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Mayor Kenney announces three new community schools paid for with soda-tax proceeds

Each community school gets more than $500,000 extra annually; the city is proposing an $11.2 million budget for 20 community schools for the 2022-23 school year.

Three new community schools were announced Tuesday — Dunbar, Add B. Anderson, and Frankford High. School principals (from left ) Daniel Mina, Laurena Zeller, and Michael Calderone spoke at a news conference about their hopes for the program.
Three new community schools were announced Tuesday — Dunbar, Add B. Anderson, and Frankford High. School principals (from left ) Daniel Mina, Laurena Zeller, and Michael Calderone spoke at a news conference about their hopes for the program.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer