Mayor Kenney Visits Philly School With A Unique New Mission
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - With the city poised to take-back control of its schools from the state, Mayor Kenney on Monday took a look at one school with a unique new mission.
The 102nd school tour of Mayor Kenney's term took him to Parkway Center City Middle College, where high school students are taking college-level courses and can graduate high school with an associate's degree. Algebra teacher Rob Mastrangelo says his school's freshmen started with a summer bridge program at Community College of Philadelphia.
"To see how to behave in a college class on a college campus, how to conduct themselves, how to study, what they need to study for, their organizational skills. It's helped a ton in everything," said Mastrangelo.
Principal Anh Brown said, "Currently there are now 62 of our students taking their first-year experience at CCP, and they're averaging 96 percent."
Mayor Kenney says if students have the resources necessary, they can blossom.
"This whole concept somehow that our kids -- urban kids, quote-unquote, can't succeed is just baloney," said Kenney.
