PHL School Operations

Yesterday, at the"How to Become a Transportation Vendor" event, members from The School District of Philadelphia gave businesses and vendors an opportunity to learn more about direct and indirect contracting opportunities with the Department of Transportation Services. #schooldistricts #business #vendors #PHLed #PHLjobs

The Operations team is excited to #RingTheBellPHL on Monday, August 27th at 8 a.m. #PHLed #FirstDayOfSchool #BackToSchool #GetReady

The School District of Philadelphia today broke ground on a new, $1 million state-of-the-art Livestock Center at W. B. Saul High School, the only school in the state dedicated to agriculture and food science, horticulture, animal science and natural resource management. The construction of the 3,900 square foot facility is expected to be complete in February 2019. It will provide an exciting learning environment with amenities that replicate industry standards, replacing an outdated barn that served the school for at least 40 years.

Students from Chester A. Arthur School received an exciting visit from Philadelphia 76ers forward Rob Covington. He was joined by representatives from OCF Realty to present a $20,000 check to Playworks Pennsylvania, which works with the school. The funds will support Playworks programs that provide safe and healthy activities at schools around Philadelphia. After a presentation on the school playground, Covington played a pick-up game of 5-on-1 with some of the school’s students. He also talked to the students about staying active and eating right.

A ceremonial ribbon-cutting officially opened the new schoolyard at Alexander Adaire School. The Adaire schoolyard is the latest in a citywide partnership among the School District of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, and national non-profit The Trust for Public Land, as well as four years of organizing by the Friends of Adaire, and key initial support from Council President Darrell Clarke. The work advances several citywide p...riorities, including the School District’s Green Futures plan. The new Adaire schoolyard was designed to provide improved opportunities for recreation and learning and will also capture stormwater on rainy days with new green infrastructure features. Formerly a bare asphalt yard, the new schoolyard now features a large rain garden with a nature trail for exploration and learning, sitting benches and a long seating wall providing ample seating for gathering and relaxing, a fenced-off teacher parking lot. In addition, it includes two distinct play areas: a playground structure with obstacle course and colorful tumbling hills to promote creative play. The intersection of rain garden, sitting wall, and mounds area is also already proving an attractive outdoor classroom space.

Dobbins High begins Extreme School Makeover $39 million investment improves 37 classrooms, replaces several critical building systems, and more Today, school and city officials held a press conference to celebrate the beginning of an Extreme School Makeover at Murrell Dobbins High School. After the speaking program, school and city officials started the renovation process themselves by hitting an interior classroom wall with a sledgehammer....Continue reading

The Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) is now available to view online! The FCA an industry term that describes the process of a qualified group of trained industry professionals performing an analysis of the condition of a facility or group of facilities that may vary in terms of age, design, construction methods, and materials. In 2015, The School District of Philadelphia hired Parsons Environmental & Infrastructure Group Inc. to complete a visual inspection of its educational facilities and large athletic fields. The data collected will be used to inform the District’s five year capital program and budget. View the site here: http://www.philasd.org/fca

Last night, The School District of Philadelphia - Office of Talent held an Operations Employee Career Fair! #PHLed Visit http://jobs.philasd.org to join our school district! #PHLed #EmbracePossibility

Philadelphia Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis, School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William R. Hite, The Trust for Public Land and members of the John H. Taggart School community celebrated the opening of a new green schoolyard at the South Philadelphia school yesterday. The new schoolyard is the latest in a city-wide public/private partnership between the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, and the national...Continue reading