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Ahead of potential staff and programming cuts, Philly teachers and parents plan to protest

Dozens of seats at some criteria-based schools are empty as principals have lost any latitude to pull in students who may not have met the admissions bar. With dropped enrollment comes staff cuts.

Dana Williams (right), a dance instructor at Franklin Learning Center for 17 years, addresses other teachers, students and parents gathered outside the school to rally against school district cuts to schools forced by changes to the district's special admissions policy.
Dana Williams (right), a dance instructor at Franklin Learning Center for 17 years, addresses other teachers, students and parents gathered outside the school to rally against school district cuts to schools forced by changes to the district's special admissions policy.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer