23 Philly School Closings Philadelphia to Close 23 Public Schools While Building $400

[tru_m.a.c]

Pennsylvania’s School Reform Commission voted on June 1st to close 23 Philadelphia Public Schools, nearly 10 percent of the city’s total.

Additionally, due to a $304 million debt, students will return to school in the fall without many essentials; including books, papers, clubs, assistant principals, etc. Nearly 3,000 people will lose their jobs.

Meanwhile, the city has recently begun work on a $400 million prison project, said to be “the second-most expensive state project ever.”

From RT:

Newly unemployed teachers might consider submitting their resumes to the Department of Corrections, though, with the news that the supposedly cash-strapped government is digging deep to spend $400 million for the construction of State Correctional Institutions Phoenix I and II.

The penitentiary, which is technically two facilities, will supplement at least two existing jails, the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburgh and Fayette County Jail. Pittsburgh’s Western Penitentiary was built in 2003 with the original intention of replacing Fayette County Jail, but the prison has struggled with lawsuits claiming widespread physical and sexual abuse of prisoners.

Scheduled to be completed in 2015, the new prison’s cell blocks and classroom will be capable of housing almost 5,000 inmates. Officials said there will be buildings for female inmates, the mentally ill and a death row population.

81 percent of students impacted by school closings are black, even though they make up only 58 percent of the population.

Philadelphia to Close 23 Public Schools While Building $400 Million Prison

PHILADELPHIA - June 7, 2013 (WPVI) -- Action News has confirmed that all 160 assistant principals in the Philadelphia School District are out of work amid sweeping layoffs.

That update came to Action News from the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators.

The exact total number of people being laid off was not immediately available.

However, a school district official confirms that there will be "thousands of layoffs today."
Those layoffs will go into effect June 30th, the official said.

Action News has also obtained the email sent to school principals from Superintendent William Hite about the layoffs.

All 160 assistant principals laid off in Philadelphia School District | 6abc.com

 

[healthydog]

WOW!

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

is this real life?

 

[Jello Biafra]

At least we got our priorities straight here in PA.

 

[Brown_Pride]

wow...just fukin wow. Who's in charge of that state and where can i send a giant FUK YOU bouquet?

Hmmm i think i smell a business model. Someone pisses you off. You send them a bouquet of dead roses with a giant middle finger attached to it. ;)

 

[KeysT]

Oh Philly...

 

[the cac mamba]

wow

shyt makes me fukkin furious. thats just appalling

 

[newarkhiphop]

Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons

http://www.examiner.com/article/pen...-28-years-prison-for-selling-teens-to-prisons





sounds about right

 

[Brown_Pride]

Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons

Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons - Detroit Crime | Examiner.com





sounds about right

forgot that was in PA. How anyone in that state can stand by idly and watch so many people getting sold off is crazy.

You know damn well it didn't end with the judge. I'd place my life on there being at least 1 more high level politician in on that shyt and me thinks he's involved in planning for building more prisons.

 

[Slim]

"The system broken, the schools closed, the prisons open..."

 

[Abstract83]

goes to show slavery still exists thru prisons. And this coultry will forever be ran by money. Check out Umar johnson. He's trying to build schools for us blacks.

 

[the artist known az]

wow...just fukin wow. Who's in charge of that state and where can i send a giant FUK YOU bouquet?

Hmmm i think i smell a business model. Someone pisses you off. You send them a bouquet of dead roses with a giant middle finger attached to it. ;)

Tom Corbett, Governor...he's too busy trying to get the sanctions from Penn State removed (got thrown out in court recently), privatizing the state lottery, and all other kinds of dumb shyt

Hopefully we kick him out next year

 

[tru_m.a.c]

forgot that was in PA. How anyone in that state can stand by idly and watch so many people getting sold off is crazy.

Its pretty easy *goes back to playing CoD*

Nah nah but all jokes aside it is pretty crazy. I need another philly head in here to really speak on the origin of the issues. I've only been here for a year and a half and I like to focus on NY problems only. I think @john goodman is the only person that really reps like that on this board

 

[the artist known az]

Its pretty easy *goes back to playing CoD*

Nah nah but all jokes aside it is pretty crazy. I need another philly head in here to really speak on the origin of the issues. I've only been here for a year and a half and I like to focus on NY problems only. I think @john goodman is the only person that really reps like that on this board

I live outside of Philly. There is a Democrat running against him that will more than likely win Allyson Schwartz.

 

[TruStyle]

Not shocked by this at all.

Schools costs money and prisons make money.

Of couse if it hasnt all ready. This will be blamed on the workers and school unions. The public will believe it and their goes more middle class jobs.

Its always the working class peoples fault and not the scumbags in charge mismanaging everything.

Lol @ 400million dollar prison.