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problems throughout the district, Werner worries the task force will remain unfocused and its members lose interest. “It’s very hard to have a successful city without a good education system,” Werner says. “I expected some acknowledgement of the problems. The first thing that needs to happen is an honest admission of the problems that are out there. The committee could talk about what the problems are and never run out of things to talk about.” Mayor Peduto, through spokesperson Tim McNulty, declined to comment on the task force until after he has met with task-force members. Porter, from the mayor’s office, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The task force is still expected to submit its recommendations to the mayor by the end of the month. Kail-Smith said a vote on making the task force permanent could happen as early as Mon., Nov. 10, but the vote had not occurred as of press time. Schulte, the parent from Minadeo, says that when she hears one of the task force’s members say “they’re not sure why we even have [a task force], I question what they’re doing. But I do think the mayor’s office could have an impact on the state of education even if they can’t control schools. To people looking in, it shows we have a city that really cares about education.”
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constrained what was possible,” Harris says. “It was supposed to be about school closings and district finances, which are really issues for the school board to wrestle with, and they were not issues this group was well positioned to do anything about.” Harris says she hopes the task force will begin to home in on areas where the city and district can collaborate. In particular, the mayor’s office has always played an important role in early childhood education and the Pittsburgh Promise, a scholarship program for postsecondary education. “I think there is a genuine interest in the city and the district being more aligned and being more helpful to each other,” Harris says. “I think it’s terrific that the mayor’s office wants to do more for public schools. This is definitely a good, well-intended effort.” Werner has also identified ways the city can help the district. In 2006, the state shifted a portion of the wage tax from the district to the city. She says she’d like to see that money returned to the district and used to pay for salaries for school-board members. “There are ways the city can use its weight … and exert its influence behind the scenes,” Werner says. “I’d like to see the task force go out and visit the schools themselves. I’d like to see them go unannounced and see what’s going on.” But without first addressing the
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