Philadelphia Teacher To Run 100 Miles For School Funding
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) -- A Philadelphia teacher plans to run about 100 miles to the state Capitol to stress the need for school funding.
Louis "Luigi" Borda is leaving for Harrisburg on Thursday. The 45-year-old marathoner hopes to run about 25 miles a day and will be tailed by a motorhome.
Borda wants education supporters from other school districts to join him as he passes through their communities.
Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed more than $1 billion in education cuts to close a budget gap. Lawmakers have yet to approve his plan. (see related story)
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Borda, who teaches geography and social studies at the Masterman school, is not the first person to run for education.
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Athletes from at least two state universities ran to Harrisburg in March to protest proposed cuts to their institutions.
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