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In charter-renewal fight, Philadelphia School District ‘paying for both sides’

The Philadelphia School District wants to non-renew two charter schools run by Aspira, in part because of financial management concerns. But to do that, it has to pay up.

Teachers and others in the Aspira Olney Charter High School community marched around the school to support negotiations of a new contract Tuesday, while the Philadelphia School Board held hearings on the possible non-renewal of the school's charter.
Teachers and others in the Aspira Olney Charter High School community marched around the school to support negotiations of a new contract Tuesday, while the Philadelphia School Board held hearings on the possible non-renewal of the school's charter.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer