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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Nov. 18, 2020
Penn pledges $100 million to help fix Philly’s schools
Penn to donate $100 million to Philadelphia School District to help with asbestos, lead abatement
Inquirer by Susan Snyder, Kristen A. Graham and Oona Goodin-Smith, Updated: November
17, 2020- 6:05 PM
The University of Pennsylvania will donate
$100 million over 10 years to the Philadelphia School District to remediate
environmental hazards, including asbestos and lead, the school announced
Tuesday. It’s the largest private contribution to the School District in its
history and comes as the district, like other organizations, is reeling from the
economic fallout of the coronavirus. Penn president Amy Gutmann said she had
been contemplating the move for several months after reading and hearing about
the serious environmental issues in the School District. “I wanted to do
something that was citywide. I wanted to do something that would have an
immediate impact in these tough times,” Gutmann said. “This was the right thing
to do at the right time.” Gutmann said the money is a voluntary contribution
and would come from discretionary funds available to the president, not from
the university’s endowment, which stands at nearly $15 billion and covers a
fraction of financial-aid costs for students. She said it was her decision to
make the donation, but it came with strong support from Penn’s board of
trustees and her team. School District officials said they were grateful for
the gift, which will “not only help us to ensure these safe spaces for every
student," but will allow the district to invest in “a new and compelling
vision for school facilities,” said board president Joyce Wilkerson.
https://www.inquirer.com/education/penn-gift-school-district-asbestos-millions-20201117.html
Penn announces $100 million, 10-year gift to Philadelphia
school district
Chalkbeat Philly By Dale Mezzacappa Nov
17, 2020, 5:32pm EST
The University of Pennsylvania announced today that
it would donate $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia over 10
years to help pay for the remediation of asbestos and other potentially
dangerous conditions in aging school buildings. It is the largest single
private donation to the district ever, and it comes after years of pressure,
including from a group of Penn’s own students and faculty, to contribute to the
district in the form of “payments in lieu of taxes,” or PILOTS. “All
Philadelphia students deserve high quality and safe learning environments, but
we know that achieving this systemwide in our aging school buildings requires
significant resources,” said Mayor Jim Kenney. He said the gift “will go a long
way in accelerating the district’s aggressive environmental remediation work.”
Penn pledges $100 million to help fix Philly’s schools
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent November 17, 2020 Updated 4:36 p.m.
The University of Pennsylvania has pledged to
donate $100 million over the next 10 years to the School District of
Philadelphia, the university and local officials announced Tuesday. The money
will be used to improve building conditions and remediate hazards such as
asbestos. The university and the school district called the donation the
“largest contribution to the School District in its history.” “Nothing is more
important than the health and welfare of our children, and few things are more
crucial to a community than the safety and quality of its public schools,” said
Penn President Amy Gutmann in the release. “When Philadelphia’s schools and
school children succeed, all Philadelphia succeeds.” Penn has been under growing
pressure from faculty, students, and others to
provide more financial support to Philadelphia’s public school system, which
has been under financial distress for years.
https://whyy.org/articles/penn-pledges-100-million-to-help-fix-phillys-schools/
Pennsylvania lawmakers aim to fill virus-inflicted
deficit
WITF by Marc Levy/The Associated Press NOVEMBER
17, 2020 | 2:07 PM
(Harrisburg) — Pennsylvania’s state
Legislature is working this week to assemble a spending plan to carry state
government through the rest of the fiscal year and fill, at least for the
moment, a multibillion-dollar deficit brought on by the economic impact of the
coronavirus. Closed-door talks were not expected to produce a draft of final
budget legislation before Wednesday, with final votes possible on Thursday,
House Appropriations Committee officials said. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has
asked the Republican-controlled Legislature for another nearly $10 billion in spending
to round out the fiscal year, after lawmakers approved a piecemeal, no-new-taxes $25.8 billion budget in
May.
