On Saturday morning Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter issued the following Scoreboard and Website Press Release 2.20.21:

“My administration unraveled previous years of mismanagement and got the correct process in place for the Bowman Field scoreboard.

Thursday evening, City Council approved the contract to finish the installation of a new scoreboard at Bowman Field. This project is part of a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant award that the City received several years ago. Installation of the updated scoreboard is the final piece required to close out this RACP grant.

The contract was plagued with administration missteps for years. My office and our city engineer worked closely with Larson Design Group to correctly handle the needed bids and ensure everything was done in full compliance with the grant. Having taken the correct actions and adding the necessary oversight, we can now bring this project across the finish line.

Additional good news for our residents and businesses is that the City is moving towards an improved website. City Council approved our contract with a local company to make this happen. This update is part of my administration’s goal to upgrade our City’s technology infrastructure. Today’s governments must be more technologically efficient, and City services must become easier to access for the public we serve. The new website will provide a much-needed start in moving the City in this direction.”

According to History.com; “The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network.”

Based on information obtained from CERN, “On 30 April 1993, CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain.”

The City of Williamsport employee that caused the original issue with the scoreboard bids is still employed in the Slaughter administration.

Bowman Field is the second oldest operating ballpark in the country.

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Talkwilliamsport.com has placed a “WASD acknowledges “victims” in Myrtle Beach incident” clock near the top of the website.

At this writing the clock reads 2 YEARS : 278 DAYS : 4 HOURS : 14 MINUTES : 10 SECONDS and counting.

The “WASD acknowledges “victims” in Myrtle Beach incident” clock serves as a constant reminder of the ineptitude of the Williamsport Area School District and their refusal to acknowledge the victims of “criminal sexual misconduct” which occurred during the 2018 WAHS baseball team trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

That behavior has now drawn criminal charges from authorities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

An additional clock has also been posted “WASD fails to acknowledge “victims” in Myrtle Beach incident; uses death of George Floyd as distraction.”

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Talkwilliamsport.com has placed a “frozen in time” clock near the top of the website.

28 DAYS : 19 HOURS : 35 MINUTES

The “frozen in time” clock serves as a constant reminder of the ineptitude of the Williamsport Area School District and their refusal to acknowledge the victims of “criminal sexual misconduct” which occurred during the 2018 WAHS baseball team trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

That behavior has now drawn criminal charges from authorities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The ineptitude was outlined in a pair of 5-part series “OP-ED: Jennifer Lake Wokebegone” and “The anatomy of the WASD Anti-Racism Board Resolution”.

The entire chronology has also been outlined in “A Baseball Story in the Birthplace of Little League Baseball”.

From “OP-ED: Jennifer Lake Wokebegone”:

The indisputable timeline of insanity regarding the Myrtle Beach incident compared to the anti-racism Resolution unanimously approved last night defies logic.

• WASD concludes investigation of Myrtle Beach incident June 5, 2018.
• 19 months later – WASD issues Statement on handling of Myrtle Beach incident January 9, 2020.
• George Floyd who has never been a student in the WASD is killed in Minnesota on May 25, 2020.
• Less than 30 days later – WASD school board approves Anti-racism Resolution June 23, 2020
• The anti-racism Resolution is based on national events including the death of George Floyd.

So Jennifer Lake and her fellow WASD board members had a faster public response to the death of George Floyd than a “criminal sexual misconduct” incident involving students in the district.

How could I forget, child privacy laws prevented the WASD from making a statement – for 19 months!

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According to Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show.

The radio icon learned he had Stage IV lung cancer in January 2020 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Trump at the State of the Union address days later. First lady Melania Trump then presented America’s highest civilian honor to Limbaugh in an emotional moment on the heels of his devastating cancer diagnosis.

“Rush Limbaugh: Thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country,” President Trump said during the address.

The full article is available here.

By: Todd Bartley, TalkWilliamsport.com

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In the Right to Know responses submitted to TalkWilliamsport.com by Wanda Erb, the name of the father of ALLEGED PERPETRATOR #1 was provided.

The unmasking occurred in a text exchange between two assistant WAHS baseball coaches at the time, Dave Heller and Tariq Moore.

Moore was approved as WAHS assistant baseball coach by the WASD school board last night as Wanda Erb read the board members names during a roll call vote on the matter.

The measure to approve spring sports coaches and stipends passed by a 6-3 vote.

Dave Heller is currently not coaching baseball in the WASD.

The name of the father of ALLEGED PERPETRATOR #1 has been redacted by this author since South Carolina authorities have recently filed charges in the “criminal sexual misconduct” case relating to the 2018 WAHS baseball team trip to Myrtle Beach.

Did the WASD fail to apply FERPA and Federal Student Privacy Laws by not redacting the name of the father of ALLEGED PERPETRATOR #1?

Or are FERPA and Federal Student Privacy Laws only selectively applied when it fits the WASD and its desired outcomes?

Within the series “A Baseball Story In The Birthplace Of Little League Baseball” the entire chronology of the text exchange and how it was obtained is provided below.

FROM PART III

JOHN DOE#1 & FAMILY MEET WITH PARDOE AND OTHERS AT WAHS

The family of JOHN DOE #1 confirmed a meeting took place on May 25, 2018 at Williamsport Area High School with JOHN DOE #1, family member (REDACTED), Weber, Pardoe, Zangara and Freed all present.

