In "Philadelphia Superintendent Identifies Schools He Intends To Close" Author Kristen A. Graham brings to the light how many schools will be shut down this coming march because of low financial problems.
One example that supports this statement is when Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. says how 22 elementary, 4 middle, and 11 high schools will be shut down in nearly every neighborhood if adopted by the School Reform Commission.
Another example that supports the school district having financial problems is when the article informs readers on how the district recently borrowed $300 million to pay bills and issue paychecks.
I found this article very interesting because of how tense not olny students but teachers are on which schools will be shut down and how many jobs will be lost. Therefore, if this many schools shut down then 17,000 students will have to attend new schools and even make new friends. Not only will 2,000 teachers be unemployed but it'll be even tough for them to find new jobs.
This article is important in my life because of how many new students will be squeezed into classrooms, and the result of so many students in one classroom either there won't be as much attention given as usual, or there won't be any work getting done because of the students that constantly interrupt the class' learning.
Some students aren't fast learners like others, and there are even those students that just doesn't care about their education.
Another reason why this article is important and affects my life is because of which students will be sent into different schools. Knowing that there are still bullies lingering around, how will teachers and pricipals handle the violence, or will the violence rates even increase?
I feel as though this article is very affective to people's lives and the decisions that the Superintendents are making will be tense and many pepole will be raged with anger because of the outcome of this situation.
Another example that supports the district having financial problems is stated in the text which says that many schools and buildings will be shut down because of the utility use. The use of utilities in buildings increased from 67% to 80%.
I think that with all these different schools being shut down and students being shifted over into new schools the utility bill will be double the amount. If there is a high bill for the utility use now, the amount will only increase because more people will be using electricity during school hours.
Although with the costs of utilites increasing and everything, I don't understand why the Superintendent would raise the SAT scores if they're shifting students into different schools which will multiply the number of students per classrooms, which would result to students not concentrating on their work with all the commotion going on in the class.
I feel your criticism, but you get a lot of the numbers wrong. First, 2000 teachers are not going to be laid off. Second, when they talk about utilization, they mean using the full building. Going from 67% to 80% just means that they want to fill all the buildings at that percentage. The problem with current utility costs is that they are heating and running electricity in buildings that are half empty. I don't know what you are talking about with regard to SAT scores. 80
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