City Gets More Time to Mull School Takeover
The Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia’s mayor extended the deadline for a state takeover of the city’s schools after talks stalled.
Gov. Mark Schweiker and Mayor John F. Street had until midnight Friday to reach an agreement, after which the state planned to assume control of the 210,000-student district. But they extended the deadline until Dec. 21.
Activists protested the plan to hire private companies to run individual schools.
The school district, the nation’s eighth largest, is plagued by dismal test scores, a chronic teacher shortage, a $216-million budget deficit and crumbling buildings.
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