https://www.witf.org/2020/11/17/pennsylvania-lawmakers-aim-to-fill-virus-inflicted-deficit/
Feds reject Pa.’s plan to spend up to $300M in stimulus
money for school property tax relief
by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA and Cynthia
Fernandez of Spotlight PA | Nov. 16, 2020
HARRISBURG — For more than a decade, state
lawmakers have sent yearly payments to Pennsylvania’s school districts so they
can lower residents' property tax bills. These payments are funded by gambling
revenue, which has taken a major hit this year as the coronavirus forced
casinos to shut down for months before reopening under new
restrictions. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and
Republicans who control the legislature thought they had a solution to make up
for the shortfall: State lawmakers this spring approved a plan to use up to
$300 million in federal coronavirus dollars toward the promised $621 million in
relief. But in mid-September, the federal government rejected Pennsylvania’s
plan, Spotlight PA has learned. School districts are now waiting for the last
$200 million, which was due in October, leaving them on the hook at a time when
many are already struggling with large local revenue
losses and cost increases for
items like cyber charter school tuition. “That is
the challenge that folks are dealing with right now,” said Hannah Barrick,
assistant executive director for the Pennsylvania Association of School
Business Officials. The amount of the tax break provided to each homeowner
varies, but in the majority of school districts, each homeowner pays between
$100 and $400 less in school property taxes each year. (In Philadelphia, the
money is used for wage tax relief.)
Students are flocking to poor-performing online charter
schools, straining public school budgets
In the Public Interest 11/17/2020
Welcome to Cashing in on Kids, a newsletter
for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public
schools—produced by In the Public Interest.
Students are flocking to poor-performing
online charter schools, straining public school budgets. Superintendents in
Pennsylvania are warning that increasing enrollment in online charter schools
could strain already burdened public school budgets. “There will be public
schools, school districts, in a lot of trouble financially,” said Jeff Groshek,
superintendent of the Central Columbia School District. Fox 56 Earlier
this year, In the Public Interest released two fact sheets on the widespread
poor performance of online charter schools: “Why online education can’t replace
brick-and-mortar K-12 schooling,” and “Frequently asked questions about online
charter schools.”
Elanco board pushes for fairer cyber charter school
funding
KYLE KUTZ for LNP | LancasterOnline November
17, 2020
When: Eastern
Lancaster County school board meeting, Nov. 16.
What happened: The
school board adopted a resolution to reform funding for cyber charter schools.
Proposed by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, this resolution calls
for charter schools to revise “unfair” tuition rate calculations, which “create
discrepancies in the
Quotable: “School
districts are struggling to keep up with growing charter costs and are forced
to raise taxes and cut staffing,” the resolution states. “We, along with the
Pennsylvania School Boards Association, are advocating for substantial change.”
Remote instruction: Garden
Spot high and middle schools recently switched to educating remotely because of
a rise in COVID-19 cases across the district. Despite an initial expectation to
resume in-person classes Nov. 19, administrators are now expecting a return to
in-person classes Dec. 1.
Milton expects to spend $738K on cyber school tuition
By Kevin Mertz/The Standard-Journal November
18, 2020 (Paywall)
MILTON — The Milton Area School District
expects to spend $738,000 this school year on tuition for students who live
within the district but attend outside cyber charter schools. During Tuesday’s
school board meeting — held online via Zoom — Business Administrator Derrek
Fink led a presentation on the cost of cyber charter school tuition to school
districts. Under state law, districts are required to pay the tuition of
students who live within the district but opt to attend outside cyber schools.
https://www.standard-journal.com/news/local/article_7f258525-bf84-582c-80e8-c10ec03d0507.html
Are We Seriously Talking About Closing Schools Again?
That’s exactly the opposite of what we should
be doing right now.
New York Times By Aaron E. Carroll Contributing Opinion Writer Nov. 17,
2020
As the surge of coronavirus infections in the
United States becomes undeniable, many leaders throughout the country are
reacting by calling for closures. Bizarrely, they almost always seem to focus
on schools first. That’s exactly the opposite of what they should be doing. Don’t
get me wrong. With cases climbing to levels we haven’t seen before, we need to
restrict our physical interactions. But we should do so rationally and in an
evidence-based manner. We should figure out what poses the greatest danger and
act accordingly, instead of automatically asking schoolchildren to bear the
brunt of the pain. We should not be having large weddings. We should not be
going to public events. We should not be eating indoors at restaurants. We
should not be drinking indoors at bars. These are the activities responsible for a vast majority of
transmissions, and these should be the focus of our initial interventions. Schools
are different. Cases have definitely been more common in school-age children
this fall. But when schools do the right things, those infections are not
transmitted in the classroom. They’re occurring, for the most part, when
children go to parties, when they have sleepovers and when they’re playing
sports inside and unmasked. Those cases will not be reduced by closing schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/opinion/schools-closing-covid.html
Some Montgomery County parents oppose two-week virtual
school mandate by health officials
Pottstown Mercury By Carl Hessler Jr.
