PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia teachers and school police got new labor contracts this year — but not principals. They expressed that frustration during Thursday night’s school board meeting.
Dozens of principals cheered as their union president, Robin Cooper, addressed the school board. The 1,000 members of the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators (CASA) Teamsters Local 502 have been working without a contract since Aug. 31.
“[Superintendent] Watlington, you often ask, ‘What about the children?’ CASA is asking, what about your administrators?” said Cooper…