Chester school problems persist: overcrowded classes and book and teacher shortages are making learning difficult at the high school.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) | October 16, 2006| | Copyright

Byline: Lea Sitton Stanley

Oct. 16--Richie Payne wants many things. More basketball courts is not among them. "We need education," Payne, standing alongside the football field for Chester High School, said. As his daughter Risheena, a cheerleader, yelled for her team beneath a scoreboard that hasn't worked all season, his voice rose in frustration. "I want doctors, mathematicians, lawyers. These children want to learn. At least give them the tools," he said. "All they want to give them is basketball courts." The roughly 4,800 students in the Chester ...

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