The School District of Philadelphia's Board of Education on Tuesday voted to require the district's 19,000 employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees can request exemptions for "certain documented medical circumstances or sincerely held religious beliefs." Superintendent William Hite said the district will begin negotiating with its five unions to develop "meaningful consequences" for employees who do not comply with the mandate.
The COVID vaccines work and trust the science are the messages doctors continue to stress. Now, Philadelphia schools are weighing a vaccine mandate for teachers and staff.
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Chanel Hill, The Philadelphia TribuneJuly 24, 2021
Donna Frisby-Greenwood, center in orange, stands with members of The Fund and Bethune Principal Aliya Cantanch Bradley at the Mary McLeod Bethune School. (Tribune Photo/Abdul R. Sulayman)
As students get ready to return to full in-person learning since the COVID-19 pandemic, the president and CEO of The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, Donna Frisby-Greenwood, reflected on the past year and her tenure at the nonprofit that connects the private sector with the school district.
Frisby-Greenwood, who is in her sixth year with The Fund, cited significant growth from when she first re-ignited the organization in 2015 until now.
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Philadelphia School District: Many students start school at the new time in September, but their families don’t know the specifics Students in the Philadelphia School District have 50 days left before the first day of school. There is only one problem: after the school district took down the incomplete list of new school opening times posted on its website last week, no one knew when their courses would start. On Thursday, the school principal, Evelyn Nuñez, sent an email to the school district’s families concerning changes in the school’s start and end times. Officials announced that the school day would be revised. Come back in may.