Mayor Cherelle Parker defies City Council, re-appoints Board of Education veteran moments after rejection

Mayor Cherelle Parker puts a veteran member of Philadelphia’s Board of Education back on the panel moments after the city council rejects her.Veteran Philadelphia school board member, Joyce Wilkerson, sat in City Council Chambers with her supporters and Mayor Parker’s staff close by. Within moments, the City Council President lost her renomination to the board she once ran.Kenyetta Johnson said, "it’s very clear that Ms.

s call for a roll call vote, placing members on the record, fails and the council president withdraws her nomination for the school board.Wilkerson’s renomination became entangled in concerns raised by some council members that the school board rejected more Black-led charter schools than others suggesting the practice was "racist." Council President Johnson said charter school operators were not Wilkerson’s only critics.

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