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Francis Scott Key School is a public elementary school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. The historic school building was built in 1889, and is a three-story, eight bay, brick building on a limestone base in the Late Victorian-style. It features a decorative brick corbel, small pedimented dormer, and three great flaring capped chimneys.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania ) ''Note:'' This includes 〕 It was named for American lawyer, author, and amateur poet Francis Scott Key (1779-1843). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.〔 Areas assigned to Key are assigned to Southwark School for grades 7-8.〔"(Francis Scott Key Elementary Geographic Boundaries )" ((Archive )). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.〕 Students zoned to Southwark and to Key are also zoned to South Philadelphia High School.〔"(South Philadelphia High School Geographic Boundaries )" ((Archive )). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.〕 ==History== In 1988 over 75% of Key's students were under the poverty line.〔Mezzacappa, Dale. "(A Fresh Attempt To Foster Skills Of Poor Students )" ((Archive )). ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. July 24, 1988. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.〕 Prior to 1989 Key was a K-8 school. In 1989 the district decided to move grades 6-8 to Southwark School in order to relieve overcrowding at area elementary schools, and in turn the high school program Southwark Motivation, on the third floor of Southwark, was to be moved to South Philadelphia High.〔Mezzacappa, Dale. "(Crowding Prompts Changes At South Phila. Schools )" ((Archive )). ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. February 9, 1989. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.〕 On June 10, 2015 an emergency notification was sent regarding asbestos found at Key.〔Medina, Regina. "(Butkovitz: School buildings are substandard )" ((Archive )). ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. July 3, 2015. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.〕 District spokesperson Fernando Gallard stated that the district had discovered the asbestos before the notifcation, sent by Philadelphia city controller Alan Butkovitz to officials, was sent out, and that the problem had been fixed.〔Graham, Kristen A. and Dylan Purcell. "(Controller: City schools a health threat )" ((Archive )). ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. July 3, 2015. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Scott Key School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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