Another One Bites the Dust - 2nd Charter Closure

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. So this one is gone (200+ kids) and Latin Cooper is also moving out of their temporary space in Edgewood. This should make a big difference in area traffic around the Franklin St.Bridge.

I wonder if any school wants the Hope building.

That's an interesting point, but three charters closing essentially this school year, how could anyone justify a new school? I'd bet the city would take it back -- but I guess that also depends on who actually owns the building. Who did Hope lease the building from?

Bolded is nonsense. The issue isn't excess supply of quality seats. We have a shortage of quality seats and abundance of lousy ones. Families are choosing with their feet - they avoid or leave bad schools and seek out better. That's how choice works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BASIS, now is your chance! You can have the Hope building and make offers to all the kids!

Just what BASIS needs. Another depressing building with no green space.

[Anonymous]

Here is the video of the board meeting https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=plWG-Xd1Jlw#

Basically internal academic testing plus post-lottery enrollment figures both indicated success was very unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BASIS, now is your chance! You can have the Hope building and make offers to all the kids!

It would be interesting to see if the BASIS model could help to quickly accelerate the students from Hope. Even if they just took the non-tested grades (pk to 2) and grew them.

For the tested grades, less than 15% of Hope kids are on grade level in reading and less than 5% in math. For those grades, it's a great test to to see if BASIS could deal with what a lot of other schools do -- incoming kids who aren't at high levels of proficiency. Even so, I love BASIS for what is it is and the option it provides - an option that is severely lacking in DC. There are other charters that are experienced and expert in students at these lower performance levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BASIS, now is your chance! You can have the Hope building and make offers to all the kids!

It would be interesting to see if the BASIS model could help to quickly accelerate the students from Hope. Even if they just took the non-tested grades (pk to 2) and grew them.

For the tested grades, less than 15% of Hope kids are on grade level in reading and less than 5% in math. For those grades, it's a great test to to see if BASIS could deal with what a lot of other schools do -- incoming kids who aren't at high levels of proficiency. Even so, I love BASIS for what is it is and the option it provides - an option that is severely lacking in DC. There are other charters that are experienced and expert in students at these lower performance levels.

You're saying the quiet part loud though. BASIS always insists that it is perfectly fine and happy alto educate kids who are below grade level or don't speak English very well. Because to say otherwise would expose what's really going on.

[Anonymous]

Basics no you don’t want that building. The lunch vendors which was reported from May 2024 -October in the Wap had given kids food poisoning food viruses. Then the building didn’t have heat then inadequate unsafe PE activities. Some of the students and staff from last years charter that collapsed were at this school from Sept 2024. Their academic skills were far more advanced. So imagine these folks moving again at the end of the same given school year. Oh and the principal quit back in March. The special education dept was horrible with a lot of expired IEPs. The early childhood staff were qualified while across the city, the charter board said they didn’t need any credentials to work in a charter school except a background check. Oh it’s getting good