November Newsflash
At the SRC . . .
In October, the School Reform Commission considered but did not yet approve the following resolutions (an October action meeting for voting on resolutions was postponed to November 9):
-Authorization for negotiations
on 4601 Market Street site for new West
Philadelphia High School
District representatives will negotiate
with nonprofit Urban Education Development
Research and Retreat Center, Inc., for
purchase of 4601 Market. The 15-acre site
is proposed for the construction of a
new West Philadelphia High School.
-$2.6 million from general fund
to Kaplan
K12 for curriculum development and
benchmark testing.
The contract would provide scoring and
data reports for all secondary benchmark
assessments in math, science and English;
consulting services for development of
three 12th-grade courses; and continued
support for staff on core curriculum.
-Terminate contracts with K12
Inc.
K12 Inc. would lose its $3 million contract
to provide science materials to grades
K-3, and $250,000 contract for professional
services to Hunter School, in the aftermath
of an
offensive racial
statement broadcast by company co-founder
William Bennett on his radio show. In
its first year, the science curriculum
contract will conclude in June 2006. The
measure was proposed by Commissioner Sandra
Dungee Glenn, and backed by Commissioner
Martin Bednarek.