THE Philadelphia School District has a severe textbook shortage despite having spent $124 million on books since the 2004-05 school year, the Daily News has learned.
In many cases, teachers have one set of books for five classes, so students must share and can’t take books home to study.
“In my English 4 class, we had a grand total of two textbooks,” said Dahrell Carriker, a junior at Sayre High. “There aren’t any underneath our desks, there are none on the shelves.”
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