Must watch video of the day: “They’re not just hurting people who lost their jobs. They’re hurting the kids.”
Parents at the former Wilson Elementary School in West Philadelphia have been protesting the un-monitored dangerous 1.2 mile walk to their new school, Lea Elementary. Despite bizarrely bloviated promises from the city’s Walk Safe Program – the directors said they would have 260 volunteers present daily for the 24 schools which closed last spring – hardly any volunteers have ever shown up for the West Philadelphia route or for other routes across the city. On the first day of school, one lone volunteer, an 80-year old concerned committee woman from a nearby neighborhood, was the only one to show up – and that was for the afternoon watch only.
Parent Sonja Fletcher featured in the video said the safety of her children is her number one concern:
“We’re walking from Gray’s Ferry Avenue all the way to 47th and Locust. It’s
