Philadelphia School District’s long-awaited facilities plan recommends closing 20 schools, co-locating 6 others

The KYW Newsradio All Local for Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 (evening edition) 20 schools will close, several middle schools will be phased out and dozens of others will be modernized under a sweeping facilities plan that's certain to have reverberations across the School District of Philadelphia. ... Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Art Steinberg says the district's proposals lacked the transparency that was promised, and will be painful. ... Grocery stores are seeing big crowds of shoppers stocking up on food and supplies ahead of this weekend's snowstorm. ... Operations are scheduled to go back to normal tomorrow at Villanova University. after a threat shut campus down for part of the day and prompted officials to cancel classes. ... A new hospital and ER are in the works for the former Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Delaware County.