Philadelphia Inquirer — School Board Facilities Plan Vote, April 30, 2026

Philadelphia Inquirer reporting on the April 30, 2026 Philadelphia Board of Education vote approving a $3 billion facilities plan that closes 17 schools, including Paul Robeson High School for Human Services. Carries the verbatim co-signed letter from Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and other lawmakers warning that closing Robeson, described as “one of the few remaining institutional footholds for the Black community in University City,” would make the Board “complicit in the displacement that this community has been suffering since the razing of the Black Bottom.” Documents the Board’s separate $120 million increase in facilities investment for the surrounding community.