Philly schools project a fiscal cliff, plan to spend $306 million in reserves to avoid classroom cuts and layoffs
The Philadelphia School District is bracing itself to hit a fiscal cliff. Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. delivered the ...
Philadelphia School District faces potential financial crisis. Here's why
The School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington said the district faces potentially falling off a ...
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Philadelphia Schools headed toward fiscal cliff; superintendent asks board to dip into reserves
Longer-term solutions are being sought, but Superintendent Watlington says if the district doesn't dip into savings now, jobs ...
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Philly school district stares down a $300M deficit
The School District of Philadelphia will spend 40% of its reserves in order to avoid budget cuts for one more year. After that, there are no guarantees.
School District of Philadelphia says its facing a financial crisis
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Philadelphia schools superintendent advocates for federal funding as Trump works to shut down Education Department
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington began his week on Capitol Hill advocating to protect funding ...
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Some Philly schools aren’t able to offer kids much to do after school. At Steel Elementary, kids dream of playing on a team.
A lot of these kids struggle behaviorally, and it shows in the classroom, and then you see how they show up in practice and ...
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Graduate of one of America’s largest all-girls public high schools works to revive it
Graduates of the iconic Philadelphia High School for Girls include Gloria Allred and Jill Scott. But after a huge enrollment ...
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School District of Philadelphia facing financial crisis
On Thursday, the School District of Philadelphia unveiled its $4.6 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, but school leaders said the district is facing a financial crisis. To try and stop ...