The Young Men's Leadership School at Thomas FitzSimons High School
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The Young Men's Leadership School at Thomas E. FitzSimons High School is a public secondary school for boys
located at 2601 Cumberland Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, United States
. The school is a part of the School District of Philadelphia
, and was named after Thomas FitzSimons
, who was a signer of the Constitution of the United States.
Victory Schools has been relieved of responsibility for the school; for the 2009-2010 school year, the school has been returned to the authority of Philadelphia Public Schools. As of the 2011-2012 School Begins the School District of Philadelphia relieved Principal Darryl C. Overton to take control of the A.Philip Randolph Career Academy. The School District of Philadelphia was supposed to make The Young Mens Leadership School at Thomas FitzSimons High School a Promise Academy.
Single-sex education
Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century, particularly in secondary education and...
located at 2601 Cumberland Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The school is a part of the School District of Philadelphia
School District of Philadelphia
The School District of Philadelphia is a school district based in the School District of Philadelphia Education Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that includes all public schools in the city of Philadelphia. Established in 1818, it is the eighth largest school district in the nation.The School...
, and was named after Thomas FitzSimons
Thomas Fitzsimons
Thomas FitzSimons was an American merchant and statesman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Congress.-Biography:...
, who was a signer of the Constitution of the United States.
History
In September 2005 the School District of Philadelphia converted FitzSimons Middle School, a coeducational middle school managed by Victory Schools Inc. since 2002, into an all-male middle and high school. During that year the district established The Young Women’s Leadership School at E. Washington Rhodes High School for females. The males zoned to the former FitzSimons and Rhodes zones were assigned to FitzSimons, while the females in the zones were assigned to Rhodes. After the redesign FitzSimons reported increases on assaults targeting students and teachers. Margaret Harrington, the chief operating officer of Victory, described FitzSimons as having a "transition problem." Martha Woodall of the Philadelphia Inquirer stated in a 2006 article that the boys assigned to FitzSimons had tension with the boys assigned to Rhodes, and that tensions increased when they were combined into the same school. Richard H. Jenkins Sr., the principal of FitzSimons, said in that Philadelphia Inquirer article that he began establishing order with the students as the 2005-2006 school year progressed.Victory Schools has been relieved of responsibility for the school; for the 2009-2010 school year, the school has been returned to the authority of Philadelphia Public Schools. As of the 2011-2012 School Begins the School District of Philadelphia relieved Principal Darryl C. Overton to take control of the A.Philip Randolph Career Academy. The School District of Philadelphia was supposed to make The Young Mens Leadership School at Thomas FitzSimons High School a Promise Academy.