The school will move several grades there.
Khepera Charter School will expand to the St. Therese of the Child Jesus campus in East Mt. Airy next year. That ensures that the campus won't be vacant in 2012-13. There were some concerns among AMY Northwest officials that the church would not have a tenant next year. That's because AMY Northwest is moving to Roxborough (it's in the process of doing so) and into the old Levering School building for next school year. The Khepera main campus is at Carpenter Lane and Cresheim Road. According to a Newsworks article, the school's K-5 population will be housed there, while middle schoolers will remain at the original location. AMY Northwest was paying $200,000 to the church in rent each year, and the school district cited that high figure as …
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The school is now looking for alternative locations for its expanded student body.
The Chestnut Hill Historical Society recently voted unanimously not to alter the easements on the Greylock Manor that would have allowed the Green Woods Charter School in Roxborough to relocate to that location. “We’re disappointed,” said Bob Trevidi, the school’s spokesman. “We really thought it was an outstanding match.” The school, which was recently approved to expand its student body by 675 students over the next few years by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, cannot maintain this new number at its present location on the grounds for the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Trevidi said that Green Woods was only one of three charter schools in the city to receive this expansion approval. The school had been engaged …
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Jean Wallace
4:56 pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
I feel it is important to comment so the community can hear this directly from the school. We were able to successfully fund the building based on a lenghty waiting list, our academic standing, and the demand for our school. We also started this formal process in January by first going to the CHHS before we signed an Agreement of Sale for Greylock. It was important for us not to waste taxpayer … more ›