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Eight of the nine nominees from Mayor Cherelle Parker’s picks to sit on the new Board of Education will be heading to a full City Council vote Thursday.
There were tense moments in Philadelphia City Hall Friday as some members of City Council pressed school board nominees on the closure of Black-led charter schools.