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A Philly charter school bought this church building, and now it faces a preservation battle

"We were told this is about architecture," said Boys Latin CEO Noah Tennant. "Which to me just kind of reeked of privilege.”

Noah Tennant, Boys' Latin CEO, stands in front of a vacant church building on the charter's middle school campus. The church is being considered for historic designation, which the charter says would make it a lot more expensive to renovate into a gym and performing arts space.
Noah Tennant, Boys' Latin CEO, stands in front of a vacant church building on the charter's middle school campus. The church is being considered for historic designation, which the charter says would make it a lot more expensive to renovate into a gym and performing arts space.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer