PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — With their school building closed for asbestos remediation and no temporary site yet found where students can attend classes, about 100 Frankford High School students and staff staged a rally Wednesday afternoon, demanding answers from district leaders.
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Frankford students have been learning remotely since early April, when damaged asbestos was found in their massive building. So far, the School District of Philadelphia has not found a suitable relocation site.
Sophomore Jayden Colon-Torres says that needs to change, because virtual learning is not the answer.
“School is like my domain, where I can learn and be social and do different things. And ever since this happened, it’s really put a pause on that and really affected me,” Colon-Torres said.
Band director Brittany Cramer said remote learning has been crushing for her students.
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“To not have a building that we can adequately do what a school needs to be doing for our students, it’s devastating,” Cramer said.
English teacher David Gavigan said teachers want to know how much asbestos they may have been exposed to. And they want a relocation site identified by the end of this school year.
“We’re demanding urgency. We’re demanding that our school be safe,” Gavigan said. “That we get a good location next year. That other schools don’t have to go through as chaotic of a process that we’ve been going through.”
The district says it’s been difficult to find a space close and large enough to fit all of Frankford’s 900 students, but their goal remains to find a suitable swing space for next school year.
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