Will You Help Me?

Dr. Arlene C. Ackerman, Superintendent of Schools
School District of Philadelphia
440 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pa 19130


Dear Dr. Ackerman,

I humbly request your assistance in a matter that can make a difference in the quality of life for hundreds of young people.

I am proposing that the School District of Philadelphia donate the R.S. Walton Elementary School Building located at 28th & Huntingdon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132, to Dream Field Academy. The building, located in North Philadelphia, has since been vacant since Barry Elementary School exited it more than three calendar years ago. The property is now being used as a dumping ground and for other illegal activities in a community that is in dire need of quality and effective programs.

I have written Bill Fox Jr., Director of Real Property Management several times over the last two-years requesting the donation of the property, but he has informed me that the building at the time was not for sale.

R. S. Walton Elementary School is a beautiful old building that resembles an 18th Century Castle. The school has three floors with 7 to 8 rooms on each floor. It has several fire towers and a cement school yard.

R.S. Walton Elementary School can hold over 500 people. If the building is donated, Dream Field Academy along with its affiliates of other community organizations and faith base organizations, as well as partnerships with the neighborhood schools, will be able to provide effective programs to a neighborhood that is decimated with violence, an increase in youth and adolescents not completing school, thereby increasing the dropout rolls and poverty.

R.S. Walton Elementary School holds special memories for me. You see Dr. Ackerman; I attended this institution as a child from kindergarten through sixth grade from September 1976 to June 1982. The academic enrichment, the support, and love that the faculty and administration provided me as a youth is a tradition that must continue in the community.

Dream Field Academy is a grass-roots organization, and we cannot afford to rent or lease the building. That is why this generous donation will help Dream Field Academy and ensure that we can continue to provide quality educational projects and enrichment for the community that is in need.

Will you help me?

Thank you, in advance for your cooperation regarding this matter.



Sincerely,


Anthony P. Johnson, Candidate for State Representative, Ph.D. Candidate, Author, Founder & CEO
Dream Field Academy
Office: 215-744-1773
Cell: 215-715-0355
antho@earthlink.net