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Germantown High School was a secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown High School graduated its final class on June 19, 2013 and closed its doors that week. [1] GHS, located in Germantown, was a part of the School District of Philadelphia . The school was built in 1914.
17 de nov. de 2023 · A historic school building in Germantown is slated to reopen by next summer — more than a decade after academic performance and shrinking enrollment closed the hulking property amid a financial...
4 de may. de 2015 · Germantown High School was built in 1914, making it one of the oldest schools in the United States. Photo courtesy of the Germantown Historical Society. It was in the 1960s that Germantown High’s bleak future began to form.
20 de ene. de 2024 · Just over a decade ago, Germantown High School was shut down due to its academic performance, shrinking enrollment, and a financial crisis. However, next year, the space will be converted into a new mixed-use development with about 240 apartments, writes Aaron Moselle for WHYY.
17 de nov. de 2023 · A historic school building in Germantown is slated to reopen by next summer — more than a decade after academic performance and shrinking enrollment closed the hulking property amid a financial crisis at the School District of Philadelphia.
22 de may. de 2014 · GHS is one of the 20 buildings the School District of Philadelphia — with the help of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) — has put on the auction block as it continues to stare down another financial crisis. Robert Fulton Elementary, which sits a stones-throw away across East Haines Street, is also part of the portfolio.
1 de jun. de 2023 · Germantown High School in northwest Philadelphia, a public school opened in 1915 and closed in 2013, is the focus of Erika M. Kitzmiller's fascinating study that argues against the dominant narrative of urban public school decline in the twentieth century.
