The High School of Performing Arts, more formally known as The School of Performing Arts: A Division of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, informally known as "PA", was a public alternative high school in New York, New York, USA that existed from 1948 through 1984.
The school was created in 1947 by educator Franklin J. Keller, using staff and administrators from Metropolitan High School, a vocational school ...
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The High School of Performing Arts, more formally known as The School of Performing Arts: A Division of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, informally known as "PA", was a public alternative high school in New York, New York, USA that existed from 1948 through 1984.
The school was created in 1947 by educator Franklin J. Keller, using staff and administrators from Metropolitan High School, a vocational school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Under Keller's stewardship, it offered music and speech programs in addition to the traditional "trade" skills.
Occupying a disused 1894 public school building on West 46th Street in Times Square, the new school offered programs in Music, Dance, Drama, and, for a time, Photography.
Beginning in the mid 1950s, the New York City administration regularly announced plans to move PA out of its ancient building and into new quarters. These plans included joining the current PA student population (around 450-500)...
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