The Daily Numbers: $23 million dollar deficit in the Chester Upland School District.
45 million dollars, how much the state says the district overspent between 2003 and 2012.
75 million dollars in additional funding sent to Chester Upland by the state in the last 5 years.
24.7 million dollars in savings proposed by Gov. Tom Wolf by slashing reimbursement for charter school students.
40,000 dollars and change, what Chester Upland currently pays for every special education student that attends a charter school.
16,131.77, what they would pay under the Wolf plan.
5 of Delco’s 15 school districts who held press conference yesterday urging Gov. Wolf and the Legislature to settle their differences and pass a new state budget.
5,500 dollars, how much a woman admitted ripping off from the Susan G. Komen cancer organization in sham fundraising drives.
9 to 23 months in prison for Jennifer Wasco.
1 driver shot and killed on a Chester street. He slammed into several cars before being taken to the hospital.
1 person shot late last night on Upper Darby street.
5,000 dollar reward posted for information on suspect in robbery of CVS store in Springfield.
100,000 dollars personal recognizance bail for U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, who entered not guilty plea to corruption charges in federal court.
4 weeks, how long Maikel Franco is expected to be out of Phillies lineup with a broken wrist. He could miss the rest of the season.
1-5, Phils record without Franco in the lineup.
8-5 loss for the Phils last night vs. the Blue Jays.
5-3 lead for the Phils that went up in smoke in a brutal bullpen showing from Jeanmar Gomez.
4 runs on 4 hits surrrendered by Gomez.
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Maikel Franco was supposed to be back in the lineup for the Phillies last night. Instead he’s going on the DL. The Phils are 1-5 in his absence. It is not a coincidence.
I Don’t Get It: Using the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which has raised millions in the fght against breast cancer, as a front for a scam in which you pocketed the money? I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Gov. Tom Wolf for attacking the problem of charter school reimbursements in Pennsylvania. Yes, it is an acute problem in Chester Upland, but it affects many school districts across the Commonwealth. It’s time to deal with this issue.
Quote Box: “This has been a sad tale of 25 years of failure.”
- Gov. Tom Wolf, talking about the history of financial woes in Chester Upland.
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