Dearth Of School Libraries Compounds A Crisis In Philly

“Though Philadelphia’s public library services recently landed on the chopping block, the city’s public school students have watched school library services dwindle for years. Today, more than half of the district’s 281 schools have no library staff. In one region, it’s up to 78 percent. … So if some city libraries close, the district is woefully underprepared to pick up the slack for its 167,000 students, library supporters said.”