Daily News | Ahead of potential staff and programming cuts, Philly teachers and parents plan to protest
Dana Williams , a dance instructor at Franklin Learning Center for 17 years, addresses other teachers, students and parents gathered outside the school to rally against school district cuts to schools forced by changes to the district's special admissions policy.Motivation High School, in Southwest Philadelphia, is projecting a freshman class of 14 for the fall. It has room for more than 100.
Also, Braxton said that Watlington will have conversations with leaders of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and principals’ union about the matterBut schools already have been given tentative projections, and staff at several have raised alarm bells. Dozens from schools across the city are expected to join a protest prior to Thursday’s school board meeting.there are 50 open seats in its incoming ninth-grade class and staff have been told they’ll be losing nine positions.
Like MacMood, FLC teacher Sigal Felber’s position could be on the chopping block. Felber teaches social studies, and whileif she obtained another certification, she said. Posnan was originally told his position was being cut, along with his media lab partner. He heard more recently that the school was able to salvage a few jobs.Posnan was recently nominated for a teaching excellence prize, and
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