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: Eileen DiFranco
Eileen DiFranco is a certified School Nurse in the Philadelphia School District and an active member of the Alliance for Public Schools.
