Philadelphia School District's back to school celebration hands out access to free resources

During her State of Public Education speech this year, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker touched on the issue of vacant schools throughout the city. There are about 20 unused and empty school properties owned by the School District of Philadelphia. Over the years, the city and district have both faced mounting pressure from the community on what to do with these buildings. Last month, there were talks of a resolution that would give the district the green light to hand the properties over to th