SB1 Vote Tomorrow; Voucher coverage and opinion around PA

Senate Education Committee Expected to vote on SB1 at Meeting Tomorrow

North Office Building, Hearing Room 1, March 1, 2011, 10:30 AM

Senate Bill 1, Printer's Number 226 (Piccola/Williams) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 by creating a new article entitled "Opportunity Scholarships and Educational Improvement Tax Credit".

http://piccola.org/education/2011/030111/agenda.htm

 

Inquirer Editorial: Voucher bill doesn't pass

Posted on Sun, Feb. 27, 2011

It's hard to argue against the troubling fact that thousands of students are trapped in poorly performing public schools. But a proposed voucher bill in Harrisburg has serious flaws and 

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20110227_Inquirer_Editorial__Voucher_bill_doesn_t_pass.html

Pennsylvania lawmakers suggest amendments to school voucher bill

Published: Sunday, February 27, 2011, 8:19 PM

By JAN MURPHY, The Patriot-News 

On Tuesday, when the Senate Education Committee will vote on the voucher bill, a myriad of amendments is expected to be offered to address opponents’ concerns with the bill, known as Senate Bill 1.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/02/pennsylvania_lawmakers_suggest.html

School vouchers: What your lawmakers are saying

Published: Sunday, February 27, 2011, 1:44 PM 

By JAN MURPHY, The Patriot-News 

With the voucher issue advancing in the Capitol, The Patriot-News surveyed 28 midstate lawmakers about the educational choices their parents made for them and the ones they made for their own children, without the availability of vouchers. The newspaper also asked them if they had a position on Senate Bill 1.

Multiple choice question: School voucher plan garnering praise and criticism in Pa. Senate

Delco Times Published: Monday, February 28, 2011

By ALEX ROSE
arose@delcotimes.com

Public education in Pennsylvania is facing “a fundamental paradigm shift” toward school choice, according to Secretary of Education Designate Ron Tomalis.

Getting in through the back door

February 26, 2011|By John L. Micek, Allentown Morning Call Harrisburg Bureau

Expansion of tax credit program for business, known as 'back-door vouchers,' will play a key role in the debate over school choice in Pennsylvania.

http://articles.mcall.com/2011-02-26/news/mc-pa-backdoor-vouchers-20110226_1_vouchers-debate-over-school-choice-eitc

Guest Column: School vouchers will ‘make things worse’

Published: Monday, February 28, 2011

By SID HOLMES
Delco Times Guest Columnist

Cut me a break. Contrary to the rallying cry by proponents of a school voucher plan, this is not the “civil rights” campaign of the century.

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/02/28/opinion/doc4d6b2e1c6c12c350554993.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Opinion: Oppose school vouchers

Centre Daily Times Robert Lumley- Sapanski

February 26, 2011 12:52am EST

Today’s public schools must provide much more than a basic education. We’re required to remedy a plethora of societal and emotional needs millions of children arrive with every morning. We provide two meals a day to kids who otherwise would not be fed
Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/02/26/2545563/oppose-school-vouchers.html#ixzz1FFfxrtYC

 

Defending indefensible

Pittsburgh TribLive

Senator Jeff Piccola

Letter to the Editor, Thursday, February 24, 2011

I write to set the record straight regarding the news story "Public school districts brace for possibility of vouchers" (Feb. 15 and TribLIVE.com).
Read more: Defending indefensible - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/letters/s_724305.html#ixzz1FFkzCLng

 

Guest Column: Voucher plan would punish public schools

Published: Friday, February 25, 2011

By LAWRENCE A. FEINBERG
Delco Times Guest Columnist

In support of Pennsylvania’s Senate Bill 1, which would provide taxpayer-funded vouchers to private and religious schools, voucher evangelists have been repeatedly citing one report funded by the Friedman Foundation, the granddaddy of all voucher advocacy organizations: “A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on How Vouchers affect Public-Schools”

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/02/25/opinion/doc4d6726e1c4e68994609316.txt

SB1 Vote on Tuesday/ WJH Directors oppose vouchers/PTR: Cyber grads face military's bias/ PN: Teplitz announces run against state Sen. Jeffrey Piccola

Senate Education Committee Will Vote on SB 1 Next Tuesday

Call or write to your senators to voice your concerns and ask them to vote "No" on the bill. This is especially important if your senator is on the Education Committee, but we are asking that all members of the Senate be contacted now. Please reach out your senators via telephone or email before next Tuesday.

