Community confronts Hite at first closings forum
by thenotebook on Dec 15 2012
By Connie Langland
As it surely had to, the issue of safety surfaced as a major topic today at the first community forum on the District’s plan to close dozens of schools across Philadelphia.
The forum at South Philadelphia High School drew about 300 people –parents, teachers and activists. Security measures were in effect—participants passed through a metal detector, bags were X-rayed and city and district police officers milled in the lobby and took seats at the back of the auditorium.
The event began with a moment of silence honoring the children and teachers slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
And the school, on Broad at Snyder in South Philadelphia, was itself the scene of