Meet the School Board Candidate: Jane Schrader Lynch

Bio:
Resident of the area for 50 years. Married 53 years with three sons, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren. Three grandchildren enrolled in Centennial.

Attended Germantown High School in Philadelphia and Temple and St. Joseph's Universities. Retired Fiscal Officer County of Bucks, current Assistant Marketing Director for Montgomery County Library System.

Centennial School Board Member 10 years, Education Committee Chair and Ad Hoc Land Use Chair -Past President, Operations and Finance, Labor Relations Committee member.

Forty years service to Warminster Township. First Woman Supervisor and Chair of the Board of Supervisors. Past member of Park & Recreation Board, Zoning Hearing Board, Library Board, Bucks County of Area of Aging, Township Representative to the Wilson Senior Center, Warminster Soccer Club Founding member and Board Member.

What is the biggest issue facing the school district and how can you help solve it?

The biggest issue facing Centennial School District and 500 other School Districts in the State of Pennsylvania is Teacher and State Pension Funding.

2013-2014, 16.75 percent; 2014-2015, 21.25 percent; 2015-2016, 25.56 percent; 2016-2017 26.26 percent. These currently are the rates of contributions for Centennial School District and 500 other School Districts in the State of Pennsylvania. The Centennial School District cannot maintain its current tax base with these huge increases to the taxpayers. Relief is needed from the state and the governor must bring about reform and relief for the financial mess that has been created by the state.

Without reform and relief, people will lose their homes due to tax increase that are impossible to meet.

Centennial School Board was the first in the state to send a resolution to the governor demanding tax relief and tax reform. I will continue in my roll as School Director to be an advocate for relief for the residents of Centennial to have our voice heard in the governor's office.  By working with our State Senators and Assembly men/women, our voice will be heard loud and clear.