• During her campaign for mayor, Cherelle Parker claimed she wanted to “make Philadelphia a national leader in public education.”
• To accomplish this goal, Parker has proposed year-round schooling for students.
• “The whole idea of scheduling in the School District of Philadelphia — it’s antiquated and outdated and doesn’t meet the demands of a 21st-century global economy,” Parker told a local media member last week before the election. “Our children are no longer working the farms during the summertime.”

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