Philadelphia School Proposal

There are 149 elementary Schools, sixteen middle Schools, and fifty-three high Schools listed on the Philadelphia School District website as of April 2016. This list did not include discipline, charter, or over age programs. With an overall of 218 Schools provided by the Philadelphia School District. During the School closings of 2013, there were twenty-three schools closed, and a mere four kept open. The schools that were closed equalled a little bit less that 10% of the overall schools in Philadelphia. On March 7, 2013 the school commission voted to close the schools. A few hours before the vote occurred there was a massive rally to oppose the vote led by supporters of public education. The outcome of the rally was more than a dozen supporters …show more content…
Why would the School District of Philadelphia lay off teachers? A teacher in Charles Carroll High School decided after he was laid off to not continue teaching. He had an online business that he had for a while. Could being laid off be the breaking point for those who were already tired, overworked, and underpaid employees? The School District of Philadelphia is now desperately trying to find teachers. College graduates must be jumping right on the opportunity to teach at School District of Philadelphia Schools, especially after reading, seeing, and hearing about how well off the District is. No matter how desperate anyone is for a job personal safety must come first. Although how the students treat the teachers are not an issue, as long as being dragged into a hallway, and punched in front of their students/ co workers is acceptable in their new workplace. Wouldn’t this be a deciding factor for those …show more content…
(msnbc.org)Former Mayor Nutter believed the closings were appropriate. Meanwhile Pennsylvania invest $400 million in prisons. A bright look into the future of the Philadelphian youth. Officials say there will be more layoffs in the future. More layoffs mean there will be more students unattended too, teachers will have even more work to deal with. The Philadelphia School Closings of 2013, should not have occurred.The transition to the new schools caused the new and current students to be upset, leaving a school that had just become familiar to go to an entirely new environment, and having students come from schools that were known to have conflicts within the past was nerve racking. During the rallies, every school showed why they should have stayed open, but when money becomes the tip of the scale and the quality of education or even the overall safety of theses students. That is when the Philadelphia School District had the biggest failure on it’s part, not just in reference to money, but in its so called commitment to its students. Money came before the lives, and futures of Students who ultimately had no voice in a matter that they should have. Salaries, building conditions, and budgets are not as important as the quality of education for the youth of Philadelphia. The class of 2016 is the freshmen class of 2012 that was in the midst of these closings,