Home to roughly 7,500 people and officially the city's very first neighborhood dating back to the 1700s, North Camden has never had a high school of its own.

That was the case right up until Tuesday night, when city school district officials announced plans to educate hundreds of students who otherwise had to find somewhere else in Camden to continue their education.

"If you talk to these families, they'll tell you their voices weren't always valued," Camden City School District Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard said Wednesday after the community meeting where the announcement was made.

Rouhanifard said Mastery Charter Schools will step in to remodel the Pyne Point Middle School, located near Pyne Point Park and the mouth of the Cooper River, into a high school for the 2017-2018 school year.

For more details about the plans to build North Camden's first high school, click the following link: http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2015/11/north_camden_has_never_had_a_high_school_until_now.html