No breakfast or lunch ever arrived to feed children at Mitchell Elementary in Southwest Philadelphia — and it wasn’t the first time this term meals failed to arrive at the school. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The Workforce Recovery Strategies Committee aims to tackle pandemic employment challenges through collaboration. Plus, Philadelphia Works’ Patrick Clancy on what’s really behind the phrase “people don’t want to go back to work.” | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods experiencing trauma. Mass death caused by COVID-19, large-scale unemployment, rising homicides, fatal drug overdoses, and continued racial injustice sparked by police shootings are the foundations of the city’s traumatic experiences. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Several thousand workers employed by airline subcontractors and airport concessionaires will get a bump. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
After almost a year away from the classroom, the School District of Philadelphia returned to in-person learning just a few weeks ago. Before stepping into the buildings, parents had already found problems. | From: Germantown Info Hub (Read more.)
The Philadelphia school district sent a letter Wednesday to parents of students at Richmond Elementary School in Port Richmond informing them that it is temporarily shutting the school down due to COVID cases. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Lost your vaccine card? Not to worry. If you got vaccinated in Philly, a replacement document is now just one click away. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
These were by no means the first communication and organizational mishaps that have marked the start to school this year. There was also, because of a school bus driver shortage, the move this summer to standardize start and end times for the district, which previously had 28 different schedules. | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
The lack of social safety net in the undocumented immigrant community pushed many people towards other professions. At the same time, the higher vacancies in restaurants created newfound leverage in salary negotiations for some who have remained. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s District Attorney has given out another round of grants to nonprofits to combat violence in the city and a stern warning to those who are thinking about committing a gun crime. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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