Guest Column by Gerald Campano | PILOTs are a civic responsibility
(09/09/20 1:04am)
For an eyewitness account of the conditions in the Philadelphia schools, I urge readers to watch a recent YouTube broadcast by The Bullhorn, the School District of Philadelphia’s phenomenal student-run newspaper. You will hear young people themselves describe schools where they are exposed to asbestos and lead, with horrific counselor-to-student ratios, insufficient numbers of nurses, and a lack of arts classes to nurture creativity. One student tells of peers who started naming the rodents in their school. Others have told me of classmates and teachers who have become sick because of toxic buildings.