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A school district plan could send an East Passyunk Crossing high school’s programs to a Lower Moyamensing institution.
Bok’s against the wall
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The second in a three-part series covering proposed changes to the School District of Philadelphia’s learning institutions. ■ By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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radition encourages the endowment of diamonds for a 75th anniversary, but if they An area native is building his cannot convince the School District of legacy with a basketball Philadelphia to let their site survive, administra-
Hall of Fame induction and humanitarian efforts.
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Students hope their computer technology instruction, an element of the career and technical education programs, will continue at Bok.
tors, staff members and stugrams to South Philadelphia High Photo by dents at Edward Bok Technical School, 2101 S. Broad St. Kathryn Poole High School, 1901 “Everyone has been tight-lipped so S. Ninth St., will refar,” athletic director, coach and chemceive a new address for istry teacher Frank Natale said Tuesday at their jubilee. the school, which earned inclusion on the NaAlong with 36 other institutions, tional Register of Historic Places in 1986. “The the East Passyunk Crossing facil- most constant tale, though, is that we’re too old.” ity could close come June, with its A ninth-year Bok employee, the resident of the overseer seeking to relocate its CaSee BOK page 10 >> reer and Technical Education pro-
Good riddance to residue
A Hawthorne organization is helping a South of South thoroughfare to combat abundant debris.
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