Updated on February 23, 2021 at 6:41 pm
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic took a grip of Wilmington, Marymar Hopkins was laid off from her child care job.
Her three daughters – first, third and seventh graders – were going to school virtually.
“It was difficult because I was the only one and I couldn t work,” Hopkins said.
Her daughters were eating twice as much being home. Money was running out. And crime was escalating in the neighborhood.
In July, bullets went flying through their front door and into the wall and television.
“I end up moving. We went to a hotel,” she said, because she didn’t have enough to pay a security deposit at another rental property.
Philadelphia public schools will not reopen for in-person classes by Feb. 22, as previously announced, but staff will be offered coronavirus vaccines in hopes.
Updated on February 11, 2021 at 7:44 am
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Philadelphia public school teachers bundled up in winter coats, gloves and hats sat outside on folding chairs on a bitter cold Monday morning as a show of solidarity over concerns about coronavirus safety amid a planned return to classrooms.
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It was blistering cold outside the Southwark School in South Philadelphia as teachers taught online classes outside.