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The school board decided to rename an elementary school that had a non-person name. The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that it was likely the first school in the United States to be named after Frank, and the first school in the city with a teenager as its namesake. [2] Gideon, Edward School; Girard, Stephen School; Gompers, Samuel School
This is a list of school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a U.S. state.. The article for each Pennsylvania county with more than one school district includes a map showing all public school districts in the county.
The School District of Philadelphia operates 151 elementary and K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools. [14] The remaining 83 public schools are independently operated charter schools. [15] Charter schools are authorized by the School District of Philadelphia, and are accountable to it.
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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 former school building, located between Parrish and Ogden Streets on 12th Avenue in Philadelphia, has been abandoned since 1986. [7] The current Spring Garden School is located at 1146 Melon Street. As of the 2023-2024 school year, 81% of students live in the Catchment Area for Spring Garden School. [8]
Students from the previous public school's enrollment area are eligible to attend. It is the fifth Philadelphia high school operated by Mastery. In 2012, the school was removed from the Persistently Dangerous Schools List while under the new management of Mastery. [3] Part of the building is used for Mastery’s Prep Middle School (7-8th grade).