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District shares rationale behind each school closing recommendation | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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District shares rationale behind each school closing recommendation

by Dale Mezzacappa on Jan 16 2013 Posted in Latest news
At the three regional community meetings held so far on school closings, the District has been displaying information explaining the reasons for each decision.
Wednesday morning, officials shared three PowerPoint presentations and haveposted them on their website. (The presentation for the Northwest planning area can be viewed below, and the two North-central region ones can be found hereand here.) 
Normally, at the beginning of the legally-mandated 90-day period between an announcement and the actual vote, the District would have held individual school meetings with all this information. But, officials said, because of the sheer number of recommended closings -- 37 -- as well as other changes that will impact the