August 2013
Monarch Academy Baltimore Public Charter School Opens
The Monarch Academy Baltimore City Public Charter School opened in its permanent location at 2525 Kirk Avenue. The school had been operating since August 2011 at 6802 McClean Boulevard between Perring Parkway and Northern Parkway in Northeast Baltimore.
The $8,000,000 adaptive reuse of an existing, historic, 85,000 square foot Coca Cola Bottling plant was designed and constructed in one half the time of comparable publc and charter schools and for one third of the cost. The project was designed to meet the Baltimore City Green Building Standards Two Star Level, or LEED Silver.
Monarch Academy Public Charter School is a Baltimore City Charter School: a tuition-free, publicly funded charter school open to all students in Baltimore City. Monarch Academy Baltimore campus serves students from grades kindergarten to eighth grade.
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