THE NUMBER of "persistently dangerous" schools in the Philadelphia School District has dropped for the second year in a row, according to statistics released Wednesday by the state Department of Education.
The city's persistently dangerous schools have dwindled from 10 last year to six this year: Beeber Middle School, in Overbrook; Douglas High School, in Port Richmond; Frankford High School; Kensington Business High School; Lincoln High School, in Mayfair; and Strawberry Mansion High School.
Beeber and Douglas are new to the list. Six schools were removed from the list: Edison High School, in North Philly; Fels High School, in Northeast Philly; Northeast High School; Sayre High School, in West Philly; Shaw Middle School, in Kingsessing; and South Philadelphia High School.
