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Philadelphia schools will open on time after all
Flying Kite Staff
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
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Despite budget woes, Philadelphia's schools will open on time.
After having warned that schools might not open on time in Philadelphia, Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said Friday that a series of temporary spending cuts would help administrators to close an $81 million budget deficit and that classes would start as scheduled next month....
In a news conference on Friday morning, Mr. Hite said he hoped cuts of about $32 million in transportation, school police, building cleaners, purchases from vendors and other areas would be temporary. Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a
Philadelphia-only cigarette tax
that would raise an estimated $49 million for city schools in the current academic year.
Cuts in transportation funding, totaling $3.8 million, will mean that high school students who live within two miles of their schools will no longer be entitled to get there by bus.
Helen Gym, who has three children in the public schools and who was a founder of the advocacy group
Parents United for Public Education
, said that about 7,500 students would be affected by the changes.
Mr. Hite said he decided in favor of the cuts rather than delaying the opening of schools because to do so “punishes students for the failures of adults.”
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