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Phila. schools to open on schedule, but with deep budget cuts
2014-08-16 05:40:57| Electronics - Topix.net
City schools will open as scheduled Sept.8, but with deep cuts to student transportation, school police and building maintenance, Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said Friday.
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342 Phila. School District workers laid off
2014-07-11 09:29:33| Electronics - Topix.net
Without the all-important cigarette tax, 1,300 employees of the perpetually strapped Philadelphia School District could get pink slips in August.
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Parents at Phila. school reject takeover by charter
2014-06-06 09:52:00| Electronics - Topix.net
After a bitterly fought battle, parents at Luis Muoz Marn Elementary have voted to keep their school a part of the Philadelphia public school system, rejecting a charter organization's takeover proposal.
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Phila. schools poised to sell 20 more properties
2014-05-06 10:16:52| Electronics - Topix.net
PHILADELPHIA The School District of Philadelphia, struggling with yet another fiscal crisis, is redoubling and tweaking an effort to sell much of its stock of empty buildings.
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Phila. School District releases budget with $216 million deficit
2014-04-26 10:35:14| Electronics - Topix.net
Without a $216 million cash infusion, the Philadelphia School District faces yet another unthinkable situation in September - class sizes as big as 41, layoffs of more than 1,000 employees, and further cuts to special education services, nurses, and other basics already in short supply.
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