Dear Editor, In response to the recent articles concerning the Philadelphia Public Schools deficit, why is a public school system that continues to bleed red ink giving millions of dollars to the construction of the Penn assisted public school being constructed at 43rd and Locust? Upenn publications have at different times placed the contribution to the school from the school system between 27 and 35 million dollars, but nobody seems to know the exactly how much the school is going to cost the taxpayers. And why not make the school possibly accessible to all students through a lottery or other system. Instead, the school has a small catchment area. West Philly taxpayers are being forced to subsidize a high end school that will only serve one part of the neighborhood while other schools are crumbling. The Penn assisted public school is just another example of the university's state subsidized attempts to turn parts of West Philly into an exclusive, gated suburban community. Chris White West Philly [EMAIL PROTECTED] 215-474-6459 --
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