The Isaac Sheppard Elementary School - Oct 14, 2011

Dr. Otto welcomes the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows to his school in West Philly. We visited the classrooms, shared Q & A with Dr. Otto, enjoyed a traditional Puerto Rican meal from the nieghborhood. We were most impressed with the children who were happy, fully immersed in their classroom activities in cheerfully decorated clean classrooms. Teachers, support staff and volunteers were so proud of their school - and we were speechless after we were informed a few weeks ago that the school will be closing at the end of the year. But, the school has been on the "chopping block" for eight years....according to Dr. Otto who was sent to the school eight years ago to help close the school. Let's hope they have many more years to close the school.