To Contact Members of the Senate Education Committee about SB 1:

http://keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com/2011/02/contact-members-of-senate-education.html

West Jefferson Hills school directors oppose vouchers 
McKeesport Daily News Feb 25
By STACY LEE Daily News Staff Writer 
West Jefferson Hills school board is voicing its disap­proval of school vouchers.
The board adopted a resolution earlier this week opposing proposed legis­lation that would provide direct financial aid to or tuition tax credits or vouch­ers for state residents enrolled in non-public schools.

http://keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com/2011/02/wjh-directors-oppose-vouchers.html

Cyber grads face military's bias

By Amy Crawford
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Justin Merrill had wanted to join the military for as long as he could remember.
"Everyone on my mom's side of the family was a Marine, and everyone on my dad's side was in the Army," explained Merrill, 18, of Danville, Montour County, in Central Pennsylvania. "I wanted to do something to help my country."
But Merrill's plan was jeopardized last year, when he learned that the Army did not approve of the high school diploma he was on track to earn from Agora Cyber Charter School.

Read more: Cyber grads face military's bias - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/education/s_724939.html#ixzz1F9ylTpvG

Democrat Robert Teplitz announces run against state Sen. Jeffrey Piccola

Published: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 10:07 PM

By JAN MURPHY, The Patriot-News 

Robert Teplitz, the top legal and policy director to Auditor General Jack Wagner, has announced his candidacy for the state Senate district seat representing Dauphin and northern York counties that is up for election next year. 

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/02/democrat_robert_teplitz_announ.html

WJH directors oppose vouchers - McKeesport Daily News Feb 25

West Jefferson Hills school directors oppose vouchers
McKeesport Daily News Feb 25
By STACY LEE Daily News Staff Writer

West Jefferson Hills school board is voicing its disap­proval of school vouchers.

The board adopted a resolution earlier this week opposing proposed legis­lation that would provide direct financial aid to or tuition tax credits or vouch­ers for state residents enrolled in non-public schools.

“Vouchers take taxpay­er dollars out of the sys­tem of public education to fund private schools,” school board president Shauna D’Alessandro said. “It’s taxpayer money that is not accountable when it leaves the public school system. They are not subject to the Sunshine Law and they are not subject to the Right-to-Know law. They don’t have to follow the myriad of school code laws that we have to, so there is no guarantee that the public’s tax dollars are going to be spent wisely.” She said there is no evidence that private schools do any better than public schools.

Senate Bill 1 or the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act was intro­duced in the Pennsylvania Senate last month. It would give tuition vouchers to stu­dents from lower income homes to be used for public, private or religious schools.

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association said the program cost has been esti­mated to be $54.3 million in the first year, $156.3 mil­lion in the second year and $1.22 billion in the third and later years.

“Public schools educate all children,” D’Alessandro said. “Private schools have the choice. When they talk about choice in education, private schools have the choice to reject children.” West Jefferson Hills act­ing superintendent Dr. Timothy McNamee said the school vouchers have been declared unconstitutional in many states already.

“I feel that this proba­bly will be challenged and found unconstitutional in Pennsylvania as well if it was implemented here,” he said.

“Commonwealth fund­ing should be provided to support the costs of public school initiatives only after the state fulfills its commit­ment to adequacy and equi­ty,” the resolution states.

In other legislative school news, West Jefferson Hills district officials expressed their condolences after the Feb. 18 passing of Timothy Allwein, PSBA assistant executive director of gov­ernmental and member rela­tions.

“He was a dear friend, a colleague and a staunch sup­porter of public education,” said D’Alessandro, who sits on the PSBA board of directors. “He joined PSBA staff in 1991 as the director of legislative services and in 2001 was promoted to his current position, where he was a chief lobbyist for the school boards association.” “It’s a big loss,” district solicitor Ira Weiss said. “He was a fixture in the legisla­tive circle.”

