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In shift from SRC, Philly school board unanimously denies applications for three new charters

“It really has been building a shared goal around a lot of the challenging issues. That wasn’t really always present under the SRC,” board member Joyce Wilkerson said.

Students from the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, a String Theory school, hold up signs in support of the proposed Joan Myers Brown Academy at Thursday's meeting. The board denied it, along with two other proposed charters.
Students from the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, a String Theory school, hold up signs in support of the proposed Joan Myers Brown Academy at Thursday's meeting. The board denied it, along with two other proposed charters.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer