>[The School District of Philadelphia’s Safe Path School and Community Safety Corridor program] began in the fall at six high schools with the goal of making sure conflicts between students don’t escalate to anything more serious.
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>The school board recently approved plans to expand the program to 12 more schools over the next two years, and increase the funding for the program by $250,000, to a total of nearly $756,000.
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>The Penn Injury Science Center also recently received more than $2 million in state funding, which they plan to use to expand Safe Path in partnership with the district, according to a district spokesperson.
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>The Safe Path initiative is part of the district’s overall strategy to prevent gun violence on or near school campuses. According to a January multi-agency city report, about half of shootings in Philadelphia are caused by arguments. And more shootings are involving children, according to city data.
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>The program is currently in the following schools:
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> West Philadelphia High School
> Sayre High School
> Roxborough High School
> Lincoln High School
> Edison High School
> Bartram High School
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It will expand to the following schools, plus four schools that have yet to be announced:
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> Ben Franklin High School
> Conwell Middle School
> Dobbins High School
> Mastbaum High School
> Overbrook High School
> Philadelphia Military Academy
> Vaux Big Picture High School
> Wagner Middle School