PENNSYLVANIANS OPPOSED TO VOUCHERS - 17 organizations/ North Penn Reporter: voucher debate/ Kampf Introduces Bill to Exempt School Districts From Prevailing Wage

PENNSYLVANIANS OPPOSED TO VOUCHERS

17 statewide organizations issue joint statement outlining projected costs to taxpayers

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania

American Federation of Teachers – PA

Americans United for Separation of Church and State – PA chapters

Education Law Center

Education Voters PA

Equality Pennsylvania

Jewish Labor Committee

League of Women Voters Pennsylvania

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP‐PA)

Pennsylvania Parent Teacher Association (PTA‐PA)

Penn Action

Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators (PAPSA)

Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS)

Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (PASCD)

Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA)

Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)

Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)

http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/vouchers/POV-news-release-2-15-11.pdf

Pennsylvania's voucher proposal stirs local education debate

By LINDA STEIN, Staff Writer, North Penn Reporter, Published: Monday, February 21, 2011

A bill pending in the state Senate that would offer state-funded vouchers to poor parents to send their children to the schools of their choice has ignited a storm of controversy.  Supporters say the bill, Senate Bill 1, would help children now stuck in failing schools move to better schools, whether public or private, where they will learn what they need to know to succeed in life. But, public school officials believe the proposal would take money away from the public schools during a recession, when the state itself faces a $4 billion shortfall.

http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2011/02/21/news/doc4d61f8a307320449699712.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Kampf Introduces Bill to Exempt School Districts From Prevailing Wage

2/16/2011

Rep. Warren Kampf (R-Chester/Montgomery) today introduced a bill to reduce costs for school districts across Pennsylvania by exempting them from the state's prevailing wage requirements for public works contracts, unless they choose to opt in to those requirements. 

Kampf calls the bill the "School Construction Cost Reduction Act."  

http://www.repkampf.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=10540

Education Law Center's Position on SB1/ Senate pushes school mandate relief/ PVAAS Data Available to Public/ Forum for Education & Democracy

The Education Law Center's Position on Senate Bill 1

A Closer Look at the 144 Schools in SB 1

An Economic Market Analysis of Vouchers

Vouchers and the Law

Balancing the Core Values of Public Education

http://www.elc-pa.org/vouchers.html

Senate pushes school mandate relief

BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF RSWIFT@TIMESSHAMROCK.COM)

Pottsville Republican, Published: February 21, 2011

HARRISBURG - Senators plan to push legislation to give public school districts relief from state education mandates as a consolation for a resurgence of school choice proposals.

http://republicanherald.com/news/senate-pushes-school-mandate-relief-1.1108148

PVAAS Data Available to Public

Website Depicts Measures of Student and School Progress

HARRISBURG – Parents who want to see how well their child's school is meeting achievement standards can now access that data on their computer based on a new state law spearheaded by Senator Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) and Representative Paul Clymer (R-145), Chairmen of the Education Committees in the Senate and House of Representatives.

http://piccola.org/press/2011/0211/022311.htm

The Forum for Education and Democracy

New website includes What Works in which you can find lists of leaders, organizations, schools and districts, policies, and research to help inform discussion in the areas of Teaching and Learning, Governance and Accountability, and Equity and Access;  

http://www.forumforeducation.org/our-issues

Poverty Level at 144 SB1 Schools is 80.8% vs State Avg of 39.1%/ Philadelphia schools say voucher bill could cost them millions

Poverty Level at 144 SB1 Schools is 80.8% vs State Avg of 39.1%

This chart lists the poverty level (percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch) for each of the 144 schools on the "failing schools" list under Senate Bill 1.

http://keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com/2011/02/poverty-level-at-144-sb1-schools-is-808.html

Philadelphia schools say voucher bill could cost them millions

By Adrienne Lu,

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Philadelphia's public schools could lose $40 million in state funding next year if a school-voucher bill being considered by state lawmakers is approved, School District officials said at a hearing Tuesday.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20110222_Philadelphia_schools_say_voucher_bill_could_cost_them_millions.html

Poverty Level at 144 SB1 Schools is 80.8% vs State Avg of 39.1%

This chart lists the poverty level (percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch) for each of the 144 schools on the "failing schools" list under Senate Bill 1.

The statewide average is 39.1%.  For these 144 schools the average is 80.8%.

 

			% Free Reduced	Math	Reading
	District	School		Basic/ Below Basic	Basic/ Below Basic
1	Philadelphia City	Learning Academy North		100.0%	100.0%
2	Philadelphia City	University City HS	89.4%	96.7%	93.7%
3	Ephrata Area	Washington Ed Center	92.8%	43.5%	57.5%
4	Philadelphia City	West Philadelphia HS	88.5%	97.8%	83.9%
5	Philadelphia City	Gratz Simon HS	85.4%	91.3%	88.9%
6	Philadelphia City	Vaux Roberts HS	94.1%	89.2%	86.8%
7	Philadelphia City	Germantown HS	83.8%	91.8%	86.5%
8	Philadelphia City	Roxborough HS	74.2%	94.4%	81.3%
9	Harrisburg City	Career Technology Academy	70.7%	93.8%	84.3%
10	Lancaster	Phoenix Academy	66.9%	90.0%	85.1%
11	Philadelphia City	Douglas Stephen A Sch	88.7%	92.2%	80.0%
12	Philadelphia City	John Bartram HS	84.9%	87.6%	82.4%
13	Philadelphia City	Olney HS West - 704	84.6%	89.5%	81.5%
14	Chester-Upland	Chester HS	61.2%	92.7%	76.0%
15	Philadelphia City	South Philadelphia HS	83.9%	83.9%	87.2%
16	Wilkinsburg Borough	Wilkinsburg SHS	80.7%	84.2%	82.9%
17	Philadelphia City	Sayre William L MS	88.4%	84.7%	81.4%
18	Pittsburgh	Westinghouse HS	89.8%	93.5%	71.1%
19	Philadelphia City	Kensington Intl Bus Finance	90.3%	86.7%	81.4%
20	Philadelphia City	Fels Samuel HS	56.7%	81.0%	81.8%
21	Pittsburgh	Peabody HS	76.0%	83.0%	76.0%
22	Philadelphia City	Alcorn James Sch	94.4%	79.1%	82.3%
23	Philadelphia City	Overbrook HS	83.3%	84.9%	76.0%
24	Philadelphia City	King Martin Luther HS	76.4%	82.3%	79.4%
25	Philadelphia City	Olney HS East - 705 see#13		87.2%	70.4%
26	Philadelphia City	Kensngtn Crt&Perf Arts HS see# 19		85.5%	71.5%
27	Philadelphia City	Bluford Guion El Sch	90.8%	75.5%	82.3%
28	Philadelphia City	Lamberton Robert HS		84.5%	71.4%
29	Philadelphia City	Dunbar Paul L Sch	89.1%	75.5%	80.4%
30	Philadelphia City	School of the Future	83.8%	86.5%	68.5%
31	Pittsburgh	Oliver HS	77.0%	82.6%	75.8%
32	Philadelphia City	Fitzsimmons Thomas Academy	90.4%	77.2%	81.5%
33	Harrisburg City	Hamilton Sch	96.5%	75.5%	79.7%
34	Philadelphia City	Kensington Culinary Arts see #19
35	Philadelphia City	Jones John Paul MS	94.7%	78.7%	80.5%
36	Philadelphia City	Franklin Benjamin HS	89.7%	81.5%	72.1%
37	Philadelphia City	Hill Leslie P Sch	94.5%	73.8%	82.7%
38	Philadelphia City	Frankford HS	84.1%	79.5%	74.3%
39	Philadelphia City	Edison HS - Fareira Skills	89.8%	76.8%	74.0%
40	Philadelphia City	Lincoln Abraham HS	60.5%	84.8%	66.6%
41	Philadelphia City	Randolph A Philip AVT HS	83.5%	79.2%	71.7%
42	Philadelphia City	Daroff Samuel Sch	90.1%	74.1%	75.8%
43	Harrisburg City	Harrisburg HS	86.9%	74.8%	72.2%
44	Duquesne City	Duquesne Consolidate School	88.6%	67.5%	82.4%
45	Chester-Upland	Columbus El Sch	74.0%	73.8%	72.5%
46	Philadelphia City	Stetson John B MS	95.2%	72.8%	76.2%
47	Philadelphia City	Smedley Franklin Sch	93.4%	69.1%	78.8%
