![]() ![]() ![]() What I know is that ‘String Theory’ -which, again, doesn’t just mean a school but also a pseudo-school district/corporation that’s formed around it-is adding 2632 South Broad Street to its list of real estate holdings, for which it is still in debt. It’s going to renovate the building and use it for elementary education. The news in this issuance is that ‘String Theory’, or the swarm of entities (dis)connected to it, is acquiring another property at 2632 South Broad Street. (I may need to take a little break after this since I’m starting to feel the sadness Bruce Baker talks about when spending a lot of time thinking about school funding.)Įvery bond issuance has news. I did so much writing I’m going to need at least three or four more posts, so buckle up. Here’s a post breaking down some of the news in this issuance, as well as what we should call this Performing Arts Charter School. I think I finally came to some understanding about the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development’s (PAID) limited offering memorandum on a nearly $53 million bond it issued last year. I couldn’t stop myself from reading it when Thisbe our ten-month old woke me up crying one night. Passyunk Ave.I went down a significant rabbit hole trying to understand a Philadelphia charter school bond issuance last week. ← First Pics: Amelie’s Bark Shop opens at 1544 E.Moylan, President of the Pennsport Civic Association, said that he toured the shuttered school since its closure and said it was in good shape noting “it just needed a little bit of care.” The Abigail Vare school building was sold as part of a larger 5-school package for $6.8M to Concordia Group, according to The Notebook. Speakers are asked to register at 21 and plan to arrive before 6 p.m. People who want to comment must sign up in advance and will have three minutes each. At the end of each day, at 3 p.m., members of the public will be given a chance to comment. Here’s how:Īt the hearings, which will be held on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, each charter applicant will have the opportunity to make a 15-minute presentation. If you’re interested in attending the public meeting and wish to make a public comment, you have to register in advance. Edmunds public school in Northeast Philadelphia is called String Theory School for the Arts & Sciences. PPACS’ other school at 1600 Vine St. serves grades 5 through 10 and 1197 Haworth St. (grades 2-4) under the name Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School (PPACS). ![]() String Theory Charter operates four schools throughout the city: two of which are located in South Philadelphia at 2407 S. With a large population of students and lottery applicants coming from the 19147/19148 zip codes, particularly at the Kindergarten level, made sense to put in an application in Pennsport, said Corosanite. Applications would be put into a lottery. Class sizes would be 100 per grade and student/teacher ratio would be “25:1”. If String Theory does get the charter, Corosanite said that the school would be Kindergarten through 5th grade. “We may not get this charter,” said Corosanite. Corosanite explained that String Theory has turned around renovations at the school’s other locations quickly, but also cautioned that the ultimate decision is out of their hands. under the name “String Theory Southeast”.Īlthough SRC’s deadline to decide is March 30, Corosanite mentioned that if the Pennsport application is accepted, the renovations to Vare would be ready by September 2015, meaning the school would be open at that time. Public hearings regarding the 40 new charter school applications are scheduled to begin next week and it looks like String Theory will present its plans for the Pennsport location on Mon. The SRC could vote to deny the application. The plans for the Pennsport school, which would have a lottery for applicants, are preliminary at this point. “We thought Pennsport was really in need of a school,” said Corosanite. James Moylan, State Representative William Keller and Councilman Mark Squilla. ![]() Moyamensing Ave. with the plans of opening a new public charter school.Īngela Corosanite, Founder of String Theory Charter Schools, explained that the decision to file the charter application with the School Reform Commission (SRC) was made after talking with Pennsport Civic’s Dr. In a public meeting with the Pennsport Civic Association last night, String Theory Charter School revealed that they have an “agreement of interest” with the owners of the shuttered Abigail Vare school building at 1621 E. ![]()
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