Not so, Ray. This teacher is confusing the bricks with the students.
That school *building* will be closed for two years for extensive and
sorely-needed renovations. That school *institution* -- University City
HS -- will not relocate during those years. It will cease to exist. Its
students will all go elsewhere and its staff will all get new jobs at
new schools. In Monty Python terms, this will be an ex-school.
After a while, the School District will have a nicely renovated
building. It must start planning today how to use that space.
One proposal is for Penn and Drexel to start their two themed high
schools in that space. The School District is very much looking forward
to these new partnership schools, somewhere. In the end, though, the
School District will decide how to use its physical properties.
It seems unlikely it would use that building to start a brand-new
regional high school, since it's trying to cut back that educational
model. So if it doesn't put the universities' themed schools there, it
may put some other themed school there.
I can't think of an existing academic space as close to the universities
as this site. Do you have any in mind? If so, tip off the GSE. As for
your other questions --
The role of private institutions in public education is extensive and
growing, at the wish of both school systems and the general public; but
it remains ancillary. There is never any question who's ultimately in
charge: the School District.
The responsibility of citizens with that role is the same as the
responsibility of citizens with the role of the public component.
Expectations for all schools are set by a complex web of taskmasters
that number among them federal, state and local legislation, regulation
and administration. They are hammered by pressures from scholars,
unions, bean-counters, politicians, parents and pupils, to name just a few.
-- Tony West
UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote:
applying the penn proposal to that particular school is what the
teacher is responding to. not illogical. and she's not saying that the
curriculum can't change. not locking in.
penn trustees recently floated this (logical) proposal for an
international high school (the idea came from the asian foundation),
but the exact location was not officially decided (locked in). what
other philly high schools (existing or planned) could work for penn's
proposal?
meanwhile, what is the role of private institutions in public
education? what is the responsibility of citizens wrt that role? whose
expectations are being met?
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