1.0Baltimore Beathttps://baltimorebeat.comLisa Snowdenhttps://baltimorebeat.com/author/lmccray/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="N8yhECGcIa"><a href="https://baltimorebeat.com/op-ed-keep-creative-city-and-southwest-open/">Op-Ed: Keep Creative City and Southwest Open</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://baltimorebeat.com/op-ed-keep-creative-city-and-southwest-open/embed/#?secret=N8yhECGcIa" width="600" height="338" title="“Op-Ed: Keep Creative City and Southwest Open” — Baltimore Beat" data-secret="N8yhECGcIa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://baltimorebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Baltimore_City_Public_Schools_District_Office_200_E._North_Avenue_Baltimore_MD_21202_33685855555-scaled.jpg25601920Earlier this month, Baltimore City Public Schools leadership announced their recommendation to the Board of School Commissioners that Creative City Public Charter School and Southwest Baltimore Charter School close their doors at the end of this school year. Combined with the closure of Steuart Hill Academic Academy and Eutaw-Marshburn Elementary School last spring, the closure […]