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From the FY2018 Philadelphia City Council Budget Hearing held Wednesday, May 17, 2017:
Retired Teacher Lisa Haver testifies on the School District of Philadelphia Budget.
Full hearing: https://youtu.be/iqhGkEr2774
A
You
cancel
in
black
oil
and
thank
you
to
Councilwoman
Jim
I'm,
hoping
we'll
see
some
more
council
people
later.
My
name
is
Lisa
haver
I'm,
a
retired
Philadelphia
school
teacher,
my
children,
graduated
from
public
schools,
I'm
one
of
the
cofounders
of
the
Alliance
for
Philadelphia
public
schools.
Our
members
attend
and
testify
at
all
action
and
policy
committee
meetings
of
the
SRC
we
report
on
those
meetings.
We
analyze
the
resolutions
to
be
voted
on.
We,
as
I
said
we
were
here
last
week
and
we
heard
a
lot
of
comments
from
dr.
A
heit
and
his
administration
I
think
some
of
those
things
really
need
to
be
answered,
because
it's
not
news
to
anybody
that
this
school
district
needs
more
money.
What
we
look
at
is
how
is
the
school
district
spending
that
money?
You
know,
as
Linda
said
on
really
bad
programs
like
relay
graduate
one
thing
that
dr.
high
well
two
things.
First,
he
said
we
want
to
have
good
schools
close
to
where
children
live
and
then
a
couple
minutes
later.
A
He
repeated
what
he
had
said
before
that
his
plan
is
to
close
three
neighborhood
schools
a
year
for
at
least
the
next
five
years.
I,
don't
know
how
that
excuse
me
I,
don't
know
how
that
makes
sense
at
the
same
time
keeping
open
what
are
clearly
according
to
school
district
data.
Clearly
substandard
charter
schools.
It
seems
that
the
decisions
about
the
future
of
our
public
schools
are
based
on
reports
by,
as
Linda
said,
the
Cambridge
group
there's
the
acting
Corporation,
the
Boston
Consulting
Group
Philadelphia,
School
Partnership.
A
It
seems
that
more
and
more
everyone
except
your
constituents,
the
parents,
students
and
community
members
are
really
having
to
say
on
the
future
of
our
public
schools.
Last
year,
the
SRC
approved
initial
spending,
ten
ten
million
for
blended
learning,
which
put
students
in
front
of
computers
for
a
significant
part
of
the
day,
as
we
pointed
out
in
our
testimony,
there's
no
credible
research
that
shows
that
this
kind
of
program
increases
student
learning.
Our
children
don't
need
more
time
to
learn.
You
know
to
be
in
front
of
a
screen.
A
They
need
more
time
to
learn
from
qualified
teachers.
They
have
to
have
more
social
interaction,
not
less
social
interaction.
The
height
administration
each
year
creates
a
new
category
of
schools
nominally
to
turn
in
schools
around
priority
schools,
transformation,
schools,
redesign
schools,
Renaissance
schools,
these
things
that
that
are
referred
to
as
turnarounds,
but
the
main
tactic
of
those
turnarounds
is
is
to
get
rid
of
most
of
the
faculty.
At
the
same
time
that
dr.
A
heit
talked
about
dealing
with
student
trauma,
moving
most
of
the
faculty
out
of
the
school
and
having
kids
come
back
the
next
year
and
seeing
very
few
faces
that
they
recognize
it.
In
my
opinion,
inflicts
trauma
on
students.
You
can't
turn
around
and
say,
let's
put
a
bandaid
on
the
trauma
that
we've
inflicted
I
want
to
also
thank
you.
Councilman
Blackwell
and
council
meant
Alvin
Berger
for
talking
about
school
libraries.