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• Considering Opting Out Your Child from High-Stakes Testing?February 22, 2021
  With the recent guidance issued from the Department of Education that says that states must give standardized tests this school year (despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the many other reasons testing should be cancelled), we’ve decided to republish this post about opting out of testing. We will continue to update the post and resourcesContinue reading “Considering Opting Out Your Child from High-Stakes Testing?”
• Open Letter Regarding Continued Hybrid Reopening Plan FailuresFebruary 18, 2021
  We believe that delaying the reopening of buildings to ensure safety is the right choice, however we are disturbed with the district’s leadership’s insistence in saying that the delay is due to the ongoing mediation with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
• Reopening and Reimagining in the School District of PhiladelphiaFebruary 15, 2021
  Like so many others, we have been intensely focused on the discussion around a healthy and safe reopening of school buildings in the School District of Philadelphia for hybrid or in person learning. Read our demands.
• COVID Reopening and Building Safety QuestionsFebruary 13, 2021
  During our recent set of webinars about Philadelphia schools’ facility conditions and safety, we had the opportunity to share information and hear questions from many caregivers and educators.
• Parents United Response to the SDP Reopening PlanJuly 27, 2020
  We, like so many, are spending a lot of our time thinking about reopening schools safely. We are still trying to process last week’s Board of Education meeting.
• Open Letter to Dr. Hite Regarding School District Facility IssuesFebruary 20, 2020
  We, Parents United for Public Education, are deeply concerned with multiple aspects of the facility issues notification process, clean up procedures, and lack of parental involvement in the district’s latest school closures.