{"id":775,"date":"2017-07-27T09:52:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T13:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.philasd.org\/charterschools\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:18:59","slug":"franklin-towne-charter-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/old\/franklin-towne-charter-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cFranklin Towne Charter Elementary School&#8217;s mission is to establish a happy and nurturing environment that both promotes and cultivates a positive learning experience for our children. By involving staff, students, and parents we plan to create a challenging and supportive school where our students can learn and grow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul id=\"listmenu\"><li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-clip\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tEnrollment Application\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>This school is not an Apply Philly Charter participant. Please visit the school\u2019s website to learn more about their application process<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-apple\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tCity-Wide Enrollment\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>School enrolls from across Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-alarm-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tDecember 1, 2025\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Application Deadline<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-family-room\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tK-8\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Grades Served<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reports<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annual Charter Evaluation (ACE)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Developed annually by the Charter Schools Office (CSO) for all Philadelphia brick-and-mortar charter schools (except those up for renewal), these reports provide information on three main areas of charter school performance: academic success, organizational compliance and viability, and financial health and sustainability.<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1F_tlG18IS3bsaxdySD3R8JZIM8H97YF_\/view?usp=sharing\">2024<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1H6RhbF0cdQ6BLpxj0CQRhXYHwzKfWjPe\/view?usp=sharing\">2023<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1V2JYYdqLPXgOwxwWP79cN5rWBO5wS-7A\/view?usp=sharing\">2022<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kdJB92lvRO0mkDPfiHgjS8AncEflLw7U\/view?usp=sharing\">2021 (Renewal)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mLW7Xo4n2On6538Cc70oHDYRb0QvEgLR\/view?usp=sharing\">2020<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YCdqRDwJWMFHmqeCZpkbVw3HC9pkvfLi\/view?usp=sharing\">2019<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/philasd.org\/file\/d\/1HTdFKLNQrAAfEGPIlf_VPJScqLarsNc0\/view?usp=drivesdk\">2018<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hzMKs_aBOMzh3hNSOAy3YCriCwKH1ztk\/view\">2017<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/philasd.org\/file\/d\/0B5FphNXQtP4FbXFoY19hSnNpZ2s\/view?usp=drivesdk\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual Independent Financial Audits<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Financial audits are produced annually by independent auditors for all charter schools in Pennsylvania. All charter schools are required to have an independent financial audit completed every year. Charter school fiscal years (FY) span from July 1 to June 30th. For example, FY24 is July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1khphVThpZX7mcvaR1_rv3oQvJf10CYWY\/view?usp=share_link\">FY25<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/financial-audits-archive\/\"><strong>Click here to access reports from prior years<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Ready PA Index<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Developed annually by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), these reports provide an overview of student academic performance in every Pennsylvania public school, including traditional District schools, charter schools, cyber charter schools, and career and technology centers.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/futurereadypa.org\/Performance\/207104104172185198058020136134018079053240151105\/184174074061141033133077088247004119186184235024079030077195216000252117141107223125026023175204071062210242119085223037145082107227073243234010\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Timeline<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"listmenu\"><li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2009\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Initial Charter<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B9-e74yXqKs0Qno3MXRhLWtJUFE\">2012<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B9x1ev_U2Ntlckl0aER4VW5KZmM\">2017<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kdJB92lvRO0mkDPfiHgjS8AncEflLw7U\/view?usp=sharing\">2022<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Renewal Recommended<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2027\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Next Renewal Review<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Mission \u201cFranklin Towne Charter Elementary School&#8217;s mission is to establish a happy and nurturing environment that both promotes and cultivates a positive learning experience for our children. By involving staff, students, and parents we plan to create a challenging and supportive school where our students can learn and grow.\u201d Reports Annual Charter Evaluation&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button minimal\"><a class=\"learnmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/old\/franklin-towne-charter-elementary-school\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":1742,"parent":182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"office-home-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-775","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18439,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions\/18439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}