Philadelphia School District faces potential financial crisis. Here's why
The School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington said the district faces potentially falling off a ...
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Philadelphia Schools headed toward fiscal cliff; superintendent asks board to dip into reserves
Longer-term solutions are being sought, but Superintendent Watlington says if the district doesn't dip into savings now, jobs ...
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Philly school district stares down a $300M deficit
The School District of Philadelphia will spend 40% of its reserves in order to avoid budget cuts for one more year. After that, there are no guarantees.
Philadelphia schools superintendent advocates for federal funding as Trump works to shut down Education Department
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington began his week on Capitol Hill advocating to protect funding ...
Philly school district leaders unveil $4.6 billion 2025-26 budget, but forecast chaos ahead
What you need to knowThe Philadelphia school board is gathered for its monthly meeting, which began at 4 p.m.Earlier on ...
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Philadelphia adopts preliminary schools budget as it eyes long-term deficits, Trump uncertainty
The Board of Education adopted a $4.6 billion preliminary budget for the upcoming fiscal year. But that spending blueprint ...
Philly schools project a fiscal cliff, plan to spend $306 million in reserves to avoid classroom cuts and layoffs
The Philadelphia School District is bracing itself to hit a fiscal cliff. Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. delivered the ...
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Philadelphia schools superintendent advocates for federal funding as Trump works to shut down Education Department
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington began his week on Capitol Hill advocating to protect funding for the city's public schools as the Trump administration looks to ...
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Three Philadelphia schools among top 20 PA public schools
Three schools in the School District of Philadelphia have been ranked among the top twenty public schools in Pennsylvania. According to Niche’s 2025 rankings of the Best Public Middle and ...
Superintendent of School District of Philadelphia meets with congressional leaders in Washington
Tony Watlington was in Washington on Monday to meet with congressional leaders amid President Trump's plan to dismantle the ...
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Philadelphia adopts preliminary schools budget as it eyes long-term deficits, Trump uncertainty
“We’ll get through this year just fine,” Superintendent Tony Watlington told reporters earlier on Thursday. But he added that going forward, if state and local lawmakers don’t increase ...