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Third graders go to college

From the Daily News:

The pupils who used to attend teacher Kristin Palmer’s third-grade class at a charter school in Frankford would go to Room 118.

Not anymore.

Now they go into Room Temple.

It’s the same room at the First Philadelphia Charter School for Literacy, at Tacony and Church streets, only the name has been changed as part of a program to instill in the 8-and-9-year-olds the concept of college.

“Many of the students live in poverty, and I believe if young children are exposed to college, even at the conceptual level, there’s more of a chance that they’ll attend college when they’re finished high school,” Palmer said.

“It puts the idea on their radar: They know that college comes after 12th grade and after college, a good job.”

Read the entire story by TOM SCHMIDT here.

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ex-offenders

“We either have to get comfortable with ex-offenders in the workplace, or you’ll meet some of these folks in an alley, somewhere. You decide.”

You have to love that quote but there is truth to it. It has nothing to do with being a bleeding heart and everything to do with cold, hard reality.

The point is that we don’t want Frankford to be a dumping ground for repeat criminals or the permanent home of chronically indigent drug users. Thanks but we’ll pass on that.

But we do support helping those folks who get out of jail and want to go straight, to get jobs and keep out of trouble. It just makes so much sense.

Read the rest of the story at kyw1060.com by following this link.

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Emine Hajredinaj

Emine Hajredinaj was murdered on Griscom Street on January 31st.

The man accused of killing a pregnant woman whose baby survived the shooting last month has been arrested, police announced yesterday.

Tyree Bass, 23, of the 1500 block of Adams Avenue, turned himself over to officers Wednesday. He was accompanied by his attorney.

Her alleged killer turned himself in and this is a link to the entire story in the Inquirer.

Emine Hajredinaj and her family came to Lansdale from war-torn Kosovo in 1999

While following up on this story I stumbled over this other nice story in TheReporteronline.com about who Emine Hajredinaj was and how she found her way to Frankford. Read it here.

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Frankford resident critically unjured in hit and run in center city

From 6abc.com:

CENTER CITY – February 23, 2008 (WPVI) — Police have identified the man injured in a hit and run crash Friday night in Center City.

22-year-old Theodore Thomas of Unity Street in Frankford was struck at about 6:30 p.m. during heavy rain, at the intersection of 9th and Market Streets.

Thomas remains in very critical condition at Jefferson University Hospital tonight.

The driver has not been caught.

Go here for the full report.