‘It can be scary.’ Philly school board talks about the recent shootings, and other takeaways from its meeting
Cavance Snaith, a junior at Constitution High and student board representative, played baseball with one of the students wounded in the Monday shooting that By virtue of the vote, 13,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, nurses, counselors, secretaries and other workers will get a 5% pay raise in September and a $1,200 bonus in June. The new contract will expire Aug. 31, 2025.
Board members asked how much the deal would cost the district, which has projected a deficit as federal COVID relief funds expire. Though she will remain on the board until she has ankle surgery in April, Fix-Lopez gave her farewell speech Thursday night.
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