The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) will hold a rally at the Henry C. Lea School (47th and Locust) on Tuesday to protest cuts in school funding.
The rally is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. and is one of many events that the PFT is holding at neighborhood schools around the city in response to cuts in school funding. The PFT contract expires on Aug. 31.
Gov. Tom Corbett has made it clear that the state will contribute another $45 million to help close the $304 million budget shortfall if the union agrees in millions of dollars in concessions in its new contract.
The School District of Philadelphia laid off about 4,000 school personnel, including hundreds of teachers, in response to the budget crisis.
August 26th, 2013 at 7:07 pm
“Contribute” seems too generous a verb. It would be more accurate to say that the Governor will cease to withhold $45M of federal money that was intended for Philadelphia’s schools. After cutting $1 billion from the state’s education budget, the Governor is now holding the $45M hostage in an attempt to bust the teachers’ union, using our children and their education as pawns. See this article for more details: http://thenotebook.org/blog/136294/philly-state-lawmakers-corbett-give-extra-money-schools-now
August 26th, 2013 at 7:31 pm
How late is this planned to go? I’d like to come but wouldn’t be able to get there until 5:30 or so. Thanks!