Parents United

Her name is Laporshia Massey and our hearts are breaking

Our hearts are breaking over the death of beautiful 12 year old Bryant Elementary student Laporshia Massey, who died following an asthma attack that apparently started at school. We grieve for her entire family and the Bryant community. According to the City Paper, Laporshia became ill during the school day. No nurse was scheduled. LaporshiaContinue reading “Her name is Laporshia Massey and our hearts are breaking”

Parents United sends hundreds of complaints to PA Secty. of Education

Today, Parents United for Public Education and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia fed-exed 260 individual complaints to the PA Secretary of Education about program and curriculum deficiencies we believe to be in violation of the Pennsylvania code. We expect to mail over 130 claims at the end of this week. Nearly 400 complaintsContinue reading “Parents United sends hundreds of complaints to PA Secty. of Education”

Must watch video of the day: “They’re not just hurting people who lost their jobs. They’re hurting the kids.”

Parents at the former Wilson Elementary School in West Philadelphia have been protesting the un-monitored dangerous 1.2 mile walk to their new school, Lea Elementary. Despite bizarrely bloviated promises from the city’s Walk Safe Program – the directors said they would have 260 volunteers present daily for the 24 schools which closed last spring –Continue reading “Must watch video of the day: “They’re not just hurting people who lost their jobs. They’re hurting the kids.””

This Week! Calendar of events for schools

Next week marks an incredibly busy set of events for Philadelphia public schools. Here’s next week’s calendar:

Gloves off: It’s time for parents to exercise our legal rights

As we enter the school year, the purposeful underfunding and abuse of the state-controlled School District has never been more clear: 24 school closings. Children headed to schools even worse off than the ones they attended. Every single school across the city crippled by the deliberate refusal to staff them safely and responsibly. As theContinue reading “Gloves off: It’s time for parents to exercise our legal rights”