Please tell your legislator and Gov. Wolf that we need urgent reform to our charter school funding formula by sending them the letter below.
Pennsylvania school districts spend more than $2 billion a year in taxpayer dollars for payments to charter schools, but these mandatory payments aren’t based on the actual costs to educate charter students, leading to drastic overpayments to charter schools. Please tell your legislator and Gov. Wolf that we need urgent reform to our charter school funding formula by sending a letter. Click here to learn more and access the letter.
At its May 27th action meeting, the Board of Education adopted the FY 2021-2022 budget, which is the first budget aligned to the Board’s new strategic plan, Goals & Guardrails. “Goals & Guardrails have allowed us to set clear expectations for student success, monitor progress towards those expectations, and adopt a budget and policies that…
The Board of Education wants every school to be a safe, welcoming and healthy place where our students, staff and community want to be and where our students learn, thrive and succeed! What investments should we prioritize to make this happen? We invite you to share your ideas with the Board on Thursday, March 18,…
The Board of Education welcomes three new Board Members who were sworn in by Mayor Jim Kenney on February 19, 2021. The new Board Members, who share a commitment to improving public education for the city’s children, are Lisa Salley, Reginald L. Streater and Cecelia Thompson. “On behalf of the Board, I welcome our…
