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A Philadelphia school district is offering to pay families $300 a month if they drive their children to and from school as part of a program aimed at addressing a bus driver shortage.. Under the ...
A Philadelphia middle school teacher has been sentenced to nearly 39 years in prison for catfishing his ... U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney sentenced Wolf to 466 months in ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The average building in the School District of Philadelphia is over 70 years old and asbestos was used as a building material in many of them. As the district inspected ...
The School District of Philadelphia announced Tuesday that it will be ending its practice of leveling, a process that moved educators early in the school years based on enrollment. The district will ...
The School District of Philadelphia told ABC News in a statement that they could not comment on pending litigation. They also would not elaborate on whether asbestos exists at the Masterman school ...
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The School District of Philadelphia on Monday opened a series of neighborhood meetings to gather community input as it draws up a facilities plan that could see ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Ahead of the warnings of extreme heat in the Philadelphia area around the first day back to school, the School District of Philadelphia has announced an early dismissal ...
The School District of Philadelphia sued the City of Philadelphia over a 2022 law that had dictated how the city managed environmental hazards, including asbestos, in school buildings.
Philadelphia’s school district is facing an imminent budget shortfall, but it’s not ready to make cuts just yet. Superintendent Tony Watlington and Chief Financial Officer Mike Herbstman presented a ...
When Marla Travis became West Philadelphia High’s principal in the 2018-19 school year, the neighborhood school enrolled just 482 students. These days, it has 726, so full that it’s currently ...