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Youth group accuses district of pushing out students

Youth United for Change said school closings and cutbacks to support programs have left young people with fewer options.

Protesters Andre Simmons, left, Markeith Spencer, center, and Maury Elliott, right, gather as Youth United for Change launch a Missing Persons Campaign during a protest on the steps of the Philadelphia School District on April 8, 2014. ( DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer )
Protesters Andre Simmons, left, Markeith Spencer, center, and Maury Elliott, right, gather as Youth United for Change launch a Missing Persons Campaign during a protest on the steps of the Philadelphia School District on April 8, 2014. ( DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer )Read more
    by SOLOMON LEACH
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