Category: School Reform Commission testimony

Defenders of public education speak before the Philadelphia School Reform Commission June 21,2018

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SM KnightsClick here to view the testimony and read the transcripts of supporters of Strawberry Mansion High school.

 

 

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Click here to view the testimony and read the transcripts of supporters of Mayfair School.

Transcripts of APPS members testimony before the SRC.
Transcripts are in the order of appearance at the meeting.

Diane Payne SRC 6-21-18

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Ilene 6-21-18

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Lynda 6-21-18

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Lisa Haver 6-21-18

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Barbara Dowdall SRC 6-21-18

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Karel Kilimnik SRC 6-21-18

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Defenders of public education speak before the May 24th Philadelphia School Reform Commission

by Ken Derstine
May 26, 2018

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Click on the picture above to view defenders of public education speaking at the May 24th SRC meeting.

Video by Deborah Grill

Transcripts of some of the speakers before the Philadelphia School Reform Commission.
Speakers are in order of appearance before the SRC.

Tanya Parker SRC 5-24-18
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Linda Cliatt-Wayman SRC 5-24-18
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Tany Bah
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SRC 5-24-18 Shirley Hooks
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Karel Kilimnik
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Lisa Haver
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Lynda Rubin
Click on the picture to read the transcript of Lynda Rubin’s testimony before the SRC.

 

 

Defenders of public education speak before the SRC May 17, 2018

SRC speakers 5-17-18

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Transcripts of some of the speakers at the SRC meeting.

Speakers are in the order of their appearance at the meeting.

Ilene poses

Click on Ilene Poses’s picture to read the lyrics of Ilene’s song to the SRC.

Coleman Poses

Click on Coleman Poses’s picture to read the transcript of his testimony to the SRC.

Barbara Dowdall
Click the picture to read the transcript of  Barbara Dowdall’s testimony to the SRC.

Karel Kilimnik

Click the picture to read the transcript of Karel Kilimnik’s testimony to the SRC.

Lisa Haver

Click the picture to read the transcript of Lisa Haver’s testimony to the SRC.

Alison McDowell

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Why does Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion High School only enroll 235 out of 2,267 eligible students?

The following article was published by the Philadelphia Public School Notebook.
Due to space limitations the Notebook article was limited to 800 words.
Below is the full 1217 word version of the post.

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by Ken Derstine
May 8, 2018

At the School Reform Commission Meeting on April 26th, Philadelphia School Superintendent William Hite stated that of 2267 students in its catchment area only 235 students are enrolled in the Strawberry Mansion High School. His theme echoed a flyer the School District has circulated in the Strawberry Mansion community “Envisioning the Future of Strawberry Mansion High School”. The premise is that the Strawberry Mansion community is not supporting the comprehensive High School and therefore it must be phased out and replaced with a yet to be defined “Education Complex”.

The very first paragraph of the flyer is titled “Strawberry Mansion is NOT closing.” Apparently this is to reassure the community that Strawberry Mansion will not become an abandoned building, thereby contributing to a downward spiral like so many seen in so many low-income communities that have lost their community school, but, after it has been emptied of students and community control, it will be replaced with such corporate entities such as what Hite called in his SRC statement the Energy Performance Pilot School. (Note the corporate company Hite keeps to bring this about.)

The next claim is that current students will graduate from Strawberry Mansion. The District has already announced that there will be no ninth grade next year so that is not true for all students since what would have been the ninth graders will not graduate from Strawberry Mansion.

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