In the meeting it was disclosed by the family of JOHN DOE #1, “the video speaks for itself”.

The May 31, 2018 telephone conference Holland referred to as “Investigation”, and included High School Principal Brandon Pardoe (who was on the trip to Myrtle Beach), Lepley and Holland who again referred to the call as “pending investigations”.

Speaking of independent, where is the proof any one associated with the WASD and this matter ever contacted Myrtle Beach law enforcement authorities?

Did Pardoe file a report of the findings of his investigations with the WASD school board?

Did that report include the number of fact witnesses, victim statements, statements taken from players, coaches, or photos or videos from anyone else on the trip?

Both coaches as WASD has confirmed under the penalty of perjury were on the trip in Myrtle Beach.

Date: June 13, 2018                Time 11:54 a.m.

From David Heller (Current 9^th Grade Social Studies Teacher & Assistant baseball coach)

To: Rique (Tariq Moore Assistant baseball coach)

(Father of ALLEGED PERPETRATOR #1 NAME REDACTED)

ask me to call him..should return the call?

Heller: I would be hesitant. maybe (he) wants something else. i would talk to brandon first proly

Rique: What’s Brandon number?

Heller: (Number redacted by WASD)

Why did a pair of assistant baseball coaches concerned about a parent question and being “hesitant” because said parent “maybe (he) wants something else”, and then referring the matter to the WAHS Head Principal instead of the head baseball coach Kyle Schneider?

What “something else” did the father of ALLEGED PERPETRATOR #1 want?

Why did Heller say “i would talk to brandon first proly”?

The Brandon referenced above is the same WAHS Head Principal who oversaw both criminal and non-criminal investigations as noted in the WASD RTKL Denial on July 18, 2019.

FROM PART XVII

“As for Ryan Miller, Alicia Carnevale, David Heller, Kyle Schneider and Nick Caringi, I reviewed the text messages then existing on their phones, with their assistance. The only message responsive to the request was found on Mr. Heller’s phone and was disclosed in the Agency’s response.

Tariq Moore did not respond to efforts to contact him until after the Agency sent its response.

His phone is neither owned nor paid for by the district and was not reviewed.

Joel Worthington never responded to my efforts to contact him.

His phone is neither owned nor paid for by the district and was not reviewed.

If the phones of Moore and Worthington were never reviewed; why would the WASD school board not vote to table the agreements and stipends until these questions could be answered?

Kyle Schneider was approved as the head baseball coach and Joel Worthington as a volunteer assistant baseball coach by the WASD school board last night.

As TalkWilliamsport.com has previously confirmed, the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has an open investigation into the incident in Myrtle Beach.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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No votes: Penman, Baer, Schefsky, Dixon, Lake

Yes votes: Reeves, Somers, Poole, Welteroth

Motion failed (5-4)

Interesting to note, neither Dr. Bowers, WASD Superintendent nor WAHS head principal Brandon Pardoe were able to articulate when the spring sports seasons actually begin when asked by school board members.

Welteroth then made a motion to remove section 8.3, sub section F from the Omnibus and asked for a seperate vote.

The Ominibus motion to approve the remaining agenda items was approved (9-0).

Jane Penman then made a motion to approve 8.3, F with a second from Marc Schefsky followed with no discussion and a roll call vote.

Yes votes: Penman, Baer, Schefsky, Dixon, Lake, Poole

No votes: Reeves, Somers, Welteroth

Baer abstained from the vote on Dana Smith, under track coaches.

Motion carries (6-3) to approve Section 8.3, sub-section F.

The meeting has adjourned and moved into executive session currently being held virtually.

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Pictured: Standing from left is Patrick Dixon, Barbara Reeves, Marc Schefsky, Star Poole and Adam Welteroth.

Seated from left is President Lori Baer, Vice President Dr. Jane Penman, Dr. Nancy Story Somers and Jennifer Lake.

The Williamsport Area School District Board of Directors will hold a regularly scheduled meeting tonight beginning at 6 p.m.

The meeting is being held virtually; in order to attend the Tuesday, February 16, 2021, school board meeting, register by clicking here.

Listed on the agenda this evening are a number of spring sports coaches agreements and stipends.

From, “the Williamsport Area School District February 16, 2021 Agenda – Page 5

8.3*ELECTION OF STAFF CONT’D:

F.The following spring sport coaches at the respective schools for the 2020-2021 school year at the salary rate in accordance with the agreement by and between the Board of School Directors of the Williamsport Area School District and the Williamsport Education Association (pending completion of all appropriate paperwork*)

Payment of stipends for these positions may be modified or withheld in the event that the activities for which stipends are being paid are curtailed or do not occur due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other conditions beyond the District’s control:

Williamsport Area High School Baseball

Head Coach: Kyle S. Schneider (4) $5,320

Varsity Assistant: Tariq C. Moore (5) $2,800

Varsity Assistant: Gregorey P. Robertson (5) $2,800

Varsity Assistant:Patrick G. Vollman (2) ++$2,380 [++Booster Funded Position]

Volunteer: Joel A. Worthington —

Volunteer: Jeremy E. Reidy —

Schneider, Moore and Worthington were identified by Wanda Erb on behalf of the WASD as coaches being on the staff and in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in March 2018.

As referenced in “A Baseball Story In The Birthplace Of Little League Baseball – PART I“

“According to documentation obtained from the Williamsport Area School District through a Right to Know Law Request, the only adult supervisors that had provided clearances and passed background checks were;