Philly is better than you, etc.

[ennifer_jay]

Zombies dance to protest school closings

Comments

[wrestlingdog]

Oh, Philly. Never change.

[girly123]

“There is money to be used,” said Townsend, 16. “It’s in the state budget, but it’s not being prioritized for students.”

Preach, child.

[harumi]

There will be no "funneling" of money to surviving schools. I teach in Philly, and we got a huge number of students this year because of the school closings, and we're getting LESS funding, not more. We're currently over capacity. Our school was meant to house at most 2,000 students. Right now we have around 3,000.

The truth is that this is all a ploy to privatize public schools and get rid of public schools altogether. Education is starting to become a business. Welcome to Corporate America.

[crossfire]

Pretty much.

[oystermato]

That's AWFUL that your funding DECREASED, for goodness sake. It's infuriating. It's illogical. It puts more stress on the teachers and students. Having 30 people, let alone MORE that that, is overwhelming as fuck.

Ugh.

[missjersey]

I just... *sigh* this makes me so sad. I don't understand how people put EDUCATION so low on the priority list.

[strwbrri_shrtck]

and then when you don't have the required education, you can't get a job.... it makes no sense at all.

[wrestlingdog]

Seriously.

[muggy_wump]

Because she's dressed as a zombie?

[the_gabih]

I came here to say the exact same thing. Like, of all the things to focus on, why that?