SRC votes to close Germantown High, Fulton and Kinsey elementaries; spares Roosevelt | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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SRC votes to close Germantown High, Fulton and Kinsey elementaries; spares Roosevelt

by thenotebook

by Aaron Moselle
Vera Primus' eyes said it all. Her words added an exclamation point.
"I'm just floored," said a teary Primus, Germantown High School's alumni association president on Thursday night after learning that her alma mater would close at school-year's end. "They don't care nothing about these kids."

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A rally for neighborhood schools took place outside the Atrium on Thursday before a School Reform Commission vote on whether to close 29 neighborhood schools.

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Kimberly Paynter/WHYY

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Notes from the news, March 8

by thenotebook

SRC votes to close 23 schools, spares 4. Notebook
Protesting ... mostly in vain. Notebook
SRC votes to close 23 schools, spare four. Inquirer
School Reform Commission shuts down 23, saves 4 schools. Daily News
Philadelphia Officials Vote to Close 23 Schools. NY Times
Philadelphia to close 23 public schools; Randi Weingarten arrested at protest. Answer Sheet/Washington Post
Randi Weingarten arrested for protesting Philadelphia school closure hearing. HuffPost
Parents and teachers react to school closings. CBS Philly
Philly school-closings vote marked by protests, arrests and raw emotion. NewsWorks
News summary from Keystone State Education Coalition

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