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11/16/2004: "Microsoft High School Underway"
Microsoft, those generous souls, are helping to build a high school here in Philly.
Actually, "Microsoft is contributing expertise and employee time - including a full-time on-site coordinator - but is not providing cash. The software giant's role is to help design the school, oversee its development, and connect the district with experts at universities and in other countries."
So...who's payin' for it?
"It is known as the "School of the Future" for now, but the district plans to sell naming rights for $5 million, as well as naming rights to individual classrooms and other spaces."
What I am curious about is how they are going to pull this school off at 41st and Parkside: Is it going to be special admission? Are we going to hear about the admission process? Are the children from this neighborhood going to have any chance of attending? Also, building a school with "minimal amounts of trees" has to be more expensive then other methods.