Philadelphia Begins Negotiations With For-Profit Company To Serve At-RiskStudents

February 21, 2000 Philadelphia Begins Negotiations With For-Profit Company To Serve At-Risk Students The School Board of Philadelphia has given permission to its superintendent to negotiate a contract that would pave the way to for-profit school management at a city school. Dr. David Hornbeck, superintendent of the Philadelphia school district, will begin the process of working with Houston, Texas-based Community Education Partners (CEP) to iron out an agreement that would establish a school for middle and high school students who are behind academically and have been disruptive in traditional classrooms. The proposed school is projected to . . .