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The School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The School District of Philadelphia is said to be the largest school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania running over 270 Philadelphia public schools. With a racially and ethnically diverse student population of almost over 200,000 students, it is also said to be the eighth largest school district in terms enrollment in the nation.
The School District of Philadelphia which was established in 1818 is now divided into twelve regional offices, ten of which are geographically determined regions wherein each region is supervised by a Regional Superintendent. The CEO region and the EMO region, the two non-geographical regions in the district are usually groups of schools that are being performance managed and closely monitored by the Office of the CEO and the Educational Management Organizations.
The District’s School Board, which was setup in 1850 to initially oversee the public schools in Philadelphia, had gone through historical and political reformations. In 1867, controllers of the Public Schools of Philadelphia were assigned by the judges of the Court of the Common Pleas. Then, it was passed on the Mayor of Philadelphia and finally until December 2001, the state took over and part of the power of appointment was given to the Governor. The District is now being led by the five members of the School Reform Commission, three members appointed by the Governor and two members appointed by the Mayor. |
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