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Are Philly schools’ 2022-23 budgets a ‘massacre’ or advancing equity?

Some schools will lose multiple positions next year, and the principals' union is furious. But the district says it's a re-allocation of resources and a $170 million budget increase.

Robin Cooper, president of CASA, the Philly principals’ union, calls the coming 2022-23 Philadelphia School District budget "a massacre." District officials say the spending plan actually distributes dollars more fairly on a per-student basis.
Robin Cooper, president of CASA, the Philly principals’ union, calls the coming 2022-23 Philadelphia School District budget "a massacre." District officials say the spending plan actually distributes dollars more fairly on a per-student basis.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer
    by Kristen A. Graham
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