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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Principal Named for Phoenix Academy

The state-of-the-art center in Annapolis will offer special education and alternative education services to more than 200 students.

The appointment of John Thompson as the inaugural principal of the Phoenix Academy was recently approved by the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. This news comes as construction progresses on the new facilities for Phoenix Academy, which will be housed in the former Germantown Elementary building on Cedar Park Road. Phoenix Academy will offer special education and alternative education services to about 240 students beginning next year. According to Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), Thompson is currently assistant principal at Phoenix Annapolis and was assistant principal at Annapolis High School from 2009 until this year. Phoenix Annapolis is currently located at 291 Locust Ave. and will move into its new center upon its …

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Phoenix Center Undergoing Modernization, Expansion

When complete, $22.7 million will be invested in the county's educational center that will serve about 240 students.

The former Germantown Elementary building on Cedar Park Road will continue to undergo a complete overhaul with expansion over the next few years to house the Phoenix Center. Work has already started and, when complete, a total of $22.7 million will have been invested in the 71-year-old building. The Phoenix Center is currently located at 291 Locust Ave.        "It's a comprehensive K through 12 education facility, part of our special education program," explained Bob Mosier, spokesman for Anne Arundel County Public Schools.  "It mainly serves children with emotional disabilities, but when the new complex is done, we'll not only have a regional program for our elementary and our secondary students with emotional disability—that'll be about …

Donna L. Cole

8:15 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A Facebook follower has asked what will become of the old Phoenix Center building. According to Mosier, it will become a County school administrative building, as administrative space will be lost in the renovation of Annapolis Elementary.   more ›

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