the commission said they needed to close nearly 10% of the city's schools in order to erase a budget deficit of $1.35 billion over 5 years. initially, teachers at schools that are closing would be transferred, but last week, that same reform commission approved a budget so tight it left a $300 million hole which in turn left philly's school superintendent with a very difficult decision to make. >> late this afternoon, school superintendent william hite detailed who will get pink slips. in all, 3,783 workers are getting layoff notices. that includes 676 teachers, 769 assistants, and the largest group affected, more than 1,200 aides. >> all of this is the result of something that took place a little more than a year ago when pennsylvania's republican governor tom corbett who is my own dark horse pick for maybe the worst governor in the country, along with the gop-controlled house of representatives, cut statewide pre-k through 12 education budget by $961 million. a 12% cut in education. and i bet you can guess what part of the philadelphia community will be disproportionately affected by school closings.
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