Kenney: PSP has cooties, don't take its money
Former City Councilman Jim Kenney says the school district should not accept $25 million offered by the Philadelphia School Partnership.
The Philadelphia School Partnership caused quite a stir earlier this week when it offered to deliver as much as $35 million to the perpetually broke School District of Philadelphia to ensure the city's charter school numbers keep growing.
Former City Councilman -- and current mayoral candidate -- Jim Kenney said in a statement Friday that the district should absolutely, positively not take the money. Even if it seems...so...tempting.
Here's Kenney's statement:
"Our school district should not accept PSP's $25 million. Not only does that offer cover a fraction of the nearly $500 million required to enroll just 15,000 more students in charters, but the donations come from unnamed millionaires who already have far too great an influence in our upcoming mayoral election.
"These millionaires are far more concerned with the financial stake they have to gain from public dollars flowing into pro-voucher programs and privately run charters than they are with 'school choice.' As mayor, I will work with Governor Wolf to stand up to those who would seek to profit off our children by privatizing our education system."