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Parent: 'We're looking at funding schools so that buildings can open, rather than funding schools that can educate children. That's a terrible and dangerous standard.'
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer
Shunning a claim by Philadelphia school officials that the city only needs $50 million to open school doors on September 9th, parents, students and community leaders are threatening a district-wide boycott of the city's public schools if the city does not secure the full amount of funding necessary to ensure safe, effective schools.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/13-3