Eager Street Academy

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Eager Street Academy
Location
926 Greenmount Avenue

Baltimore
,
Maryland
21202

United States
Coordinates39°18′3.17″N 76°36′26.72″W / 39.3008806°N 76.6074222°W / 39.3008806; -76.6074222
Information
School typePublic, Alternative
Founded1998[1]
School districtBaltimore City Public Schools
School number884
PrincipalLaura D'Anna[2]
Grades6–12
EnrollmentVariable [3]
AreaUrban
WebsiteBCPSS

Eager Street Academy (previously Baltimore City Detention Center, School No. 370[4]) is a public, alternative middle-high school serving youth who are incarcerated, located in the Penn-Fallsway neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[2] The school was launched in 1998 as a collaboration between Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS), Maryland State Department of Education and the state's Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, and is a part of the larger city school system.[3] Initially without an official name beyond its numeric designation, the school was given the name "Eager Street Academy" in 2002.[5]

Based inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, an adult detention facility, Eager Street serves students under 18 who have been charged as adults.[6] BCPSS officials have claimed the school is the only public school in the United States located inside of a jail.[3] Classes at the school were initially held in six portable trailers on the grounds of the BCDC, but its classrooms are now located within a purpose-built juvenile detention facility built in 2017.[3][7]

References

  1. ↑ McClay, Rebecca (February 23, 2003). "'You've got choices,' Steele tells jailed teens". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 13. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Youth Opportunity". Baltimore City Public Schools.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Niedowski, Erika (December 3, 2000). "Learning to free the mind inside the city jail school". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 32. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ White, Tanika (December 4, 2002). "Detention center school offers an education in hope". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Several schools in city renamed". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 14, 2002. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ Fenton, Justin (April 8, 2015). "Teen pleads guilty, avoids jail in killing". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 17. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Anderson, Jessica (September 8, 2017). "State opens $35 million youth detention facility in Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. Retrieved May 6, 2019.