Philly schools suffer 40 percent decline of school nurses in just two years due to budget cuts Philadelphia sixth-grader Laporshia Massey died shortly after suffering an asthma attack at school on September 25. No nurse was on duty. In 2011, 289 school nurses worked in Philadelphia. Currently, 179 such nurses work in the district—a decline […]
Author Archives: Daniel Denvir
Daniel Denvir is a reporter at the Philadelphia City Paper and contributor to The Guardian, Salon, The New Republic, VICE, and The Atlantic Cities. He covers politics, cities, poverty, eduction, and criminal justice.
