Philadelphia Board of Education

The Philadelphia Board of Education serves as the board of education (school board) for the School District of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Board of Education

The Constance Clayton Administration Center, the board's headquarters, at 440 North Broad Street (in the right foreground)
Established	1818 (as "Board of Education") 2001 (re-established as "School Reform Commission") 2018 (re-established as "Board of Education")
Type	Board of education
President	Reginald L. Streater
Vice-president	Wanda Novalés
Website	https://www.philasd.org/schoolboard/

The Board was originally established in the Charter of the Erection of the District in 1818. In 2001, The Governor of Pennsylvania Mark Schweiker took control of the schools and therefore established the School Reform Commission. Governor Tom Wolf relinquished control of the district to recreate a City-run Board of Education.^[1]

The Board is appointed for a 4-year term by the Mayor of Philadelphia, and confirmed by the Philadelphia City Council. The Current Board was appointed by Cherelle Parker in 2024.^[2]

Board Members

The Board is currently made up of 9 members including one president and vice president.^[3]

Name	Title	Since
Reginald L. Streater, Esq.	Board President	2021
Sarah Ashley-Andrews	Board Vice President	2022
Wanda Novalés	Board Member	2024
Crystal Cubbage	Board Member	2024
Cheryl Harper	Board Member	2024
Whitney Jones	Board Member	2024
ChauWing Lam	Board Member	2022
Joan N. Stern	Board Member	2024
Joyce Wilkerson	Board Member	2018

Student Board Members

The Board appoints 3 Student Representatives to the Board every year to represent the 198,000 students in the District.^[4]

Name	Title	School	Since
Jake Benny	Student Board Representative	Central High School	2024
Kenzy Ahmed	Student Board Representative	Northeast High School	2024
Charles Rinker	Student Board Representative	Franklin Learning Center	2024