City of Philadelphia - File #: 130862

• File #: 130862
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 11/14/2013
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/14/2013
• Title: Recognizing and Congratulating Linda Cliatt-Wayman for her dedication to and success within the School District of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Jones

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/14/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
11/14/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Recognizing and Congratulating Linda Cliatt-Wayman for her dedication to and success within the School District of Philadelphia.

Body
WHEREAS, Linda Cliatt-Wayman served as a classroom teacher in the School District of Philadelphia for twenty years; and

WHEREAS, In 2003, Linda Cliatt-Wayman became a coach for new teachers and then a principal within the School District of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, In 2005, Linda Cliatt-Wayman became the principal of Rhodes High School, where she is responsible for improving math and reading proficiency to above 50% as measured by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. Before Cliatt-Wayman's intervention, proficiency in math and reading was at 3% and 9%, respectively. She also secured a 94% college acceptance rate for students; and

WHEREAS, Linda Cliatt-Wayman went on to serve as assistant superintendent for high schools within the School District of Philadelphia between 2010 and 2012; and

WHEREAShereas, In 2013, Linda Cliatt-Wayman left her position as assistant superintendent to lead a merger of three Philadelphia high schools; and

WHEREAS, Linda Cliatt-Wayman became the principal of Strawberry Mansion High School, a public institution in North Philadelphia which has been on Pennsylvania's "Persistently Dangerous Schools" list for the past five years. Cliatt-Wayman volunteered to serve as principal of SMHS after she could not find someone suitable for the job; and

WHEREAS, As principal of SMHS, Linda Cliatt-Wayman succeeded in keeping the high school open in the midst of the city-wide education budget crisis. Further, she cut the number of violent incidents occurring at SMHS between students in half and produced a 60% college acceptance rate among graduating seniors; and

WHEREAS, Through her work in Strawberry Mansion High School, Rhodes High School, and the School District of Philadelphia, Linda Cliatt-Wayman improved test scores and success rates among students, as well as improved the...