Hearing Postponed for Suspended SVRCS Administrator

LOCK HAVEN – The suspended head of the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School has had her first scheduled court appearance postponed.

An appearance in Clinton County’s Central Court for Logan Coney had been scheduled for earlier this week but has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 1:15 p.m.

Coney had been suspended by the SVRCS board of directors earlier this month after she had been charged by state police with failure to report two cases of child abuse to the state.

According to a brief statement from the Loganton-based school at the time, “The board has met and determined to suspend Ms. Coney indefinitely from her position, both as Sugar Valley’s chief executive officer and as a teacher.” The board said the action would give the accused “a full opportunity to focus on her defense.” Tracie Kennedy, the school’s elementary supervisor, was named interim CEO.

State police at Lamar have charged Coney, a Lewisburg resident, with failure to report two cases of child abuse to the state. Police said at the time charges were filed that as the school’s lead administrator Coney is a mandated reporter. Their report said an investigation at the Loganton school alleged the accused “failed to report child abuse to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services on two separate occasions.”

The police report listed the period of the incidents as October 2013 and April 24, 2014. Charges were filed before District Court Judge John Maggs.