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Related: About this forumAt 2 best academic high schools in Phil, libraries locked because of lack of staff
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http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130913_Budget_crisis_shutters_libraries_at_2_top_schools.html"When Central High School opened its new library in 2005 - a $4.5 million research and media hub funded by alumni - Apple named it a national model. Students visited it more than 147,000 times last year, more than 800 visits a day. Masterman School's library, also bolstered by fund-raising, bustled with students, too, from early morning till late afternoon.
But now both libraries - the academic hearts of two of Philadelphia's most prestigious schools - have been shuttered. They are the latest victims of the schools' financial crisis. The district did not fund librarians - so principals at Central, Masterman, and any number of other schools had to cut those positions, along with counselors, assistant principals, and teachers.
....At Central, pupils had access to more than 20,000 volumes, 60 computers, and several printers and scanners, she said. The library also has a room designated for college admissions officers to meet students, a staff lounge, and a home for Central's extensive archives. Founded in 1836, it is the second-oldest public high school in the nation."
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Over 4,000 positions have been eliminated from Phila. schools, including almost all of the guidance counselors, nurses, librarians and assistant principals, as well as hundreds of teachers. Some schools don't even have math teachers available for their students. Meanwhile, Corbett is sitting on $50 million that was authorized for Phila. Schools for this year. He won't release the money, because the teacher's union won't approve a 13% pay cut for themselves.
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At 2 best academic high schools in Phil, libraries locked because of lack of staff (Original Post)
JPZenger
Sep 2013
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)1. But, there's money to go to war in Syria.
Sickening.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)2. I thought that was free
because none of the many deficit hawks in Washington mentioned the cost.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)3. That's right! Didn't the Iraq War "more than pay for itself"? My bad.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)4. Shows you where our priorities are!
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)5. Security and Military don't want high IQ.
It does not require much education to beat someone with a baton or to pull a trigger.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)6. Yup I agree!