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From a parent to the SRC: An open letter | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

From a parent to the SRC: An open letter | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

From a parent to the SRC: An open letter

by Helen Gym on Feb 16 2011

Today’s Daily News reports that Superintendent Arlene Ackerman automatically receives a one-year contract extension on her current five-year deal unless she or the School Reform Commission gives notice by March 1.

According to her agreement, she gets to keep her job for a sixth year, through June 2014, if neither she nor the board gives written notice by March 1 of this year of their intent not to extend her term.

The SRC’s response?

"This is a personnel matter about which the School Reform Commission