Few Building 21 students showed up for in-person instruction at Strawberry Mansion High School Monday after asbestos forced the schools to share a building.
Few Building 21 students showed up for in-person instruction at Strawberry Mansion High School Monday, the first day the Philadelphia School District had asked families to relocate their children to a new building afterEmpty SEPTA shuttle buses along 65th Street near Limekiln Pike waited for Building 21 students to be shuttled to Mansion, at 31st and Ridge about six miles away. Only about 22 of the school’s 390 students eventually boarded one bus, and by 10:15 a.m.
Watlington and other district officials had initially said the state would not allow them to continue virtual learning, but on Sunday night, Tomás Hanna, assistant superintendent for secondary schools, changed course, saying that the meeting had made clear what families were feeling. Hanna, who recently left the Pennsylvania Department of Education as chief talent officer, said the district will work with the state to “explore the potential for virtual instruction until the building work is completed.”
Though Building 21 staff were on hand at Mansion, the low number of students attending meant that they would not be receiving live instruction. Instead, staff said, the plan was
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