48	Harrisburg City	Steele School	92.6%	65.6%	76.8%
49	Philadelphia City	Douglass Frederick Sch	95.3%	70.9%	77.8%
50	Philadelphia City	Allen Ethel Dr	90.5%	67.8%	75.9%
51	Harrisburg City	Melrose Sch	87.7%	66.4%	75.3%
52	Philadelphia City	Barry Comm John Sch	90.0%	72.0%	71.4%
53	Philadelphia City	Clemente Roberto MS	94.3%	70.7%	75.0%
54	Harrisburg City	Rowland School	84.0%	73.5%	71.7%
55	Philadelphia City	Clymer George Sch	94.4%	62.9%	77.9%
56	Philadelphia City	Gillespie Eliz D MS		75.4%	64.9%
57	Philadelphia City	Swenson Arts & Technology HS	51.8%	85.5%	52.8%
58	Philadelphia City	Kelley William D Sch	93.9%	63.4%	76.7%
59	Philadelphia City	Potter-Thomas Sch	94.5%	66.7%	70.4%
60	Harrisburg City	Camp Curtain  Sch	86.9%	67.2%	73.9%
61	Chester-Upland	The Village at Chester Upland	71.1%	69.5%	68.6%
62	Philadelphia City	Pastorius Francis P	90.4%	69.3%	72.9%
63	Philadelphia City	Stanton M Hall Sch	94.2%	64.2%	75.9%
64	Philadelphia City	Dobbins Murrell AVT HS	85.5%	73.9%	63.0%
65	Philadelphia City	Walter G Smith Sch	93.7%	62.8%	75.2%
66	William Penn	Penn Wood SHS Cypress	57.8%	68.7%	66.8%
	William Penn	Penn Wood SHS Green Av	53.5%
67	Philadelphia City	Harrison William Sch	94.6%	68.5%	71.0%
68	Philadelphia City	Cleveland Grover Sch	89.8%	66.8%	67.8%
69	Philadelphia City	Harrity William F Sch	88.9%	63.6%	74.2%
70	Philadelphia City	Harding Warren G MS	90.3%	71.4%	64.7%
71	York City	William Penn SHS	75.3%	73.7%	66.1%
72	Aliquippa	Aliquippa JSHS	68.1%	75.4%	59.7%
73	Philadelphia City	Barratt Norris S MS	94.8%	69.7%	68.1%
74	Reading	Reading SHS	85.4%	74.8%	57.2%
75	Harrisburg City	Scott Scool	93.9%	53.1%	77.5%
76	Philadelphia City	Pratt Anna B Sch	95.9%	60.3%	70.3%
77	Philadelphia City	Pennell Joseph Sch	85.3%	58.8%	70.9%
78	Philadelphia City	McMichael Morton Sch	95.2%	68.3%	63.4%
79	Pittsburgh	Perry Traditional Acad HS	67.2%	74.5%	55.1%
80	Pittsburgh	Northview El	98.0%	58.0%	72.1%
81	Harrisburg City	Lincoln Sch	88.0%	64.7%	66.5%
82	Philadelphia City	Reynolds Gen John F	96.1%	58.4%	73.4%
83	Pittsburgh	Helen S Faison Arts Academy	92.5%	59.6%	66.9%
84	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh University Prep	77.1%	61.7%	63.1%
85	Philadelphia City	Creighton Thomas Sch	83.7%	60.1%	65.0%
86	Philadelphia City	Wright Richard R Sch	88.9%	56.7%	71.3%
87	Wilkinsburg Borough	Wilkinsburg MS
88	Philadelphia City	Whittier John G	90.0%	57.7%	68.5%
89	Philadelphia City	George Washington HS	50.3%	33.1%	41.7%
90	Philadelphia City	Vare Edwin H MS	94.1%	65.3%	67.1%
91	Philadelphia City	Elkin Lewis Sch	94.3%	52.3%	70.3%
92	Southeast Delcom	Academy Park HS	50.2%	66.5%	57.2%
93	Pittsburgh	King M L El Sch	90.0%	61.4%	64.9%
94	Philadelphia City	McKinley William Sch	94.3%	59.2%	64.8%
95	Philadelphia City	Hartranft John F Sch	95.1%	53.6%	70.2%
96	Philadelphia City	Edmunds Henry R Sch'	83.1%	64.8%	65.3%
