20 schools in Philadelphia could close under district’s updated facilities plan

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The School District of Philadelphia announced a proposal on Thursday to potentially close 20 schools across the district.

Officials say this will help with under- and over-enrollment and address aging facilities.

The updated Facilities Master Plan recommendations shows the schools that would close.

Those schools are:

PreK-8 Schools

• Robert Morris Elementary
• Samuel Pennypacker School
• John Welsh Elementary School
• James R. Ludlow School
• Laura W. Waring School
• Overbrook Elementary School
• Rudolph Blankenburg School
• Fitler Academics Plus

Middle Schools

• General Louis Wagner Middle School
• Stetson Middle School
• Warren G. Harding Middle School
• William T. Tilden Middle School
• Academy for the Middle Years (AMY) at Northwest
• Russell Conwell Middle School

High Schools

• Lankenau High School
• Motivation High School
• Paul Robeson High School
• Parkway Northwest High School
• Parkway West High School
• Penn Treaty High School

This proposal would still need to be adopted by the school board. If that happens, changes won’t take place until the 2027-28 school year.

All schools impacted will have a transition team to work with the staff and community.

This plan will be presented to the board on February 26.

It is expected to take 10 years and cost around $2.8 billion to complete the process.

For more details, visit the Facilities Planning page at PhilaSD.org.

This story is developing and will be updated throughout the day.