Ethics complaint questions legitimacy of BCG reform plan, school closures
by thenotebook on Dec 06 2012 Posted in Latest news
Photo: Bill Hangley, Jr.
J. Whyatt Mondesire, head of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP, explains the group's ethics complaint against the William Penn Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group.
by Bill Hangley, Jr.
With the shadow of dozens of possible school closures looming in the background, a group of public school advocates has formally filed an ethics complaint challenging the legitimacy of the dramatic reform plan developed for the School District of Philadelphia by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the William Penn Foundation.
The complaint was filed Wednesday with the Philadelphia Board of Ethics by members of Parents United for Public Education, the Philadelphia Home and School Council, and the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP.
The group alleges that because the William Penn Foundation contracted privately with BCG to develop a reform plan for the District, the two private organizations