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.[1] 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]
| Eager Street Academy | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
 | |
926 Greenmount Avenue , 21202 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°18′3.17″N 76°36′26.72″W / 39.3008806°N 76.6074222°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, Alternative |
| Founded | 1998[2] |
| School district | Baltimore City Public Schools |
| School number | 884 |
| Principal | Laura D'Anna[1] |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | Variable [3] |
| Area | Urban |
| Website | BCPSS |
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
edit- ^ a b "Youth Opportunity". Baltimore City Public Schools.
- ^ McClay, Rebecca (2003-02-23). "'You've got choices,' Steele tells jailed teens". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 13. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ a b c d Niedowski, Erika (2000-12-03). "Learning to free the mind inside the city jail school". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 32. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ White, Tanika (2002-12-04). "Detention center school offers an education in hope". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Several schools in city renamed". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 2002-11-14. p. 7. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Fenton, Justin (2015-04-08). "Teen pleads guilty, avoids jail in killing". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Anderson, Jessica (2017-09-08). "State opens $35 million youth detention facility in Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. Retrieved 2019-05-06.