chessler@21st-centurymedia.com @MontcoCourtNews on Twitter November
18, 2020
NORRISTOWN — Saying they should have the
choice as to whether their children attend in-person or virtual schooling, some
Montgomery County parents gathered to oppose an order by health officials that
public and private schools move to an all-virtual learning mode for a two-week
period around the Thanksgiving holiday to help prevent the spread of the
coronavirus. Kaitlin Derstine, the mother of a Souderton Area School District
student, speaking on behalf of the dozen parents who attended a small rally,
said they want health officials to rescind the order and if they don’t, “You
can have your two weeks, but we will concede no more.” “You will be receiving
from us emails, letters, calls, and rallies all petitioning for our children to
have the right to step back to in-person learning in our schools. It is their
right. Any parent can tell you, especially in the special needs community, that
this doesn’t come anywhere close to meeting the needs and the therapies that
the school is to provide for our children,” Derstine said Tuesday outside the
county Human Services Center in Norristown, which houses the office of the
health department.
EDITORIAL: PIAA needs to make hard decision to delay,
shorten winter sports season
YORK DISPATCH EDITORIAL BOARD November 17,
2020
- The
PIAA Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
- At
that meeting, the PIAA should decide to delay and shorten the winter
sports season.
- The
current surge in COVID-19 cases makes a full winter sports campaign an
unnecessary risk.
It’s a hard decision. It’s one the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association desperately wants to avoid. Still, it’s a
decision that has to be made. It’s time for the governing body of high school
sports in Pennsylvania to announce that the 2020-21 winter season will be
delayed and shortened. Given the current COVID-19 surge that has engulfed the
state, it is the only sensible decision. The PIAA Board of Directors is set to
meet on Wednesday, Nov. 18. At that time, the organization should announce
that the winter season games, currently scheduled to start on Friday, Dec.
11, will be halted until after New Year’s Day. Additionally, the PIAA
should prohibit all tournament and nonleague contests (excluding the PIAA
playoffs) for the entire winter season.
Phoenixville, OJR districts diverge on closing during
COVID-19 surge
Pottstown Mercury by Evan Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia.com
@PottstownNews on Twitter November 18, 2020
Two Chester County school boards have chosen
very different paths in the face of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the
county. The Phoenixville Area School Board voted Monday to follow the
administration's recommendation and return to all online virtual learning on
Monday, Nov. 23. But the neighboring Owen J. Roberts School Board rejected a
recommendation by Superintendent Susan Lloyd and voted to continue to operate
part-time, in-person classes. The decisions come in the context of a
long-predicted fall surge in COVID-19 cases in Chester County.
Ellwood schools halt food delivery after cafeteria worker
tests positive for COVID-19
By Maria Basileo New Castle News Nov 17,
2020 Updated 7 hrs ago
A program providing free breakfast and lunch
to Ellwood City Area School District students was halted Monday after a
cafeteria employee tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. Many of
the cafeteria staff are now in quarantine, acting superintendent Dr. Wes
Shipley said. He would not confirm an exact number, but said it was enough to
halt production. No other district staff were exposed. Shipley said the
district is coordinating with others to assist the district in
instituting another plan to provide food for students. Although he hopes
to return to serving meals prior to Thanksgiving next week, Dec. 1 would
be the "worst-case scenario." The district routinely serves 300
students with free breakfast and lunch — about 600 meals per day.
