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34th Street Magazine, Closing Schools Closes Community, April 12, 2026
Jessica Tobes. 'Closing Schools Closes Community.' 34th Street Magazine, April 12, 2026.
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Jessica Tobes’s April 12, 2026 feature on the Philadelphia School District closure plan. Reports that Robeson “stands only a few blocks west of Penn’s campus” and that “the school will merge with Motivation High School, after which its building will be demolished.” Carries quotes from Robeson teacher Andrew Saltz and Julia McWilliams, co-director of the Urban Studies Program at Penn, and records Robeson’s 93% graduation rate as of 2024 and its 2017 “Most Improved High School in Philadelphia” honor, citing The Philadelphia Tribune.
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- 34th Street Magazine
- Published
- 2026
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
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