Eager Street Academy
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| Eager Street Academy | |
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| Location | |
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926 Greenmount Avenue , 21202 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°18′3.17″N 76°36′26.72″W / 39.3008806°N 76.6074222°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, Alternative |
| Founded | 1998[1] |
| School district | Baltimore City Public Schools |
| School number | 884 |
| Principal | Laura D'Anna[2] |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | Variable [3] |
| Area | Urban |
| Website | BCPSS |
Eager Street Academy (previously Baltimore City Detention Center, School No. 370[4]) is a public, alternative middle-high school serving youth who are incarcerated, located in the Penn-Fallsway neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[2] The school was launched in 1998 as a collaboration between Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS), Maryland State Department of Education and the state's Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, and is a part of the larger city school system.[3] Initially without an official name beyond its numeric designation, the school was given the name "Eager Street Academy" in 2002.[5]
Based inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, an adult detention facility, Eager Street serves students under 18 who have been charged as adults.[6] BCPSS officials have claimed the school is the only public school in the United States located inside of a jail.[3] Classes at the school were initially held in six portable trailers on the grounds of the BCDC, but its classrooms are now located within a purpose-built juvenile detention facility built in 2017.[3][7]