To a Better School Year in 2012
Notes from the Field
Submitted by Frank Murphy on Jan 3, 2012
The latest wave of budget reductions in the School District of Philadelphia took effect on December 31, 2011. As a result, another 141 district employees were laid off. These individuals join the ranks of the hundreds of other essential, school-based employees who have helped this year to narrow the gaping district budget short fall by unwillingly relinquishing their jobs. Nurses are the primary targets of this latest cost saving effort.
Learning that you have been terminated is never pleasant news to hear. But the decision to send out lay off notices to these employees on the day before Christmas Eve is reminiscent of the worst behavior of Ebenezer Scrooge. The outrage over this action resonated throughout the comment section of a post published at thePhiladelphia Public School Notebook. Also clearly articulated in the comments responding to this article is a
