Download PDF Great Visuals: City Council Will Be Given Letters Written by Students Telling Council Members to Support Liquor Tax What: Hundreds of education advocates will converge on Philadelphia City Council to deliver THOUSANDS of letters from public school...
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Mothers Head To Harrisburg To Fight For Their Children’s Education
Download PDF Great Visuals as Mothers Deliver and Children Read From Thousands of Letters from Philadelphia School Children What: Mothers converge on the Pennsylvania State Capitol to deliver and read from some of the THOUSANDS of letters from students, urging...
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...
With Cuts Looming, Students Hold Final Performance (Bregy)
MEDIA ALERT WITH CUTS LOOMING, STUDENTS HOLD FINAL PERFORMANCE Download PDF WHAT: Students from Bregy Elementary school will hold their final performance of “The Lion King”. With “Doomsday budget” cuts looming, children will no longer take the...
Pressure Builds As New School Budget Cuts Loom – Philadelphia Tribune – June 11, 2013
With a second round of layoffs looming for Philadelphia public schools, parents, students and other supporters will intensify pressure on City Council and state lawmakers to help close a $304 million budget shortfall. Those funding cuts are drastic, potentially...
Checking In On GroundSwell: A Shift To Public Education Advocacy – Generocity – June 10, 2013
Superhero capes were presented to Councilmen Curtis Jones and Wilson Goode Jr. for their support of enhanced funding for both public and arts education. Back in February, we reported on an exciting new initiative from the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (GPCA)...
Philly School Students Send A Clear Message to City Council
Download PDF Great Visuals: Thousands of letters written by students to be presented at council meeting (PHILADELPHIA) June 10th, 2013 – Mothers plan to use the smallest voices in a big way today, Wednesday, June 12th at 2pm to urge Philadelphia City...
More Than 3,700 School Employees Are Being Laid Off – The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 9, 2013
Philadelphia Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. announced Friday that the School District had begun mailing layoff notices to 3,783 employees, informing them they will lose their jobs July 1 because of the district’s financial crisis. The list includes 676 teachers,...