Sixty-Three School District of Philadelphia Schools Will Be Closed Tomorrow, Friday, March 13, 2020
Students from these schools are not to report due to expected staffing shortages
PHILADELPHIA — Sixty-three School District of Philadelphia (SDP) schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, March 13, 2020 as a result of Governor Wolf’s announcement earlier today regarding measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Montgomery County, including: advising all residents of Montgomery County to avoid non-essential travel and not report to work until March 27, 2020. This decision is expected to have a significant impact on Philadelphia’s public schools.
Eleven percent or 2,100 of our 18,000 School District employees live in Montgomery County. More specifically, there are 63 schools where 15% or more of SDP school-based staff live in Montgomery County. The anticipated staffing impact to these 63 schools makes it unlikely they will be able to function as fully operating schools that would effectively meet the needs of students.
“Since the onset of the coronavirus situation in the Philadelphia area, it has been the goal of our School District to safely keep our doors open as long as possible,” said Superintendent Hite. “The Philadelphia communities we serve rely on us for the many public school services we provide, including breakfast and lunch meals, shelter and health services. Unfortunately, the current set of circumstances make it difficult for us to keep all of our schools open.”
All students in the 63 schools should not report to school. Principals of those schools will report to their schools in the morning. Reporting details for other school-based staff will be provided by the schools’ principals.
The list of 63 schools is as follows:
| AMY AT JAMES MARTIN |
| AMY NORTHWEST |
| BALDI MIDDLE SCHOOL |
| BARTON, CLARA SCHOOL |
| BUILDING 21 |
| CAYUGA SCHOOL |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL |
| COMLY SCHOOL |
| JAY COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
| DAY, ANNA B. SCHOOL |
| DOBBINS, MURRELL HIGH SCHOOL |
| DOBSON, JAMES SCHOOL |
| DUCKREY, TANNER SCHOOL |
| EDMONDS, FRANKLIN S. SCHOOL |
| ELLWOOD SCHOOL |
| EMLEN, ELEANOR C. SCHOOL |
| ENGINEERING & SCIENCE HIGH SCH |
| FELS, SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL |
| FELTONVILLE ARTS & SCIENCES |
| FELTONVILLE INTERMEDIATE |
| FINLETTER, THOMAS K. SCHOOL |
| FITLER ACADEMICS PLUS |
| FRANK, ANNE SCHOOL |
| FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ELEM SCHOOL |
| GIRLS, PHILA HIGH SCHOOL FOR |
| GREENBERG, JOSEPH SCHOOL |
| HENRY, CHARLES W. SCHOOL |
| HOPKINSON SCHOOL |
| HOUSTON, HENRY H. SCHOOL |
| HOWE, JULIA WARD SCHOOL |
| JENKS ACADEMY ARTS & SCIENCES |
| JUNIATA PARK ACADEMY |
| KENDERTON ELEMENTARY |
| KING, MARTIN LUTHER HIGH SCH. |
| LANKENAU HIGH SCHOOL |
| LINGELBACH, ANNA L. SCHOOL |
| LOESCHE, WILLIAM H. SCHOOL |
| LOGAN, JAMES SCHOOL |
| MASTBAUM, JULES E. HIGH SCHOOL |
| MCCLOSKEY, JOHN F. SCHOOL |
| MOFFET, JOHN SCHOOL |
| MOORE, J. HAMPTON SCHOOL |
| NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL |
| OLNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
| PARKWAY-NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL |
| PENNELL, JOSEPH ELEMENTARY |
| PENNYPACK HOUSE SCHOOL |
| PENNYPACKER, SAMUEL SCHOOL |
| PHILADELPHIA MILITARY ACADEMY |
| POTTER-THOMAS SCHOOL |
| RANDOLPH TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL |
| RHAWNHURST SCHOOL |
| RICHMOND SCHOOL |
| ROWEN, WILLIAM SCHOOL |
| ROXBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL |
| SAUL, WALTER B. HIGH SCHOOL |
| SHAWMONT SCHOOL |
| SOLIS-COHEN, SOLOMON SCHOOL |
| VAUX BIG PICTURE HIGH SCHOOL |
| WAGNER, GEN. LOUIS MIDDLE SCH. |
| WASHINGTON, GROVER JR. MIDDLE |
| WEST PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL |
| WILSON, WOODROW MIDDLE SCHOOL |
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