In the article "Philadelphia superintendent identifies schools he attends to close" Kristen Graham talks about what the superintendent closing many philadelphia public schools being closed. She also tells how he is combining some high schools also.

The article includes facts from what the school district of philadelphia has been doing financially. For  instance the district just borrowed $300 million just to pay bills and give paychecks through the end of the school year. Some of the buildings that are being closed will be sold so they can have more money coming in. Also some school will change there grades so it would go from being K-6 to K-4. Other elementary schools would be K-8.

I think that the school closing idea is horridble because there will be more bulling. If they combine K-8 there would be alot of kids in one school and too many to deal with. There will be alot of bulling going and one principle so she/he would not be able to get to all the students at once. Also they are combining highschools that have a history of fighting eachother. This may lead to teenagers getting shot  or jumped. If this is happening the principle can't suspend evryone. Also alot of teacher would be without jobs after the closings. Classrooms would have to have more than 20 students so it would be hard for the teachers to get to everyone and there would be distractions.

This article reminds me of a crowded auditorium at my school for many reasons. When our school are in the auditorium its very noisy and its not that many of us. teachers go to one person and ask them to be quite then the next person talks and it's very frustrating. It's not that many of us so imagine if 2 big schools and kids in class rooms are combined into one.