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Re: Penn money for Lea

From : Rahshene Davis-Bowie <rdavisbowie@philasd.org> Thu, Feb 24, 2022 03:06 PM

Subject : Re: Penn money for Lea
To : Bieter, Jennifer <jbieter@philasd.org>
Cc : Elizabeth Gutman <egutman@philasd.org>, Gerwer,
Aaron <agerwer@philasd.org>, Grossman, Pam
<grossman@upenn.edu>, Joseph' 'D'Alessandro
<jvdalessandro@philasd.org>, Kelli Bowers
<kabowers@philasd.org>, Richard Liuzzi
<rjliuzzi@gse.upenn.edu>, William Higgins
<whiggins@philasd.org>

Hi Jen,

Adding Aaron and the Penn team to provide answers.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:55 PM Bieter, Jennifer <jbieter@philasd.org> wrote:

Hi -

Following up to see if you can share the numbers that came of the discussions with Penn and the
principal.

Thanks,
Jen

From: "Rahshene' 'Davis-Bowie" <rdavisbowie@philasd.org>

To: "Joseph' 'D'Alessandro" <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>
Cc: "Elizabeth Gutman" <egutman@philasd.org>, "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>,
"William Higgins" <whiggins@philasd.org>, "Kelli Bowers" <kabowers@philasd.org>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 7:08:40 AM

Subject: Re: Penn money for Lea

Hi Joe,
Dean Grossman of Penn GSE and her team are working on those numbers now, in
conjunction with Principal Gerwer. They should have something by Monday at the
latest.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:56 AM D'Alessandro, Joseph <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>

wrote:
I see in the agreement there's no distinction in the coming year between in-kind and
cash of the $800k+ to be provided.

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Does anyone have an educated guesstimate of what the cash number will be? If not,
Jen, what cash number are you comfortable loading to the school budget for the
2022-23 SY?

Joe D'Alessandro, CGMS

Deputy Chief of Grant Compliance and Fiscal Services
School District of Philadelphia
215.400.6540

From: "Elizabeth' 'Gutman" <egutman@philasd.org>

To: "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>
Cc: "jvdalessandro" <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>, "Rahshene Davis-Bowie"
<rdavisbowie@philasd.org>, "William Higgins" <whiggins@philasd.org>, "Kelli
Bowers" <kabowers@philasd.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:54:27 PM
Subject: Re: Penn money for Lea

Jen --

I attach the execution version of the agreement with Penn and PFT concerning Lea. The document is
in the process of being executed.

Liz

Elizabeth C. Gutman
Senior General Counsel
The School District of Philadelphia
Office of General Counsel
440 North Broad Street, Suite 313
Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015
email: egutman@philasd.org

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From: "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>

To: "jvdalessandro" <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>

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Cc: "Rahshene Davis" <rdavisbowie@philasd.org>, "William' 'Higgins"

<whiggins@philasd.org>, "Elizabeth Gutman" <egutman@philasd.org>, "Kelli Bowers"
<kabowers@philasd.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:11:45 PM
Subject: Re: Penn money for Lea

Hi Joe and Rahshene,

We are comfortable with budgeting for this on grants and with OMB covering in case of a shortfall, as
long as the budgeted amount on grants has a reasonableness to it given the best information we know
at this time.

Liz - any update on the agreement?

Jen

From: "Joseph' 'D'Alessandro" <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>

To: "Rahshene' 'Davis-Bowie" <rdavisbowie@philasd.org>
Cc: "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>, "William Higgins" <whiggins@philasd.org>,
"Elizabeth Gutman" <egutman@philasd.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 7:54:43 AM
Subject: Re: Penn money for Lea

Hi Rahshene,

Are you talking about filling positions in the current school year? Or next year? In
any case, I'm willing to load dollars to the school's budget without a formal agreement
executed (a letter from Penn with amounts would be helpful) as long as OMB agrees
that, if more dollars are loaded than actual cash received by Penn either this year or
next, OMB will cover the difference by shifting the shortfall to Operating.

