Philadelphia School District Launching New Program Overseeing Dismissals At Most Troubled School Corridors

Philadelphia PA

06 April, 2022

11:08 AM

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By Natasha Brown, CBS Philadelphia April 6, 2022 Nearly daily violence impacting students in the School District of Philadelphia is prompting its security teams to take a new approach. Community volunteers will soon oversee dismissals at some of the most troubled school corridors in the city. "Enough already. We're going to continue to do our part as a school district," Superintendent Dr. William Hite said. An exasperated superintendent feeling the pain of losing a 15-year-old student to gun violence and seeing a 13-year-old gunned down and critically injured in two separate shootings on the same day. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.