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Strawberry Mansion High School is a public high school in Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. It was previously Strawberry Mansion Junior / Senior High School. 〔http://web.archive.org/web/20060209022834/http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/regions/central/schools.html - http://archive.is/QafHG〕 ==History== Strawberry Mansion became a high school in 1977. In April 1992 the school had 1,600 students both middle and high school grades. 65% were from low income families. At that time the school had a high dropout rate. That year the school had a Business Academy, a "school within a school" teaching students job skills and preparing them for further education and immediate post-graduation employment.〔McLarin, Kimberly J. "(Scientifically Speaking, It's A Winner Strawberry Mansion Is Making A Name For Itself On Academic Grounds. )" ((Info page )) ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. April 26, 1992. B01 Local. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.〕 In June 2011 Thomas FitzSimons High School and The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School closed, and the students were reassigned to Strawberry Mansion.〔Graham, Kristen A. "(Philadelphia superintendent identifies schools he intends to close )." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. December 15, 2012. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 In May 2013 the school had 435 students. At that time 92 students were in the graduating class and 55 of them were accepted to community colleges and/or four year universities. Some of them were unable to afford the deposit fees. As of 2013 every student is required to go through a metal detector and the school had 94 security cameras. For 62 years it had been consistently on the State of Pennsylvania's list of "persistently dangerous high schools". That changed in 2013 when it was finally taken off. They also formed a football team, which was undefeated in its first season.〔Effron, Lauren. "(Inside One of the Country's Most Dangerous Schools, There Are Fights, Threats and Hope )." ((Archive )) ''ABC News''. May 31, 2013. Retrieved on August 15, 2013.〕 It is located in a school building with a capacity of 1,762 students and in space.〔 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「Strawberry Mansion High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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