Founded in 1971, the former Lower Price Hill Community School was an adult education center located in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood of

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. It was originally housed in the basement of the St. Michael the Archangel Church, and later, moved into the third floor of the parish's nearby former school building. The Lower Price Hill Community School was founded by community organizers in the neighborhood and was originally focused on assisting the large population of Urban Appalachians in the neighborhood to obtain high school credentials through the

GED The General Educational Development (GED) tests are a group of four subject tests which, when passed, provide certification that the test taker has United States or Canadian high school-level academic skills. It is an alternative to the US high ...

exam. In 2014, the historic campus of the Lower Price Hill Community School was renovated,Carrie Blackmore Smith
"Rebirth sought for rundown church"
''

The Cincinnati Enquirer ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, al ...

'', March 15, 2013. and the organization was rebranded as Education Matters. In 2022, Education Matters merged with Community Matters, a nonprofit organization also operating in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood. Current adult education programming includes GED preparation and testing, college access and tutoring support, and English for Speakers of Other Languages. It provides free tuition and childcare services to students who attend classes.Laura Pulfer
"The graduates: Rewriting history in Price Hill"
''

'', June 06, 2002.

References

External links

Community Matters' Website
Adult education in the United States Appalachian culture in Cincinnati Education in Cincinnati Educational institutions established in 1971 {{Ohio-stub