I've cc:d Liz on this email to see if she has a status update on the completion of the
agreement. In a recent conversation with Liz, I emphasized that timing of school
resource allocations should be at the forefront in the agreement...that Penn's yearly
decision of what the value of in-kind services are each year and how much in cash
needs to be decided and communicated to the SDP by the first week of February each
year for the following school year so the school can make logical resource decisions
regarding all of their funds.

Joe D'Alessandro, CGMS

Deputy Chief of Grant Compliance and Fiscal Services
School District of Philadelphia
215.400.6540

From: "Rahshene Davis-Bowie" <rdavisbowie@philasd.org>

To: "jvdalessandro" <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>
Cc: "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>, "William Higgins"

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<whiggins@philasd.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2022 8:26:05 AM
Subject: Re: Penn money for Lea

Thanks Joe,

I met with Dean Grossman last night and she informed me of this. Once the
agreement is finalized, we can move the funds. In the meantime, if principal Gerwer
have positions he would like to fund with the money, is there a letter or something
that can be created to serve as a place holder so he doesn’t lose staff or can begin
site selection?

On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 8:21 AM D'Alessandro, Joseph <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>

wrote:
Hello,

I don't have a fully executed agreement. In addition, a portion of the resources are
in-kind services; some in cash. Until those issues are settled in the agreement
between the SDP and Penn, and the school year the payment of funds is to apply
to, nothing can be loaded to the school budget. I believe Liz Gutman in Legal is
working on the agreement.

Joe D'Alessandro, CGMS

Deputy Chief of Grant Compliance and Fiscal Services
School District of Philadelphia
215.400.6540

From: "Rahshene Davis-Bowie" <rdavisbowie@philasd.org>

To: "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>
Cc: "jvdalessandro" <jvdalessandro@philasd.org>, "William Higgins"
<whiggins@philasd.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2022 6:43:50 AM
Subject: Re: Penn money for Lea

Thanks Jen.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 4:28 PM Bieter, Jennifer <jbieter@philasd.org> wrote:

Hi Rahshene,

Thanks for reaching out. I am including Joe D'Alessandro and Bill Higgins here so they can work
through getting the money loaded for school budgets.

Jen

From: "Rahshene' 'Davis-Bowie" <rdavisbowie@philasd.org>

To: "Jennifer Bieter" <jbieter@philasd.org>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 3:17:07 PM

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Subject: Penn money for Lea

Hi Jenn,

I hope this email finds you well. Lea just received board approval for the $4.1
million dollar grant from UPenn over the next few years. Will this money be
loaded prior to budget? Do you need anything from me or UPenn?

Thank you,
RD
--
Stay safe, social distance, wash hands, and be well,

Rahshene Davis
Assistant Superintendent
Learning Network Two
NN2 Office: 215-400-5043
E-mail: rdavisbowie@philasd.org
We are all in this together, and we will get through this together
because of our human kindness, and commitment to social justice--not
just for the present but the future.

--
Stay safe, social distance, wash hands, and be well,

Rahshene Davis
Assistant Superintendent
Learning Network Two
NN2 Office: 215-400-5043
E-mail: rdavisbowie@philasd.org
We are all in this together, and we will get through this together because
of our human kindness, and commitment to social justice--not just for
the present but the future.

--
Stay safe, social distance, wash hands, and be well,

Rahshene Davis
Assistant Superintendent
Learning Network Two
NN2 Office: 215-400-5043
E-mail: rdavisbowie@philasd.org
We are all in this together, and we will get through this together because of
our human kindness, and commitment to social justice--not just for the

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present but the future.

--
Stay safe, social distance, wash hands, and be well,

Rahshene Davis
Assistant Superintendent
Learning Network Two
NN2 Office: 215-400-5043
E-mail: rdavisbowie@philasd.org
We are all in this together, and we will get through this together because of
our human kindness, and commitment to social justice--not just for the
present but the future.

--
Stay safe, social distance, wash hands, and be well,

Rahshene Davis
Assistant Superintendent
Learning Network Two
NN2 Office: 215-400-5043
E-mail: rdavisbowie@philasd.org
We are all in this together, and we will get through this together because of our
human kindness, and commitment to social justice--not just for the present but
the future.

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