97	Pittsburgh	Rooney Middle Schl	88.0%	64.4%	60.6%
98	Sto-Rox	Sto-Rox HS	75.6%	60.8%	63.9%
99	Lancaster	McCaskey Campuses	63.4%	66.8%	58.3%
	Lancaster	McCaskey East	72.5%
100	Pittsburgh	Langley HS	80.1%	61.3%	55.9%
101	Philadelphia City	Birney Gen David B Sch	89.6%	56.3%	65.7%
102	Harrisburg City	Downey Sch	86.8%	59.8%	66.0%
103	Philadelphia City	Stearne Allen M Sch	93.6%	52.3%	70.1%
104	Philadelphia City	Morton Thomas G Sch	89.4%	53.5%	68.4%
105	Harrisburg City	Foose Sch	92.9%	57.6%	66.7%
106	York City	Hannah Penn MS	89.7%	61.1%	62.2%
107	Philadelphia City	Steel Edward Sch	94.2%	53.0%	67.4%
108	Philadelphia City	Sheridan Philip H Sc	94.3%	49.8%	71.8%
109	Erie City	Wayne MS	97.8%	57.4%	66.5%
110	Philadelphia City	Sheppard Isaac Sch	94.4%	56.3%	65.1%
111	Philadelphia City	Howe Julia Ward Sch	84.0%	50.8%	69.2%
112	Philadelphia City	Mifflin Thomas Sch	85.4%	58.0%	65.4%
113	Philadelphia City	Anderson Add B Sch	84.4%	60.0%	62.7%
114	Philadelphia City	Duckrey Tanner Sch	93.6%	50.2%	69.2%
115	Philadelphia City	Drew Charles R Sch	90.1%	59.2%	61.7%
116	William Penn	Park Lane el Sch	80.7%	53.4%	65.4%
117	Reading	Gateway Sch Intl Bus & World Lang	94.9%	51.4%	67.1%
118	Pittsburgh	Brashear HS	60.5%	64.7%	55.5%
119	Philadelphia City	Carroll Charles Sch	82.8%	68.0%	50.0%
120	Philadelphia City	Bryant William C Sch	90.3%	59.3%	58.9%
121	Philadelphia City	Sheridan West		63.0%	57.5%
122	Philadelphia City	Beeber Dimner MS	83.7%	61.1%	61.7%
123	Allentown City	Central El Sch	89.8%	52.8%	66.4%
124	Philadelphia City	Taylor Bayard Sch	94.4%	46.3%	71.7%
125	William Penn	Aldan Sch		50.7%	66.4%
126	McKeesport Area	McKeesport Area SHS	55.3%	65.6%	53.1%
127	Philadelphia City	Leidy Joseph Sch	89.7%	56.0%	61.8%
128	Harrisburg City	Benjamin Franklin School	94.6%	57.9%	58.8%
129	Keystone Central	Bucktail Area High School	64.2%	69.0%	48.3%
130	Philadelphia City	Pepper George MS	88.7%	65.1%	57.6%
131	Philadelphia City	Furness Horace HS	83.5%	48.9%	69.9%
132	Philadelphia City	Lea Henry C Sch	93.7%	57.8%	60.2%
133	Chichester	Chichester SHS	39.2%	59.6%	55.7%
134	Newport	Newport HS	35.1%	75.3%	45.5%
135	Philadelphia City	Mastbaum Jules E AVTS	85.2%	57.8%	57.4%
136	Philadelphia City	Feltonville Intermediate Sch	89.5%	50.7%	64.2%
137	Clairton City	Clairon MS/HS	85.8%	65.5%	53.4%
138	Crawford Central	Second District El S	85.7%	51.2%	64.2%
139	Erie City	East SHS	85.3%	64.6%	53.3%
140	Pittsburgh	Weil Technology Institute	89.1%	54.5%	60.6%
141	Philadelphia City	Kenderton Sch	94.1%	54.5%	62.4%
142	Upper Darby	Charles Kelly Elem School	86.4%	51.6%	60.1%
143	Philadelphia City	Kinsey John L Sch	85.3%	57.8%	59.0%
144	Philadelphia City	Lowell James R Sch	75.3%	50.6%	60.7%
Total	Listed Schools		80.8%	66.9%	68.6%
	State Total		39.1%	23.7%	28.0%