A charter school could rise in the former Hallahan High School building in Center City

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Hallahan was the first all-girls Catholic high school, founded in 1911 by Mary Hallahan McMichan.

John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls' High School, is the first Diocesan all-girls Catholic high school in the US, closed in 2021. The building could again house a school; the Belmont Charter network is eyeing the building for its high school.The former John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School building, closed since 2021, could become the site of a Philadelphia charter school.

A Belmont spokesperson confirmed the charter school is “in the process of further exploring the possibility of making this historic building the future home of Belmont Charter High School.”The school, Belmont Charter Network spokesperson Allison Steele said, “has been engaged in a search for a place to relocate our high school, as we have outgrown our current location. We have received an overwhelmingly positive response from our school community about the prospect of moving to a new building.

”There’s a lot of us that are totally ecstatic,” said Baron. “We would love for it to stay a school, not become condominums or anything else. We want the legacy of Mary Hallahan McMichan to stay alive, educating youth. I think she would be very happy about this.”

 

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