The Spruce Hill Community Association (SHCA) has sent a letter to Superintendent Arlene Ackerman and Penn President Amy Gutmann to draw attention to the enrollment cap at the Penn Alexander School (4209 Spruce St.).
SHCA board members agreed last month to draft a response to the enrollment cap that would demand that children who live within the school’s boundaries be admitted to the school. The thrust of the letter includes that request. It reads:
“Any child living in the catchment area has the right to attend Penn Alexander and should have that right guaranteed from first grade through eighth grade.”
See a copy of the letter below.
July 7th, 2011 at 10:50 am
“Any child living in Philadelphia has the right to an excellent education and should have that right guaranteed from first grade through eighth grade.”
Fixed that for you!
July 8th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Get over your sense of entitlement to those seats and move on, upper class home buyers. Fight for education just as good across the board instead of signing your own petitions. That would be laudable.