Remembering the closing Philly schools

This article was originally published in The Notebook. In August 2020, The Notebook became Chalkbeat Philadelphia.

by Sonia Giebel

In the wake of 24 school closings this year, photographer Zoe Strauss initiated the Philadelphia School Closings Photo Collective to document this unprecedented mass school closure. Various photographers have contributed to the collective, with hundreds of photos already posted. Seventeen schools are represented here with photos from that public collective.

Sonia Giebel is an intern at the Notebook.