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(2 of 17) on October 18, 2011. As of 1993 the school moved into the Power Center, a shopping center that included two buildings with a total of of space. In 1993 those two buildings were vacant. In addition to the school, the church also planned to allow a bank, a medical clinic, several African-American owned businesses, and a job training center lease spaces in the center. In 1994 it had 236 and covered grades kindergarten through 5. Within the original church building, the school had grown so large that some components of the community center, including the food pantry and clothing resale shop, had been relocated to another building, while the AIDS ministry, the fellowship hall, and several social services divisions remained in the building. The Power Center was completed in 1995.Power Center
." Pyramid CDC. Retrieved on October 21, 2011. In 1996 Imani had 250 students. Patricia Hogan Williams, the director of the school, said in 1998 that dropout rates among black students in public schools were "so high, we realized they weren't being taken care of .. and that the school aimed to cater to the needs of black students.Ulen, Elsa Nefertari.
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on October 18, 2011. That year the principal said that 90% of the graduates of the Imani school attend gifted and talented programs at public high schools.

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