Kristen Graham tweets council hearing on schools' budget
Complete coverage of the Philadelphia School District by the Philadelphia Inquirer's Kristen Graham.
Kristen Graham tweets council hearing on schools' budget
Kristen Graham live tweets today's City Council hearing on the Philadelphia School District's proposed budget, which includes a $94 million funding increase request. It's likely to be a point of contention since it depends on council approving a controversial actual value initiative that would mean higher city property taxes. On a mobile device? Click here to follow the coverage. In a recent story, school officials said that without the extra money, schools may not open in the fall. Daily News Opinion writers are asking these questions.
Comment removed.- well cleanup, I suggest you learn a little more about the field of education before you comment soooo much about it. If you don't know what inclusion is, you should keep your mouth shut and go get your shinebox!
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- I don't mean hide the expulsions dude, I mean they use that as a reason to justify that they are better schools, when it is really not the case. — illacat215
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- concessions? every teacher in the district got a raise in january. correction, they got a raise in september and january. if they come back next year, they'll get another inseptember. some will get a 18% increase over 13 months. this has occurred in the midst of the worst fiscal crisis the schools have faced in over 30 years.— pointguard
- NOT true! Teachers did not get a raise in September. It was delayed from the previous year and they didn't even get it until January. When they return in September it will be under the current contract which was extended as a courtesy to the new administration of the district so that the new admin could figure out what they needed to do. Under the current contract there is NO raise in September for anyone. And as to the 18% you quoted, teacher raises in this past contract, which runs for 5 years, were 1% and 2%. That didn't even cover the cost of inflation, especially where gas prices are concerned. Get your facts straight. Try actually reading the contract. It's available on the PFT website. — DECsBabe
- "Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez: "I could kick myself. We saw this tsunami coming."
Kristen Graham, please ask the council members, including Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez, what contracts they have or their family members have with the school district of Philadelphia. I am sure that if you pull a list of corporations or LLCs that have contracts with the Philadelphia School District, you will find links to the Sanchez family. That is a disgrace, elected officials making money off the backs of our school children!!!— ih8liars - What is plan "b" once the "private" charter school system soaks up all the money for a short term and then crashes and burns?
What do we do then-do we sue the "corporations" for teacher malpractice of a generation of mis-educated citizens, corruption and mismanagement.— canalbluedog - cleanupphilly is just one example why we need certified teachers in the classroom. Obviously he doesn't understand the process of teacher certification. It is the responsibility of the state to make sure that every teacher in the PA school districts is qualified in their field of study. By the way, the state took over the psd, so how are they not responsible for it?— Lizzy56
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- cleanup, are you this dumb usually or do you drink too much kool aid? Hey everybody, cleanup just likes to write comments that are inaccurate and wrong. He doesn't read anyone else's because I guess he can't read. I dedicated the last 40 years of my life to education. What I see happening now is horrible. I feel badly to all the young teachers that believe, as I have, how important their job is to the city, state and country. We know going in we won't get rich, that what we get is begrudged and that we will be the ones vilified when things don't go right. But we go on and do the job anyway. People like cleanup who don't know just like to rant at wind.— skolman
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