HIGHLANDTOWN EMS 237 REOPENS!

In December, we attended the ribbon cutting for the newly renovated and expanded Highlandtown EMS 237, a Southeast CDC Community School. The new building fits all 900+ students and provides a much improved educational experience with more classrooms to relieve overcrowding, collaborative spaces, playgrounds, and science labs.

While the school’s Eaton Street building was under construction, Highlandtown #237 Elem/Middle operated in its “swing space”, a temporary school location that was a 20-minute bus ride away from Highlandtown.

Being back in the school’s home neighborhood enables Southeast CDC to coordinate more closely with parents, partners, and the Highlandtown community to make the school a hub of community life and a place where families know they can access resources they need to help themselves and their children be successful.

In 2023, we will partner with the city’s Planning Department to complete an INSPIRE plan that enhances the connection between the schools and the surrounding neighborhood.

244,409

$769,003

666 funding leveraged during the 2021/2022 school year pounds of food distributed to families volunteer hours donated to our community schools