City Hall
Education: Students Voice Concerns to City Officials
Councilmember Helen Gym held a meeting to allow students to explain their concerns from the pandemic.
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Philadelphia Board of Education
COVID-19
Education: Parents, Teachers Lambast School District Over Reopening Plan at Board of Education Meeting
More than 100 Parents, teachers, principals, and students all spoke against the School District of Philadelphia’s hybrid learning plan for fall. The board voted to delay action on Superintendent Hite’s proposed plan until the next week. [continue reading…]
Education
Northeast: Teachers and School Employees Become ‘Faces of the Layoffs’
FacesofTheLayoffs.org gives a voice to the thousands of Philadelphia School District employees who’ve been told they would not have jobs this coming fall. It was organized largely by Larissa Pahomov, who was inspired by Anissa Weinraub’s [continue reading…]