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SRC budget vote to draw protests | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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SRC budget vote to draw protests

by Benjamin Herold
for the Notebook and WHYY/NewsWorks
 

After months of maneuvering, the School Reform Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a $2.55 billion operating budget for the 2012-13 school year, including a projected $218 million gap that will likely be plugged through deficit borrowing.
But first, parents, advocates, and labor unions – angry at deep cuts to schools this year and fearful of a new “transformation blueprint” that would radically overhaul public education in the city – are planning to turn out in force to protest.
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