The School District of Philadelphia and the SRC plan to close and/or consolidate 37 public schools in the district. Our strong neighborhood school (John F. McCloskey Elementary) is on the proposed list to be closed June 2013. Our children's future academic success is at stake, and our community / local businesses will suffer economically, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of a great neighborhood. This decision will lead not only to hardship for the parents of the students, who will be moved, but undue stress and anxiety for the students who are thriving due to smaller class size and academic attention. They will now be forced into a new environment in other schools and neighborhoods which they are not familiar with. This plan was not well thought out, and parents, students and our community had no input in this decision making process and we want to be heard. Please help us to SAVE John F. McCloskey Elementary School.