Councilmember Jeffery Young Jr. on Thursday pledged to share more about his proposal to let City Council impeach members of the School District of Philadelphia’s board “very, very soon.”
Speaking at the first City Council meeting since district officials revised their facilities plan to close 18 schools instead of 20, Young had a pointed message.
“I hope the school district is listening to residents of the city of Philadelphia because this plan, even as it’s tweaked, doesn’t make any sense, particularly in my council district,” said Young (D-5th). “As I stated to the school board, there are a lot of contradictions in the goals of your plan in how it really impacts the 5th Council District, so I’m going to continue to say something about it and do something about it.”…