English: South Philadelphia High School, taken from Broad Street, with snow in the foreground (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Philadelphia Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. announced Friday that the School District had begun mailing layoff notices to 3,783 employees, informing them they will lose their jobs July 1 because of the district’s financial crisis.
The list includes 676 teachers, 283 counselors, 127 assistant principals, and 1,202 noontime aides.
“These … employees are more than numbers: these are people — professionals — who play important roles in the lives of thousands of students throughout our city,” Hite said at a news briefing.
He called the layoffs “nothing less than catastrophic for our schools and students.
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