Last week Providence officials announced an end to block scheduling at Hope High School, the centerpiece of reform that significantly improved education for some of the city’s poorest students. The city, they said, couldn’t afford the necessary investment.
Today, the Providence Journal reports the city has allocated $112,000 to restore the Henry Bowen Anthony Fountain. This fountain is located at the head of Blackstone Boulevard in the affluent East Side neighborhood, with the extravagant homes of some of Providence’s wealthiest residents.
Thankfully, the Boulevard residents can pay the hefty tuitions of the nearby Lincoln School, Moses Brown or Wheeler for their children’s education, rather than send them to Hope High.
