Download PDF WHAT: Students at Overbrook Elementary School will present their final project, “Come Take a Look on Overbrook.” The display is a mural-like art project composed of photographs depicting daily life in Overbrook, the diversity in the community,...
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Thousands Of Children Write Letters To Save Their School Programs (Video) – FOX 29 – June 13, 2013
Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29 This past Friday, over 3,000 employees with the SchoolDistrict of Philadelphia were given pink slips. The district says without these cuts, there is no way to make up for the $300 million budget deficit....
Picasso Project: Around South Philly – South Philly Review – June 13, 2013
Creativity reigned supreme during Saturday’s ARTspiration at Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. (Photo 1). F. Amedee Bregy School, 1700 Bigler St., staged “The Lion King” Tuesday (Photo 2). Black Music Month received its due June 5 at Universal Audenried Charter...
Councilmen Jones and Goode Honored For Support of Arts Education – WHYY NewsWorks – June 13, 2013
Councilmen Curtis Jones Jr. and W. Wilson Goode Jr. were given superhero capes during city council for their support of education and arts in the schools, last Thursday. The event was hosted by a group of arts and education supporters including ArtsRising, the Greater...
Art Programs May Face Final Curtain Call In Philadelphia Schools (Video) – CBS3 – June 11, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia’s school budget crisis is taking a toll on the arts. Students at F. Amedee Bregy Elementary are performing what could be their last school musical. The school district has asked the city for $60 million and the state for...
City Council Floats Funding Alternatives For Philly Public Schools – University City Review – June 12, 2013
June 30th weighs heavily on Philadelphia. That’s city council’s deadline for passing its annual budget. It’s a date that holds particular significance for the cash-strapped School District of Philadelphia. Officials have floated several doomsday scenarios about what...
Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Says Doomsday Budget Forcing Catastrophic Layoffs – The Seattle PI – June 12, 2013
Philadelphia's schools superintendent has called the massive layoffs forced by the district's financial crisis "nothing less than catastrophic." Last week, the district announced that it will lay off 3,783 employees — 676 teachers, 283 counselors, 127 assistant...
Keep The Pressure On: Parents Pack City Hall and Harrisburg – Philadelphia Metro – June 12, 2013
Parents of students in the Philadelphia School District descended today not only on City Hall here but in Harrisburg to hand deliver thousands of letters written by city students urging legislators to help fund the school budget. Sarah Clark Stuart, who has a freshman...
Philadelphia Schools To Become Glorified Day-Cares As Nearly 4,000 Jobs Cut in Doomsday Plan – RT – June 12, 2013
The Philadelphia school system announced that nearly 4,000 district employees will be laid off on July 1 thanks so a so-called "doomsday" budget that administrators and others say will almost certainly be “catastrophic” for the city. Philadelphia Superintendent...
Philly Council Delays Liquor Tax Hike Vote – NBC10 – June 12, 2013
Philadelphia City Council members decided not to vote Wednesday on legislation that would increase the city liquor tax. Mayor Michael Nutter proposed the measure which would increase the liquor tax from ten to 15 percent in an effort to generate $95 million dollars...