This building at 278 Greenlaw in Uptown is the future home of Downtown's newest charter school, The Memphis College Preparatory Elementary School. The school will open in fall of 2010 with 90 kindergarten students and will grow each year to accommodate students up to the 5th grade.
The school's founder, Michael Whaley, has demonstrated a passion for working with inner-city students. Whaley came to Memphis through Teach for America, a program that recruits outstanding college grads to commit to teach for 2 years in urban and rural public schools.
To help with renovations to the the 12,870-sf facility, the school received a $200,000 development loan from the Center City Development Corporation in May. Construction is scheduled to begin this month.
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