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Description
Councilwoman Helen Gym (At Large) questions Jacob Waters of the Philadelphia School Partnership during a hearing of Council's Hearing of the Committee on Education held Monday, October 24, 2016.
Watch the rest of the hearing here: https://youtu.be/Rp0CeT_5iG8
A
B
A
B
I
mean
you
know,
we've,
you
know.
Our
perspective
from
the
very
beginning
has
been
in
our
mission
is
to
improve
outcomes
for
for
low-income
students
and
in
the
city
through
through
the
expansion
of
good
schools,
and
our
view
has
been
that
it,
the
school
type,
is
not
it's
not
it's
not
important.
Really,
you
know.
We've
made
a
number
of
investments
in
in
neighborhood
schools,
both
at
the
elementary
school
and
now
to
high
school
level,
is.
A
You
know
I
know
that
you're,
not
you
know
Mark
mr.
Gleason
isn't
here,
but
he
is
certainly
testified
before
this
school
district
of
before
City
Council
before
and
you
know
in
2013
he
certainly
testified
about
the
school
closings
which
closed
down
bach
high
school
germantown
high
school
rocks,
high
school
and
university
city
high
school,
all
of
which
had
CTE
programs
in
them
and
bach
was
a
fully
CTE,
a
full
CTE
type
of
school,
and
you
know
when
he
talked
about
them.
A
He
talked
about
our
neighborhood
high
schools
as
problem
schools,
you
cited
a
whole
series
of
things
running,
ranging
from
climate
and
lack
of
test
scores
and
really
were
were
very,
very
vocal
about
the
fact
that
we
had
to
close
these
schools
and
that
in
fact,
neighborhood
high
schools
were
not
on
your
high-quality
list
of
schools
and
I.
Think
mr.
Gleason
has
been
very
vocal
about
saying
that
you
know
your
philosophy
is
to
quote
unquote,
dump
the
losers
and
that
that's
been
a
sticking
point
for
a
lot
of
us.
A
My
issue
that
came
up
during
his
testimony
was
that
you're
making
your
very
first
ever
investment
in
a
neighborhood
district
school
for
roxboro
on
CTE,
combined
with
the
statement
that
you
are
here
to
remind
us
about
what
the
investment
means.
I
would
like
to
just
remind
you
that
all
of
us
who've
been
working
on
these
neighborhood
high
school
issues,
even
when
PSP
did
not
have
that
understanding
in
2013
and
has
been
actually
very
vocal
around
the
lack
of
support
around
neighborhood
high
schools
in
particular.
A
In
my
personal
opinion,
we've
been
active
on
this
issue
for
a
long
time,
I'm
glad
that's.
That
PSP
has
figured
out
that
it's
important
to
invest
in
our
neighborhood
high
schools.
That
CTE
is
an
expansive
beautiful
program
that
exposes
young
people
to
great
opportunities
that
there
are
children
in
our
schools
who
are
going
to
schools
that
they
need
to
be
in
that
have
to
be
quality,
even
if
you
don't
consider
them
to
be
high
quality,
we're
trying
to
make
them
high
quality
and
we're
trying
to
change
the
ways
in
which
we
define
schools.
A
So
it's
not
just
through
narrow
measures
of
test
scores
and
other
types
of
things
that
you've
whittled
down
to
allow
and
promote
the
closure
public
head.
But
you
know
in
particular,
I
think
it's
important
that
you
understand
that
you're
entering
into
a
space
where
a
whole
lot
of
communities
have
been
very,
very
active,
including
the
panel
that's
going
to
follow
you
a
whole
host
of
principals
who
devoted
their
lives
without
a
lot
of
support
and
attention
to
the
needs
of
children
in
our
neighborhood
high
schools.
A
And
it's
really
really
important
that
PSP
in
particular
because
of
your
history
around.
This
approaches,
this
area
with
a
level
of
humility
and
understanding
for
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
what
your
role
is
as
a
private
funder
and
as
a
lobbyist
I
mean
you're
registered
lobbyist
for
the
both
the
state
and
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
So
you
are
a
lobbyist
and
it's
different
from
being
a
foundation.
We
are
invested
in
the
means
of
education
for
the
foundational
needs
of
our
young
people
from
a
wholly
civic
and
government,
and
society
minded
perspective.