Management. Dance party on north broad teachers and parents called this the start of the happier day. Sixteen years of this reign of terror. Reporter perhaps that is dramatic but there is a wave of relief at School District headquarters as School Reform commission is expected to vote to dissolve, paving way for locally appointed nine Member School board. This is what we wanted for a number of years, 17 years in fact, i believe that the take over of the School District of philadelphia was a wrong initially. Reporter meeting to actually bring about demise of the commission is moving along slowly, the hearing roomies at capacity. It is, a shot. Reporter some come out to relish in the moment or misery as they put it. When i heard they were dis banding i was like i have to be here. Reporter brian, said equipment the district to take up bartending. The last straw i remember was not getting a raise for five years and then breaking new contractual agreements and everything. I was just like, it
Up a 1 billiondollar deficit over the next handful of years i think we do better job having us here in the city of philadelphia then commonwealth taking responsibility. There is money there. Reporter mayor kenney this month announced plan that would bring about demise of the School Reform commission, and nine people would be appointed by him following a recommendation and approval process. A particular sore spot with the src has been the lack of transparency. We asked questions about how is the money spent . We never got that information. So that is why im glad, the s rc is being dissolved and that the marries taking over the Philadelphia School difficulties trick. Reporter so, once again all this will come to a vote at some point this evening and their agenda is very lengthy. In fact they are going point by point through how they legally accomplish this, and then they are going to hear from more than 50 speakers, members of the public, teachers and, of course, a lot of these people ar
Eyewitness weather g sunday morning, chelsea a bit mess toy day. Were talking rain, wind, that is the big story but it is a wet start for marathon runners and it is out there warming up probably getting in those damp feet but the good news i think rain will be moving out just in time for start of the marathon so we should be turning dryer, as they are finishing, their race today. Lets take you to storm scan three note that is we have those showers pushing through the region. They will be moving on out from west to east as we head throughout the Morning Hours ill zoom into get a better look where we are dealing with shower activity. We are dealing with moderate rain just east of philadelphia , down into new jersey, and those showers are going to be pushing out though throughout the Morning Hours. Now temperatures are checking in the 40, 50s and 60s quite a spread, right. Fiftyeight in philadelphia. Fiftyeight in allentown. We are in the 60s down the shore. Sixtyone in atlantic city. Not
There strong winds knocked down wires overnight, Eyewitness News on route 130 in delran new jersey, were under a wind advisory this morning. Today is sunday november 19th good morning im jan carabao. Meteorologist chill see in gram will have eyewitness weather for us shortly, but first lets get out to the ben franklin parkway where philadelphia marathon is kicking off. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh is live at the start line where she ran into a familiar face, good morning, anita. Reporter good morning, yes , Difficult Run into a very familiar face but before we get to that i did want to show you as you can see thinks next carol for philadelphia marathon. We saw first carroll leave, of course, about 30,000 runners are taking part in the philadelphia marathon, today a very exciting day, the rain actually is gone right now but these runners will have to deal with a lot of wind. We did run into a familiar face, we know rahel solomon has been training, preparing very hard for this mar t
19th good morning everyone im jan carabao, lets get right to the forecast with meteorologist Chelsea Ingram with eyewitness weather good sunday morning. Do my years deceive me is there a bit of clearing out there. There is clearing,. It is clearing. Those runners didnt start with a wet start to the race. Maybe some wet grounds but overall we are seeing rain moving out and clearing is happening. We are seeing sunshine making a return. That will be key as we head throughout the afternoon. Let me take to you storm scan three. We have that rain pushing well off to thee, maybe lingering sprinkle or shower near toms river Atlantic City down into cape may. We are drying out into philadelphia and we are seeing that sunshine moving in as well. 50 degrees in philadelphia we are in the upper 40s in wilmington, cold air pushing on in when we started our newscast temperatures were in the upper 50s. Testament to how much it has changed and courtesy of the win, in fact, wind advisory is in effect thr