The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn-partnered high schools still set to close despite Philadelphia School District plan revisions, April 29, 2026

Alex Dash’s April 29, 2026 report on the district’s revised facilities plan, which says that “the district will seek community input on repurposing the Robeson site.” It documents State Representative Rick Krajewski’s April 20 social media post that the University of Pennsylvania “has driven intense gentrification and displaced thousands of working-class Black families for decades,” and Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s framing of the Robeson closure as a continuation of the era “when government and institutions razed the Black Bottom to make way for University City.” Records that both schools set to close maintain partnerships with Penn, “including through the Netter Center for Community Partnerships.”