District officials reported 24 coronavirus cases among students and staff during the first week of the year and 28 cases last week.
Four students from Newtown's George School also qualified as semifinalists for the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Ida could bring up to 6 inches of rainfall to Eastern Pennsylvania by Thursday morning, with forecasters warning of “widespread” flooding.
Five Bucks County school districts started the new year Monday with a mask-optional policy in effect for all students.
The Council Rock school board held a marathon meeting Thursday night to review its mask-optional policy after new public health guidance.
The Bucks County Health Department is now recommending all districts adopt mask mandates for the start of the new school year.
Richard Su Fang, a 2021 graduate of Council Rock High School North, is one of three U.S. Presidential Scholars from Pennsylvania.
Hundreds are urging the district to reconsider its policy with coronavirus cases rising in Bucks County. Hundreds more support the policy.
Parents in the Council Rock School District can mark the first day of school coming later this summer.
The Council Rock Education Foundation is continuing to search for its next executive director.
Administrators at Council Rock School District have outlined how they intend to spend approximately $3 million in federal relief funding.
Nationally, applications for financial aid are down this year.
The money for the grant comes from Gov. Tom Wolf's Emergency Education Relief Fund, established through the federal CARES Act of 2020.
The Council Rock Board of School Directors formally approved Donald Irwin, Jr., as the district's new Director of Business Administration.
The Council Rock School District is the second school district in Bucks County to make masks optional for students.
The Council Rock School Board voted unanimously to make face coverings optional for all students and staff next school year.
Three Pennsylvania students were recently named U.S. Presidential Scholars by the U.S. Department of Education.
Voters in the Newtown area have weighed in on the candidates for Council Rock School Board.
Superintendent Robert Fraser recently met with County Health Director David Damsker to discuss new mask guidance from the CDC.
Four Newtown area students were named 2021 National Merit Scholarship winners.
Council Rock High School South and Shires Pharmacy are holding a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, May 22.
Students have overcome many obstacles the past year. Celebrate your graduate on Newtown Patch.
Jason Traczykiewicz was selected to be the next principal of Council Rock High School North.
See where Council Rock high schools were ranked.
The Council Rock School District is working with Village Shires Pharmacy to offer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to students 16 and older.
In a change of course from several weeks ago, the school board voted to approve renovations for Sol Feinstone Elementary School.
The Council Rock School Board plans to vote Monday on whether or not to approve renovations for Sol Feinstone Elementary School.
See how college aid applications changed for Newtown area high schools.
Dr. Felicia Ganther has been appointed the next president of Bucks County Community College.
Yota Palli, of Upper Makefield Township, is running for Council Rock School Board.
The school board also voted to delay renovations for the district's oldest building, Sol Feinstone Elementary, citing financial concerns.
The NAMM Foundation has named the Council Rock School District a top community for music education in the country.
Roy Rakszawski, superintendent for the Edgewater Park Township School District, is running for Council Rock School Board.
Michael Roosevelt is running to represent Council Rock Region 6 and will appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots.
Paula Barson is running to represent Council Rock School Board Region 3, which includes three voting districts in Northampton Township.
After losing four years ago to a tie-breaker decided by marbles, Bob Hickey is running for Council Rock School Board again.
Upper Makefield resident and two-term incumbent Andy Block is seeking a third term on the Council Rock School Board.
The 45-year-old pharmaceutical executive and Upper Makefield resident is challenging incumbent Andy Block on the Council Rock School Board.
Nicole Khan has emerged as a challenger to incumbent Kristin Marcell on the Council Rock School board.
The share of U.S. residents holding four-year or higher degrees has been on the rise. Here's how it’s changed in Bucks County.