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

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On June 16, 2016 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 seven of the videos can be viewed here.

Click on the pictures below to view the individual video. The videos are in the order of testimony at the meeting.


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Video of APPS member Robin Roberts testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – June 16, 2016.

The transcript of Robin’s testimony.


LIsa Haver 6-16-16 pics

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

Lisa testified about the letter that APPS has sent to Governor Wolf and Mayor Nutter calling for an investigation into the SRC’s charter reauthorization process. The letter can be read here.


Barbara Dowdall 6-16-16 pic

Video of APPS member Barbara Dowdall testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – June 16, 2016.

The transcript of Barbara’s testimony.


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Video of APPS member Deborah Grill testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – June 16, 2016.

The transcript of Debbie’s testimony.


Lynda Rubin 6-16-16 pic

Video of APPS member Lynda Rubin testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – June 16, 2016.

The transcript of Lynda’s testimony.


Robin Lowry 6-16-16 pic

Video of APPS member Robin Lowry testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – June 16, 2016.


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Video of APPS member Richard Miglore testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – June 16, 2016.

Richard gave each member of the SRC a copy of his book “Whose School Is it? the Democratic Imperative for Our Schools”. In the video of the SRC you can see Bill Green’s copy laying on the floor.


Eyes on the SRC – June 16, 2016

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Each month, APPS publishes our “Eyes on the SRC” in which we select some of the resolutions to be voted on at the next meeting for perusal and analysis. As of this writing, the SRC has posted 129 resolutions for the June 16 Action Meeting. Eight of those resolutions involve charter school renewals or amendments to other charters. Two resolutions involve approvals of the charter licenses for John Wister Mastery Charter School and Global Leadership Academy at Huey Charter School as part of the Renaissance program. One resolution re-establishes Kenderton Elementary as a District operated neighborhood school.

There are too many resolutions in The Academic Payments/Contracts for APPS to investigate before Thursday’s meeting.   Many of these resolutions involve the outsourcing of services and involve millions of dollars.   We encourage you to look them over. You can access them on the School District’s website.

At its May 28 meeting, the SRC again tabled the resolutions on the non-renewals of Aspira Olney High School and Aspira Stetson Middle School.

This month, without explanation, the SRC has failed to post the resolutions on non-renewal of the two Aspira schools. In addition, non-renewal resolutions for two Universal schools, Audenried and Vare, have disappeared since being postponed two meetings ago. Will the SRC tell the public what is happening and whether or not the process is continuing? Or is this process taking place behind closed doors?

Please note: there is a second Action meeting this month: Thursday, June 30 @ 4:30 PM.

To register to speak at either one, call 215-400-4180 before 4:30 PM the day before the meeting.



Click here to read Selected Resolutions and APPS Analysis

APPS members testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission – April 28, 2016

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On April 28, 2016 the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s monthly meeting was held for a vote on turning three public schools over to charter companies and renewals for nine existing charters.

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

All eight videos can be viewed here.

Click on the pictures below to view individual videos. Speakers are in order of appearance.


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Video of APPS member Lynda Rubin testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Lynda’s testimony.


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Video of APPS member Diane Payne testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Diane’s testimony.


Lisa Haver pic SRC 4-28-16

Video of APPS member Lisa Haver testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Lisa’s testimony.


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Video of APPS member Deborah Grill testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Debbie’s testimony.


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Video of APPS member Ilene Poses testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Ilene’s testimony.


Karel Kilimnick pic SRC 4-28-16

Video of APPS member Karel Kilimnik testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016

The transcript of Karel’s testimony.


Barbara Dowdall pic 4-28-16

Video of APPS member Barbara Dowdall testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Barbara’s testimony.


Robin Lowry pic SRC 4-28-16

Video of APPS member Robin Lowry testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission hearing – April 28, 2016.

The transcript of Robin’s testimony.


 

APPS members testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission – March 17, 2016.

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On March 17th, 2016 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 eight videos can be viewed here. (Click on the second blue dot for the second page.) Testimony is in the order of appearance.

Click on the pictures below to view the individual video.


 

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Video of APPS member Diane Payne testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.

The transcript of Diane’s testimony and related links.
Note: Due to technical difficulties, the beginning of Diane’s testimony is missing in the video. See her transcript for her full statement.


 

Deborah Grill SRC testimony 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Deborah Grill testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.

The transcript of Debbie’s testimony.


 

Karel Kilimnick SRC testimony 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Karel Kilimnik testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.

The transcript of Karel’s testimony.


 

Carol Heinsdorf SRC testimony 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Carol Heinsdorf testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.

The transcript of Carol’s testimony.


Lisa Haver SRC 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Lisa Haver testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.


Barbara Dowdall SRC 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Barbara Dowdall testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.

The transcript of Barbara’s testimony and added footnotes.


Kristen Luebert SRC 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Kristin Luebbert testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.

The transcript of Kristin’s testimony.


Robin Lowry SRC 3-17-16

Video of APPS member Robin Lowry testifying at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting – March 17, 2016.