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City-funded scholarships make community college free for Philly students: ‘Honestly, I don’t think I’d be in school’ without it

The city will spend $10.8 million this year on the program, open to students who attend full time and who graduated from a Philadelphia high school.

Trinity Pritchette, a Catto scholar, stands outside the Bonnell Building at the Community College of Philadelphia, where she is taking a summer class.
Trinity Pritchette, a Catto scholar, stands outside the Bonnell Building at the Community College of Philadelphia, where she is taking a summer class.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer