Eager Street Academy
Eager Street Academy (previously Baltimore City Detention Center, School No. 370[4]) is a public, alternative middle-high school serving youth who are incarcerated, located in the Penn-Fallsway neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[1] The school was launched in 1998 as a collaboration between Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS), Maryland State Department of Education and the state's Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, and is a part of the larger city school system.[3] Initially without an official name beyond its numeric designation, the school was given the name "Eager Street Academy" in 2002.[5]
Based inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, an adult detention facility, Eager Street serves students under 18 who have been charged as adults.[6] BCPSS officials have claimed the school is the only public school in the United States located inside of a jail.[3] Classes at the school were initially held in six portable trailers on the grounds of the BCDC, but its classrooms are now located within a purpose-built juvenile detention facility built in 2017.[3][7]
References
- ^ a b "Youth Opportunity". Baltimore City Public Schools.
- ^ McClay, Rebecca (2003-02-23). "'You've got choices,' Steele tells jailed teens". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 13. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ a b c d Niedowski, Erika (2000-12-03). "Learning to free the mind inside the city jail school". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 32. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ White, Tanika (2002-12-04). "Detention center school offers an education in hope". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Several schools in city renamed". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 2002-11-14. p. 7. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Fenton, Justin (2015-04-08). "Teen pleads guilty, avoids jail in killing". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Anderson, Jessica (2017-09-08). "State opens $35 million youth detention facility in Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
External links
- Eager Street Academy at Baltimore City Schools
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