APPS members testimony before the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council – February 29, 2016

All four videos are located here.

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Lisa Haver - City Council - 2-29-16

Video of APPS member Lisa Haver testifying at the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council – February 29, 2016.

The full transcript of Lisa’s testimony.

Karel Kilimnik City Council 2-29-16

Video of APPS member Karel Kilimnik testifying at Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council – February 29, 2016.

The full transcript of Karel’s testimony.

Coleman Poses - City Council - 2-29-16

Video of APPS member Coleman Poses testifying at the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council – February 29, 2016.

The full transcript of Coleman’s testimony.

Barbara McDowell City Council 2-29-26

Video of APPS member Barbara McDowell testifying at the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council – February 18, 2016.

The full transcript of Barbara’s testimony.

APPS 2015 Overview

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by Karel Kilimnik

February 22, 2016

This year’s overview has been delayed due to the increasing trauma inflicted on our public schools and our intense fight to save public education. What a year! You think it can’t get any worse…and then it does. We began the year pursuing our lawsuit against the SRC for violations of the PA Sunshine Act after their illegal termination of the PFT contract without any public comment and ended it supporting the Wister school community’s fight to stop being charterized and stay a real public school.

Now the SRC has overruled Superintendent Hite’s recommendation about which schools should go into the Renaissance Charter School program…without any public comment.

January

APPS members and attorneys appear in Common Pleas Court to begin the long road of settling our Lawsuit charging the SRC with violating the state Sunshine Act on Oct. 6, 2014 when they abruptly cancelled the PFT contract and allowed no public comment before their vote.

 

Click here to see the entire APPS 2015 Overview

APPS testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission – February 18, 2016

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On February 18th the Philadelphia School Reform Commission held its monthly meeting.

This is the testimony of members of the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools at this meeting.

All of the videos can be viewed here. Testimony is in the order of appearance.

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Coleman Poses SRC testimony

Video of APPS member Coleman Poses testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – February 18, 2016.

The full transcript of Coleman’s testimony.

Karel Kilimnik SRC testimony 2-18-16

Video of APPS member Karel Kilimnik testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – February 18, 2016.

The full transcript of Karel’s testimony.

Lisa Haver SRC testimony 2-18-16

Video of APPS member Lisa Haver testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – February 18, 2016.

The full transcript of Lisa’s testimony.

Carol Heinsdorf SRC testimony 2-18-16

Video of APPS member Carol Heinsdorf testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – February 18, 2016.

The full transcript of Carol’s testimony.

APPS testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission – February 16, 2016

SRC New Charter vote 2-16-16

On February 16th the Philadelphia School Reform Commission heard testimony on the authorization of new charters for the School District of Philadelphia.

This is the testimony of members of the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools at the meeting.

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Lisa Haver SRC 1-21-16

Video of APPS member Lisa Haver testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – February 16, 2016.

The full transcript of Lisa’s testimony.

 

Diane Payne SRC 1-21-16

Video of APPS member Diane Payne testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – February 16, 2016.

The full transcript of Diane’s testimony.

 

For details about the SRC meeting, see:

Philly SRC approves 3 of 12 charter applications amid bombshell Pa. Supreme Court ruling
by Kevin McCorry – Philadelphia Newsworks – Feburary 17, 2016

At the SRC meeting, Commissioners Green and Jimenez made a point of saying they are required by state law to authorize new charters without taking the fiscal condition of the School District into consideration. David Lapp of the Education Law Center testified at an SRC meeting on February 18, 2015 that this is not true.