City Neighbors High School

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City Neighbors High School
Address
City Neighbors High School
5609 Sefton Avenue

Baltimore
,
Maryland
21214

United States
Coordinates 39°21′1.64″N76°33′17.24″W / 39.3504556°N 76.5547889°W / 39.3504556; -76.5547889 Coordinates: 39°21′1.64″N76°33′17.24″W / 39.3504556°N 76.5547889°W / 39.3504556; -76.5547889
Information
School type Public charter
MottoKnown. Loved. Inspired. [1]
Founded2010 [2]
School district Baltimore City Public Schools
School number376
NCES School ID240009001690
PrincipalCheyanne Zahrt [3]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment417 (2019 [3] )
Campus size5.4 acres [4]
Campus type Urban
MascotLions
AffiliationCity Neighbors Foundation
Website Website

City Neighbors High School is a public charter high school located in the Glenham-Benhar neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Opened in 2010, City Neighbors High was the third school launched by the larger City Neighbors Foundation program, a Baltimore-based charter organization. [2] The school operates as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation under the name "City Neighbors High School Inc." [5]

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Identifying as a progressive model school, City Neighbors High incorporates arts integration, project-based learning and the Reggio Emilia approach in a small school context. [6]

History

The school located at corner of Bayonne and Sefton Avenues was originally Public School No. 41 - Hamilton Junior High School. [7] Built in 1931, Hamilton Junior High opened for students in the spring of 1932. [8] [9] By 2007, plans were proposed to close the aging school building in the face of declining enrollment and the potential to save City Schools $6 million in maintenance and capital expenses. [10] The school was also among five Baltimore schools that were identified as "persistently dangerous" under standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act. [11] The school board approved a plan to close Hamilton Junior High in the summer of 2009 by a phase out plan where it would not admit new 6th graders. [12] [13]

City Neighbors first opened an elementary/middle school in the former Hamilton Junior High building under the name City Neighbors Hamilton in 2009, and plans were made to add a high school in another part of the building the following year. [14] [15] The high school's initial Freshmen class of 90 students entered in 2010. [2] At the same time, City Neighbors Hamilton & High schools undertook a 6-year $8.9 million renovation of the school buildings. [4] The project was financed by a bond issue by the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, who in turn loaned the funds to the two school corporations. [16] The school's first class of 86 students graduated in 2014 with a 95% graduation rate. [17] In 2018, City Neighbors High received a 3 out of 5 star rating by the Maryland State Department of Education. [18]

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