Experts
Waiting & Wondering at Wister
What’s going on with the staff at Wister? For Robin Lowry, it’s like Sitting in Limbo… Welp. We don’t know where we’ll be next year. Wister? A new school? Quit? Go into Forestry? (That’s what I [more…]
Experts
Experts
MAILBAG: Did Someone Say Facts? Public vs Charter continues…
A reader emailed us his disappointment that we’d print commentary from a local public school teacher who is fighting against a charter overtake. We disagree that there’s no place for conversation in community news, and present Robin Lowry’s [more…]
Experts
About Robin…
Robin Lowry lives in Germantown and teaches Health & Physical Education at Wister Elementary. In her 22 years with the Philly School District teaching all grade levels she has experienced the daily joys and frustrations [more…]
Experts
It Could Happen Here: PUBLIC -v- CHARTER
**UPDATE: WISTER WINS!!** Philadelphia’s School District announced last week that Wister Elementary will remain public** Wister’s been granted a reprieve. District Superintendents met with staff at dismissal to give us the good news. Is it [more…]
Contributors
GUEST BLOG: 5 Tips for Surviving Your Neighbor’s Home Renovations
Author, designer & East Falls home owner James Calder learns to live through rehabs on the other side of his historic twin (with Jen Colahan McIllhenny). [more…]