Drexel, Penn want to operate high schools in Philadelphia

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, February, 2008 | by Susan Snyder Inquirer Staff Writer

The University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University are in serious talks with the Philadelphia School District to jointly operate two small high schools in University City - the first venture of its kind for the district at the high school level. The two schools - one focusing on international studies, the other on engineering and technology - would serve the University City High School area and eventually could be housed in that building once it is renovated.

Both school district and university officials say terms are being negotiated and subject to approval by the School Reform Commission, which could consider the project as soon as April. The schools would open in September 2009 at the earliest, admitting a ninth-grade class and then adding a grade each year. One...