December 2012: Citywide Meetings

• "Philadelphia District May Close Dozens of Schools," New York Times (12/30/2012)

• Students speaking at the Edison High School citywide meeting to keep University City High School open
  

• Photos of student involvement in the School District's citywide meetings
  

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January-February 2013: Planning, Pep, and Resolutions

• "Stay Unified" (01/23/2013) - pep assembly video compiling footage of students speaking out at the December citywide meetings.
  

• Stay Unified: A Resolution to Keep University City High School Together (03/01/2013)
  
• Evynn Pendergrass and Glen Casey preparing to speak to Philadelphia City Council (02/2013)
  

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March 2013: The 3-2 Vote

• "Rational Decisions and Heartbreak on School Closings," New York Times (03/08/2013)
  
• "Phila. School District to close 23 public schools," Daily Pennsylvanian (03/13/2013)
  

• Student, teacher, and community reaction to the vote to close University City High School (03/07/2013)
  

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 The Aftermath

• Axis Philly, University City High Forum (05/21/2013)
  

• "Time and Staff Are Short as 23 Schools Prepare to Close," The Notebook (April 2013)
  
• "SRC Approves Building Sales, Ratifies Principals' Contract," The Notebook (03/20/2014)
  

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Reflections

• University City High School students at the Ethnography in Education forum, speaking to fellow students in Australia engaged in a similar fight to keep spaces that support rigorous education open and resourced (03/01/2014)