal authorities since 1991. He is currently a Managing Director in Boenning & Scattergood’s Public Finance Department where he continues to develop innovative financing structures for the firm’s municipal clients throughout Pennsylvania. Ed has over 14 years of experience specializing in school district general obligation debt issuance and has structured and managed over 184 financings totaling over $1.4 billion.
Ed received a B.A. degree from the University of Richmond in 1988 in Economics. He is a member of the Municipal Bond Club of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials, and the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association.
Currently, Ed serves on the Board of School Directors for U-CF School District where he is the Chairman of the Finance Committee. He also serves as a member of the Technology Committee and is a member of the Board of the Chester County Intermediate Unit, an educational service institution serving Chester County from K-12.
DR. PAUL PRICE – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships) Paul Price, after graduating from high school in White Plains, New York, went on to get a BS in Biology from The American University in Washington, DC. He worked in management for Alexander’s Inc. before going back to dental school. He graduated from The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine in 1977. He served as a dental officer in the United States Air Force both domestically and overseas from 1977-1985, and then practiced private dentistry until 1987.
DR. CORINNE SWEENEY – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships) Corinne Sweeney has lived and worked in East Marlborough Township for 28 years. She received her BS from the University of Delaware and DVM from the University of Georgia, and then came to this area to do post-doctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center where she met her husband, Ray. Their two children (a son and a daughter) were educated in the UCFSD (K through 12) and currently are both in college.
Corinne is a Professor of Penn’s Veterinary School, specializing in Equine Internal Medicine. She currently serves as Associate Dean, COO and Executive Hospital Director for the Large Animal Hospital at New Bolton Center.
Corinne became a UCF School Director in 1993. Over the years she has served on a number of board committees. Currently she serves on the Communications Committee and is Chairperson for the Personnel Committee. Corinne's outside interests include reading about and enjoying fine food and wine, running, and "reading" books on her Treo.
TIMOTHA TRIGG – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships) Timotha Trigg has been a resident of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District since 1985, when she moved here with her husband, Jon. They met at the University of Michigan where she majored in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Prior to moving to this area, Timotha was the general manager of a large retail plant nursery in Southern California.
The Triggs have four children, 7 to 18 years of age. Three of their children attend schools in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District; the fourth graduated from Unionville High School in 2006.
Timotha was elected to the U-CF School Board in 2003. She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Policy Committee and serves on the Curriculum and Transportation Committees. In her spare time, Timotha enjoys gardening, reading, collecting fossils, and playing with the various household pets.
ED WANDERSEE – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships) Ed Wandersee and his wife Kathy have been residents of Pennsbury and Chadds Ford Townships for 32 years. They have four daughters who went through the Unionville-Chadds Ford school system. A native of Chicago, Ed received his B.S.C.E. from Northwestern University and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. After a two-year period in the U. S. Air Force, he went on to a 35-year professional career with E. I. DuPont including 6 years in Geneva Switzerland. In addition to this rich professional background in management, financial development and personnel, he has also had extensive community involvement. This includes four years as President of U-CF School Board, Chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, member of the Personnel Committee, and the School Board’s Financial and Legislative representative, eight years as Chairman of the Pennsbury Township Board of Supervisors and President of the Chadds Ford Historical Society for 5 years. He also serves as Chairman of the Zoning Hearing Board for Chadds Ford Township. Ed currently serves on the Facilities, Finance and Personnel committees and is the Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the UCF School Board. Ed’s personal time is spent with his 3 daughters who live locally, his wife, and their two West Highland White Terriers.
DR. THERESE WEST – Region B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships) Therese West and her husband David have been married for over 17 years and have three sons, 11, 13, and 15 years of age. Therese earned her BS from the University of Massachusetts in Biology and Psychology and her MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch. She trained at the University of Virginia in Pediatrics and went on to specialize in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) where she remained as a faculty member in the Department of Pediatric Hematology before deciding to become a full-time at-home parent. At that time she became very involved with the school PTOs, including serving as PTO president at Chadds Ford Elementary and Pocopson Elementary. Therese became involved as a parent volunteer at the district level serving on many committees including Curriculum Council, 5th Grade Health Committee, Report Card Committee, Middle School Steering Committee and Principal Search Committee.
She was elected to the U-CF School Board in December 2005 and serves on the Curriculum Committee, is Chairperson of the Communications Committee and is the UCF representative to the Chester County School Authority. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, quilting, needle arts, tennis, and reading. Coffee Chats - Top Board members are available at the following locations on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:30 - 10:00am.
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