Like a couple hundred residents of the Philadelphia area who are angry about Governor Corbett’s attack on public education and public higher education, I ventured Broad and Olney to protest Governor Corbett speaking at a Philadelphia public school for the first time in his three year tenure, but Governor Corbett decided not to show up to Central High School to give high school students achievement awards. To defend his actions, hilarity ensued and Governor Corbett went on Twitter to defend Governor Corbett skipping out on an award ceremony.
Today, I was scheduled to join faculty and parents at Central High to celebrate the outstanding educational achievement of 3 Philly schools
— Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) January 17, 2014
Really?!?! You were scheduled to go to one of Philadelphia’s premiere high schools? I was there as well!
These 3 schools: Central High, Julia Masterman Secondary, George Washington Carver High are examples of what’s working in Philly public ed
— Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) January 17, 2014
Well Governor, these are THE magnet schools in Philadelphia, but that’s why those schools don’t have a paid librarian or other support staff members?
Out of respect to the students, I decided not to engage in theatrics designed by adults in the system and instead presented the…
— Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) January 17, 2014
“Theatrics?” Like your monthly poll numbers that are like comedies?
…Gov’s Award for Ed. Excellence to Suprintdnt Hite. Id ask him to take the banners and celebrate students the way we should be doing now.
— Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) January 17, 2014
Oh, since you couldn’t be there, you allowed one of your corrupt lackey’s hand out the awards for you?
When I came into office, I faced a fiscal crisis. $4.2 billion budget deficit. This is not laying blame. This is reality of what PA faced.
— Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) January 17, 2014
My admin. has invested more PA dollars in PA ed. than any other Gov in PA history. Let’s work together and continue putting students first.
— Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) January 17, 2014
Yes Governor Corbett, you did have a 4.2 billion dollar deficit, but do you remember how you balanced that deficit? You gave away our lands to the gas industry, you knocked 80,000 children off of state ran medicaid, you wanted to cut the State System of Higher Education by 50% and you cut education by 1.2 billion dollars, BUT HEY!!!, at least you found a way to slip a campaign donor into your last tweet!
More media will be published on this later on. Enjoy.
I think colleges and schools would disagree.
The oil & gas industry paid Corbett $1.8 million for his campaign. School Districts do not have that ability. Students loose.
November can’t come fast enough.