'Our kids deserve it': Wolf's $1.55B K-12 school plan aims to address inequitable funding

With students learning in outdated, overcrowded classrooms and trailers initially meant for temporary use, Upper Darby School District Superintendent Daniel McGarry says education is facing its greatest challenge — and it has nothing to do with test scores.

“Year after year, public educators have been asked to do more with less,” McGarry, an educator with 20 years of experience, said at a Friday press conference with Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative Democrats — repeating an expectation that educators have felt for years in Pennsylvania.

And now, with a $1.55 billion investment in K-12 public education included in Wolf’s proposed budget for the 2022-23 fiscal years, school officials think there is an opportunity to address inequitable funding across the state’s 500 districts.

“I want Pennsylvania schools to be the envy of the world,” Wolf told reporters. “Our kids deserve it, and our future demands it.”

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