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The saga of the struggling Philadelphia School District is still ongoing. NPR published this article last week saying that the Philadelphia School District has revoked teacher’s union contract. The article cites that in the last few years, over 5,000 teachers, librarians, nurses and other staff have been cut from the Philadelphia School District. Only 36 cents of every dollar the school district has goes to the kids while the rest of the money is spent in ways that do not directly impact the students. More
Overcrowded Philadelphia Classroom
than 25 schools have shut down in order to decrease debt in the school district and health care is no longer covered by the school district. While the school district is looking almost everywhere to make cuts, the ones that are suffering the most are the children .Classes are over sized and teachers cannot teach effectively. With nurses, counselors, librarians, and music classes cut, children in Philadelphia are being deprived of a world class education.
This is definitely a problem. My Dad teaches at Norristown which right outside of Philadelphia, and he always is telling me about stories about the lack of support that children get. If they are making all of these cuts it is just going to make matters worse which is the last thing that already struggling school districts like this one need.