“Schools will and can be the center of our universe,” said Jim Kenney at his first community town house meeting as mayor-elect.

Kenney’s first community town house meeting was in Central High School’s auditorium last night to an energized crowd of 50 to 60 people. Concerned citizens, police officers, local media and local politicians (Derrick Green, Helen Gym, Marian Tasco, Cherelle Parker, Cindy Bass, Steve Kinsey, Art Haywood) filled the audience.

State Representative and 2007 mayoral candidate Dwight Evans introduced Kenney and Kenney’s transition team and staff. Kenney mentioned the diversity on his team that he said he did intentionally to mirror the variety of Philadelphia.

Kenney and Evans said the meeting was to hear directly from