Helen abused her power while in city council to keep schools closed, in order to appease the teachers unions. PFT ended up donating toward her campaign, and the AFT donated $500,000. She has no integrity and is dishonest.

Just don’t expect any details on how it will actually happen. Expecting a ~10,000,000,000 to magically appear as a green new deal isn’t a plan, it’s a delusion. Best of sticking w a candidate who has plans that are somewhat rooted in realism.

The schools Helen Gym has built are…wait for it…CHARTER schools!

Spend two years telling kids & families schools aren’t safe enough( still happening!) that remote ed was good enough… Add in terrible educational quality (which is getting worse) Kids won’t go to school. Families who can leave will. Not a surprise at all.

So true -

He should know…he lives in LA, joining the crowd of Very Important People Who Are Telling Philly Who They Should Vote For…. They’ll remain safely ensconced elsewhere and won’t live with the resultant impacts.

…instead vote for the person who went into the Union League to take a check from millionaires? Helen Gym Or you can vote for any of the other candidates - none of them did that.

There are clearly a group of people who feel schools must be closed for any reason. Philadelphia Board of Education Superintendent Dr. Tony B. Watlington Sr. - maybe grades shouldn’t close 7 days before school ends, it’s true there is ~0 teaching — no effort being made to reach kids who are struggling.

The student you are in 4th grade will disproportionately dictate high school admissions, right Superintendent Dr. Tony B. Watlington Sr. Philadelphia Board of Education ? Talk about not letting kids out of a box you put them into early…