Exeter school board votes to continue blended instruction
model and winter sports
Pottstown Mercury By Michelle N. Lynch
mlynch@readingeagle.com @BerksMichelle on Twitter November 17, 2020
The Exeter School District will continue to
offer a blended instruction model following Thanksgiving break. The school
board voted at meeting Tuesday to table an amended motion to move to
full-remote learning for a period of four days after the Thanksgiving
break. Michele Stratton cast the lone no vote. The board also voted
unanimously to continue winter sports and extracurricular activities and
affirmed Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Minor's continued authority to close
schools if necessary due to the coronavirus pandemic or other emergencies. The
actions came less than a week after district administrators closed Lorane
Elementary School for 14 days. According to the district’s notice, the decision
to keep the students at home was taken as a precaution to prevent
potential classroom exposure to a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus cases close Daniel Boone High School
Pottstown Mercury By Ron Devlin
rdevlin@readingeagle.com @RonDevlinRE on Twitter Nov 17, 2020
Due to an outbreak of COVID-19, Daniel Boone
High School has canceled in-person instruction until Dec. 1, school district
officials announced. “Due to four COVID-19 cases, Daniel Boone Area High School
will be closed for in-person instruction and activities through Monday,
November 30,” an announcement posted on the district website said. “In-person
instruction will resume on Tuesday, December 1.”The closing impacts only the
high school, the announcement said.
Twelve more Lancaster County schools suspend in-person
instruction through Thanksgiving with COVID-19 on the rise
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer November
17, 2020
Twelve Lancaster County schools are
suspending in-person instruction through Thanksgiving with COVID-19 on the
rise. That's in addition to Manheim Township schools and Lancaster's
Fulton Elementary School, which have already been scheduled to learn remotely
through the holiday break.
Lancaster school board votes to shift elementary school
students online after Thanksgiving following teacher protest
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer November
17, 2020
The School District of Lancaster will
reintroduce virtual learning for elementary school students about a month after
it welcomed children back for in-person instruction amid another surge of
COVID-19 cases. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade will now learn
remotely from Nov. 30 to Jan. 25, 2021. The school board unanimously approved
the measure Tuesday night as a last-minute addition to the board meeting agenda
after dozens of teachers rallied outside McCaskey East High School in support
of a return to online learning at the elementary level. While the vote was
unanimous, many board members expressed frustration over the way some have
conducted themselves during the pandemic.
Ambridge schools go virtual amid county COVID-19 spike
Ambridge Area School District will transition
to a fully remote model of learning until further notice.
Chrissy Suttles Beaver
County Times November 17, 2020
AMBRIDGE — A local school district will begin
all-virtual instruction next week due to growing COVID-19 transmission in
Beaver County. Beginning Nov. 23, Ambridge Area School District will
transition to a fully remote model of learning until further notice. All
athletic practices and extracurricular activities will be postponed. Beaver
County reached a “substantial” level of COVID-19 transmission last week,
according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, alongside 59 other counties
statewide.
Riverside, Carbondale Area, DV report COVID-19 cases
Times Tribune by SARAH HOFIUS HALL Nov 17,
2020 Updated 1 hr ago
Three districts reported coronavirus cases
Tuesday. About 15 students must quarantine after a staff member at Riverside
Elementary West tested positive. Two additional employees must also quarantine,
Superintendent Paul Brennan said. Those students, who had attended through the
hybrid model, will learn virtually while home. In Carbondale Area, where some
teachers work in the building while all students are remote, one teacher tested
positive. An additional two employees must quarantine, officials said. Delaware
Valley, which is fully open, reported its 12th and 13th cases: a person at
Dingman-Delaware Primary School last in school Thursday and a substitute
employee who last worked Nov. 9.
Leechburg schools report first student covid-19 case
Trib Live by JOYCE
HANZ | Tuesday,
November 17, 2020 5:22 p.m.
A Leechburg Area School District student in
grades 7-12 has tested positive for covid-19, Leechburg Superintendent Tiffany
Nix said Monday in an email to district parents. It is the district’s first
positive case. The district did not identify the infected or say what grade he
or she is in. “Leechburg Area will continue to remain open and no one will need
to quarantine based on the date the student was last in school. This person was
last on campus on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020,” Nix wrote.
Burrell School District to move to virtual learning after
Thanksgiving, Christmas as coronavirus cases rise
Trib Live by MARY ANN THOMAS | Tuesday,
November 17, 2020 4:48 p.m.
Burrell School District will move to fully
virtual learning for two weeks after Thanksgiving, and again for two weeks
after Christmas, the school board decided Tuesday. The move comes as
coronavirus cases in the community continue to climb, including four cases
within the district in the last two weeks. The district informed families of
two positive cases at the high school Friday. Since then two additional cases
were reported — one at the high school and one at Stewart Elementary School.
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/two-coronavirus-cases-at-burrell-high-school/
Kiski Area now allowing 4 days of in-person learning
Trib Live by TEGHAN SIMONTON | Tuesday,
November 17, 2020 2:34 p.m.
Schools across the region are shutting their
doors, but Kiski Area School District is increasing face-to-face instruction
time. The district began offering a hybrid option this week that allows for
four days of in-person instruction with one day of remote learning. This option
is available in addition to the district’s 100% online option and the
previously existing hybrid model, which allows for two days of in-person
instruction and three days of remote learning.
Bethlehem Area School District puts winter sports on hold
until January 11
By KEITH GROLLER THE MORNING
CALL | NOV 17, 2020 AT 8:46 PM
The Freedom-Nazareth District 11 6A football
title game is scheduled to be played Friday. And, the Liberty-Freedom football
game is still on for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 25. But that battle between the Hurricanes
and Patriots will be the last athletic event in the Bethlehem Area School
District until Jan. 11. In a release sent out Tuesday night, the district
announced that winter sports activities will be put on hold for nearly two
months. “In response to recommendations from the Bethlehem Health Bureau and
our health care partners at St. Luke’s University Health Network, the Bethlehem
Area School District has made the difficult but necessary decision to suspend
winter athletic activities,” the statement said. "This includes practices
and competitions, effective [Friday] through Jan. 11.
Bald Eagle Area School District elementary school closes
for 2nd time due to COVID-19
Centre Daily Times BY
MARLEY PARISH NOVEMBER 17, 2020 11:53 AM, UPDATED
NOVEMBER 17, 2020 12:03 PM
With about 50 students in quarantine,
the Bald Eagle Area School District is closing
Wingate Elementary for the second time this year due to
COVID-19. Superintendent Scott Graham announced the closure, which takes effect
Wednesday, in a message to district families Tuesday morning. The decision was
made after the school reported its first confirmed case of an employee
contracting the coronavirus while at the school. “After contract tracing,
including the other cases we have there, we now have three teachers, four
paraeducators and approximately 50 students who are quarantined,” Graham told
families. The closure is scheduled to last until Dec. 1.
Spring Grove Area High School closes due to COVID-19
Logan Hullinger York
Dispatch November 17, 2020
Spring Grove Area High School will close
for two weeks after two new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday,
according to a news release on the school district's website. Students will
transition to virtual learning beginning Wednesday and will not resume
in-person learning until Dec. 1. The affected areas in the high school
have been cleaned and sanitized, and no other buildings in the district will
close, the release states. "As a reminder, please continue to closely
monitor your child’s health and seek medical attention if any symptoms arise
that are new and/or not explained by another reason," wrote
Superintendent George W. Ioannidis. The high school's closure came
the same day as York County reported 238 new cases of COVID-19, a
record-shattering increase.
Compliance Update: Publication of school director email
addresses
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 18,
2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
Under the new Act 84 of 2020, recently
approved by the governor, school districts must publish on their websites
an email address for each school director that can be used by students, staff
or members of the public to communicate with members of the school board about
school district governance matters. As the legislation was moving through
the General Assembly, PSBA worked to have the bill amended to also make the
provisions applicable to charter school and cyber charter school board
trustees. The email addresses must be available on an easily found public
area of each district's website no later than June 26, 2021. The legislation
imposes the same requirement for members of charter school boards of trustees.
This new mandate adds one more reason for PSBA's recommendation that school
board members use only district-provided email accounts to communicate via
email regarding school district matters. To learn more about recommendations
for using email and other electronic community engagement tools, watch “Best Practices in Digital
Communications,” one of the many e-learning
courses available in the online learning area of the MyPSBA website.
https://www.psba.org/2020/11/compliance-update-publication-of-school-director-email-addresses/
Testing Resistance & Reform News: November 11 - 17,
2020
Submitted by fairtest on November 17, 2020 -
2:45pm
More than 60% of public school parents
support cancelling K-12 standardized exams scheduled for this spring.
Newly published survey data from the University of Southern California
"Understanding America Study" show that sentiment for cancelling this
academic year's required tests has been growing rapidly as the pandemic has
shut down many classrooms. Opposition to administering standardized exams is
consistent across all racial and income groups. Not surprisingly, testing
advocates are trying to twist the data into an argument for continuing testing
mandates. But the numbers are crystal clear: parents want Spring 2021 tests
cancelled (so do most educators, as many of this week's other clips show.)
https://www.fairtest.org/testing-resistance-reform-news-november-11-17-2020
“He has also promised to triple funding for Title I, the federal
program for schools with high concentrations of students in poverty, and to fund
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act at the level that law promised.
That’s a change many state leaders would welcome. But, just like any additional
COVID-19 aid package, it would likely have to go through Congress.”
After four years of Betsy DeVos, what a Biden presidency
will mean for education in Washington
By Joy Resmovits Seattle
Times staff reporter Nov. 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Updated Nov. 17, 2020 at
4:16 pm
It’s hard to say exactly if, or how, four
years of education policy under Betsy DeVos changed anything about schooling in
Washington state. Many of her landmark policies — promulgating school vouchers,
rolling back Obama-era civil rights rules — didn’t make much of a dent in
Democratic states. Education leaders in Washington say President Donald Trump’s
administration put them on constant defense, fending off executive orders, or
finding new ways to pay for things that federal funding suddenly stopped
covering. For blue states, a Biden
administration is likely to be very different from President Trump’s — but also
from former President Barack Obama’s. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice
President-elect Kamala Harris campaigned on big promises for education. Some of
them — restoring Obama-era protections, guiding schools on COVID-19 reopening,
beefing up the federal Office for Civil Rights — could happen with the stroke
of the pen. Others, like pledges to boost funding, will depend on how
cooperative Congress is amid a weakened economy. Already, officials are
noticing a change in tone. The months of the late summer and early fall were
punctuated by Trump’s threats, often
tweeted, on getting students back into school buildings. Biden has promised
coherent guidelines on school reopening amid COVID-19, something he can do from
the executive branch.
Four Questions Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Never
Answered
Forbes by Peter Greene Senior Contributor Nov 17, 2020,08:59am
EST
Soon, Betsy DeVos will leave the Department
of Education and return to life as a private citizen and, most likely, an
advocate for the same kind of education reform that she spent most of her adult
life pushing. At the end of her three-year term, she leaves four glaring
questions in her wake.
Adopt the 2020 PSBA resolution
for charter school funding reform
In this
legislative session, PSBA has been leading the charge with the Senate, House of
Representatives and the Governor’s Administration to push for positive charter
reform. We’re now asking you to join the campaign: Adopt the resolution: We’re
asking all school boards to adopt the 2020 resolution for charter school
funding reform at your next board meeting and submit it to your legislators and
to PSBA.
Resolution for charter funding reform (pdf)
Link
to submit your adopted resolution to PSBA
324 PA school boards have
adopted charter reform resolutions
Charter school funding reform continues to be
a concern as over 300 school boards across the state have adopted a resolution
calling for legislators to enact significant reforms to the Charter School Law
to provide funding relief and ensure all schools are held to the same quality
and ethics standards. Now more than ever, there is a growing momentum from
school officials across the state to call for charter school funding reform.
Legislators are hearing loud and clear that school districts need relief from
the unfair funding system that results in school districts overpaying millions
of dollars to charter schools.
https://www.psba.org/2020/03/adopted-charter-reform-resolutions/
Know Your Facts on Funding and Charter Performance. Then
Call for Charter Change!
PSBA Charter Change Website:
https://www.pacharterchange.org/
The Network for Public Education Action Conference has
been rescheduled to April 24-25, 2021 at the Philadelphia Doubletree Hotel
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