Clarification on Philadelphia public school appeals for private funds
by thenotebook on Aug 14 2013 Posted in Latest news
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| Greenfield Elementary School is seen in Center City Philadelphia in this Google street-view image. (Google Maps - ©2013 Google) |
by Kevin McCorry for NewsWorks
On Friday, Greenfield Elementary Principal Dan Lazar emailed parents asking for $613 per student to cover operating expenses based on the District-wide $304 million budget shortfall.
In the story I wrote covering this development, I included a list of five other schools that have at some point used private dollars to fund staffing positions.
The article, however, failed to explain the exact nature of those funding requests and who exactly did the asking. Some readers said they thought the article too closely associated the five schools in question to what has happened at Greenfield.
Here I hope to clarify and sharpen those distinctions:
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The School Reform Commission will be holding a special meeting tomorrow at 3 p.m. to consider suspending selected requirements of the Public School Code. A District spokesperson said that one of the provisions to be suspended involved the District's ability to place staff at schools of their choosing. More to come. read more