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They say they are missing payments they re due from a new pilot program involving transportation.
The Flat Rate Pilot Program pays families who opt out of taking the bus this year.
You only get paid, though, when students attend 70% of their school s scheduled in-person days a month.
So while it doesn t affect Philadelphia public school students who are 100-percent virtual, it does affect hundreds of families whose kids attend archdiocesan and independent or private schools in the district.
That includes Bernadette Appiott s daughter, Kimberly, who attends St. Lucy Day School. St. Lucy s is a school for children with visual impairments, said Appiott.
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Students are socially distanced while attending class virtually at Vogt Access Center. (Emily Rizzo for WHYY)
Philadelphia’s public school system is headed toward a third attempt at offering in-person school during the pandemic. Whether it succeeds will depend partly on the cooperation of parents, who appear deeply divided on the issue.
A WHYY review of survey data from November shows that families when given a choice between in-person learning and hybrid learning were fairly split on the topic.
When looking at school-by-school breakdowns, few patterns emerged. Families attending schools in affluent areas were about as likely to choose in-person instruction as families attending schools in low-income neighborhoods. Similarly, survey response rates did not seem tied to school demographics.
The City of Philadelphia has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to rapidly quantify the number of households that are without Internet connectivity or.