School District of Philadelphia

Public school system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is the school district that includes all school district-operated public schools in Philadelphia.[9] Established in 1818, it is largest school district in Pennsylvania and the eighth-largest school district in the nation, serving over 197,000 students as of 2022.[10]

School District of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Board of Education Building, the district's headquarters, at 440 North Broad Street (in the right foreground)
Location
United States
Coordinates39°57′39″N 75°09′46″W / 39.960752°N 75.162646°W / 39.960752; -75.162646
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-K12
Established1818; 206 years ago (1818)
PresidentReginald L. Streater, Esq.,[1]
SuperintendentTony Watlington
School boardBoard of Education[5]
Schools
  • 217 district schools
  • 83 charter schools
  • 29 alternative schools (2023)[2]
Budget$4.3 billion (FY23)[3]
NCES District ID4218990[4]
Students and staff
Students197,288 (2022-2023)[2]
Staff22,590 (excludes charter schools) (April 1, 2023)[6]
Other information
Teachers' unionPhiladelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT)[7]
Administrators' unionCommonwealth Association of School Administrators (CASA)[8]
Websitewww.philasd.org

The school board was created in 1850 to oversee the schools of Philadelphia. The Act of Assembly of April 5, 1867, designated that the Controllers of the Public Schools of Philadelphia were to be appointed by the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. There was one Controller to be appointed from each ward. This was done to eliminate politics from the management of the schools.[11]

Eventually, the management of the school district was given to a school board appointed by the mayor. This continued until 2001 when the district was taken over by the state, and the governor was given the power to appoint a majority of the five members of the new School Reform Commission.[12][13] In July 2018, the School Reform Commission (SRC) was disbanded and control of the district was returned to the city and its newly selected Philadelphia School Board.

  1. ^ "About Us". Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "School Profiles". Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "FY2022-23 Consolidated Budget" (PDF). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for School District of Philadelphia". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  5. ^ "Board of Education". Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "District Performance Office, District Employees and Finance". Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "AFT Pennsylvania". pa.aft.org.
  8. ^ "Teamsters Local 502 CASA". www.local502casa.org. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Contact Us." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  10. ^ "School District of Philadelphia About". School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  11. ^ Edmunds, Franklin Davenport (1917). "The Public School Buildings of the City of Philadelphia from 1853 to 1867".
  12. ^ Rieser, Len. "Analysis: do Philadelphians still have a voice at the School District? Understanding the state takeover of Philadelphia's schools". University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  13. ^ Favro, Tony. "US mayors are divided about merits of controlling schools". citymayors.com. Retrieved February 20, 2007.

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