Responding to allegations of lottery manipulation dating back at least four years, the school board on Thursday night began proceedings to revoke a top Northeast Philadelphia school’s charter.
After examining a city map that showed 17 zip codes where students were shut out of admission to Franklin Towne, which sits on the Frankford Arsenal campus in Bridesburg, board member Mallory Fix-Lopez said a few words came to mind. The school’s demographics do not represent the city’s: 54% of Franklin Towne’s students are white, 23% are Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. It had been called out by the charter office and former School Reform Commission for admissions issues in the past.
Clement and Jonathan Dougherty, Franklin Towne’s principal, said the school’s 1,300 students should not be punished for the actions of those who have since left. Given Franklin Towne’s demographics and its prior issues, “if I were walking around that school, I would say, ‘Something is wrong here,’” board member Julia Danzy said.
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