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Metro Philadelphia on MSN3h
Education roundup: New year-round schools, facilities meetings underway
Students and teachers may be off on summer break, but moves are being made that could impact the future of Philadelphia’s ...
The Philadelphia Tribune5h
District provides virtual updates on long-term facilities plan for Philly schools
An audience composed of 60 students, families and education advocates participated in a virtual meeting this week to learn more on how the Philadelphia school district plans to address its ...
Rightsizing Philadelphia’s schools won’t be easy — or popular — but it must be done
The school system has lost a fifth of its students in the last dozen years. As a result, more than a third of the space in ...
A judge said Philly’s Memphis Street Academy charter school must close
Memphis Street, a charter school based in Port Richmond, is reviewing its legal options and still plans to reopen in the fall ...
FOX 29 Philadelphia on MSN3d
Philly residents asked for input on school buildings in facilities planning forums
The last time the School District of Philadelphia closed some schools it caused some real heartache for some neighborhoods.