By Colleen Cochran
Contributing Writer

On Oct. 24, the Avon Grove School Board submitted and voted on a resolution of tribute in honor of the late Linda Broomall, a longtime district elementary school teacher. The resolution passed unanimously, indicating the board members’ desire to make their warm sentiments toward this teacher a part of the official school board records. Mrs. Broomall’s family was in attendance for the occasion.

Linda Broomall taught at Penn London Elementary School from September 1989 to June 2023, and during that period she positively impacted the lives of her co-workers, board members, and thousands of students and their parents. 

School Board Vice President Dorothy Linn, Ed.D., spoke about Mrs. Broomall’s contributions. She said that Mrs. Broomall not only provided academic inspiration to her students, she offered all who entered her classroom a smile and imparted in them a sense of belonging. Dr. Linn said she spoke to many district teachers after Mrs. Broomall passed away on July 7, 2024, all of whom referred to Mrs. Broomall not as a colleague but as a friend.

A portion of the resolution reads, “…whereas, in her death, the Avon Grove School District has suffered the grievous loss of a valued friend, esteemed associate, and a public servant, now therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Directors, acting on deep and sorrowful behalf of the entire Avon Grove School District, hereby enacts this resolution of tribute for inclusion in the official records of the school board, and it is further resolved that an official sealed copy of this action shall be furnished by our appropriate officers as a mark of our sympathy and respect to the members of Mrs. Broomall’s immediate family.”