Board of Education Action Meeting: February 27, 2025
by Lisa Haver
The Board of Education that implemented unprecedented speaker suppression policies, that now issues ID badges for admission to a public meeting, that forbids people to stand in solidarity behind their allies and has threatened those who do with arrest, that meets in secret with district vendors, that approves contracts worth tens of millions at every monthly meeting with no explanation or deliberation–that board now exhorts you to exercise your civil rights. They want you to speak to those who hold office in Washington, to demand that Congress stop cuts to education. But they expect you to sit in your seat and behave yourself if you have an issue with them. The board that conducts all charter business in secret, that remains silent about charter CEOs paying themselves hundreds of thousands annually–wants their constituents to stand up and speak out. The board that shuts the public out of meetings in which the closing of an indeterminate number of public schools is being discussed now wants your voice to be heard. Somewhere else.
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Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools 