Where is CM moving to?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As far as I know the old soldiers home still has old soldiers in it.

Do you mean it's haunted? Awesome! CM can add a Ghostbusters unit to their curriculum!

I said old, not dead!

[Anonymous]

Oh. Too bad! I mean, good that they're not dead, but too bad that there's no Ghostbusters curriculum coming. Was just imagining my PS child's resume later in life after sending him to a trilingual Montessori IB school specializing in Ghostbusting.

Wait, I think we have the basis for the next great charter school...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh. Too bad! I mean, good that they're not dead, but too bad that there's no Ghostbusters curriculum coming. Was just imagining my PS child's resume later in life after sending him to a trilingual Montessori IB school specializing in Ghostbusting.

Wait, I think we have the basis for the next great charter school...

How do I become a founder of this school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh. Too bad! I mean, good that they're not dead, but too bad that there's no Ghostbusters curriculum coming. Was just imagining my PS child's resume later in life after sending him to a trilingual Montessori IB school specializing in Ghostbusting.

Wait, I think we have the basis for the next great charter school...

How do I become a founder of this school?

Everyone's just dying to get in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. Too bad! I mean, good that they're not dead, but too bad that there's no Ghostbusters curriculum coming. Was just imagining my PS child's resume later in life after sending him to a trilingual Montessori IB school specializing in Ghostbusting.

Wait, I think we have the basis for the next great charter school...

How do I become a founder of this school?

Everyone's just dying to get in!

That is EXACTLY what I needed at 4:20 on a Thursday. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. Too bad! I mean, good that they're not dead, but too bad that there's no Ghostbusters curriculum coming. Was just imagining my PS child's resume later in life after sending him to a trilingual Montessori IB school specializing in Ghostbusting.

Wait, I think we have the basis for the next great charter school...

How do I become a founder of this school?

Everyone's just dying to get in!

Why bother being an actual founder and doing all that hard work? They'll need ghosts as founders, just call the psychic hotline and have a deceased relative offer to be a founder. Go far enough back in your family tree, and you can get Founders' Preference for all sorts of 3rd and 4th cousins of your kids!



[Uh oh, looks like all of us who loved the "Highly Regarded Charter School" thread find each other in other threads every time! ]

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As far as I know the old soldiers home still has old soldiers in it.

Actually there are many empty buildings on the grounds of the Old Soldiers Home. Wow I was trying not to get too invested in any of the pie in the sky lottery schools so I wouldn't be too disappointed, but if they are moving right across from where we live, that's going to be hard.
If that's true I wonder if they would have access to a lot of the green space there. Golf, fishing, gardening and cyclocross in after care!

Tell me about it. Think that at least 200 of the 1,000 people applying will drop off due to location?

You can count on at least one--my family. We are very close to the current location and thought of it as our top choice, but the new location isn't accessible to public transit and will be a nightmare for us, assuming the DCUM info is accurate.

I love when people think bus into public transportation. What small town are you from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. Too bad! I mean, good that they're not dead, but too bad that there's no Ghostbusters curriculum coming. Was just imagining my PS child's resume later in life after sending him to a trilingual Montessori IB school specializing in Ghostbusting.

Wait, I think we have the basis for the next great charter school...

How do I become a founder of this school?

Haricots Morts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As far as I know the old soldiers home still has old soldiers in it.

Actually there are many empty buildings on the grounds of the Old Soldiers Home. Wow I was trying not to get too invested in any of the pie in the sky lottery schools so I wouldn't be too disappointed, but if they are moving right across from where we live, that's going to be hard.
If that's true I wonder if they would have access to a lot of the green space there. Golf, fishing, gardening and cyclocross in after care!

Tell me about it. Think that at least 200 of the 1,000 people applying will drop off due to location?

You can count on at least one--my family. We are very close to the current location and thought of it as our top choice, but the new location isn't accessible to public transit and will be a nightmare for us, assuming the DCUM info is accurate.

I love when people think bus into public transportation. What small town are you from?

We take the bus every day to my toddler's daycare, so I am certainly not anti-bus. But having to walk .63 miles from the closest bus stop to the school (according to the WMATA trip planner) is a no-go for me with a three-year old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As far as I know the old soldiers home still has old soldiers in it.

Actually there are many empty buildings on the grounds of the Old Soldiers Home. Wow I was trying not to get too invested in any of the pie in the sky lottery schools so I wouldn't be too disappointed, but if they are moving right across from where we live, that's going to be hard.
If that's true I wonder if they would have access to a lot of the green space there. Golf, fishing, gardening and cyclocross in after care!

Tell me about it. Think that at least 200 of the 1,000 people applying will drop off due to location?

You can count on at least one--my family. We are very close to the current location and thought of it as our top choice, but the new location isn't accessible to public transit and will be a nightmare for us, assuming the DCUM info is accurate.

I love when people think bus into public transportation. What small town are you from?

We take the bus every day to my toddler's daycare, so I am certainly not anti-bus. But having to walk .63 miles from the closest bus stop to the school (according to the WMATA trip planner) is a no-go for me with a three-year old.

Sounds pretty reasonable to me for why someone would see that as a "no go". For any aged child (i.e. accompanying the child to school or the child going on their own).

If that is indeed the public transport reality for their new space, sounds like they are really self-selecting for parents with cars or funds to pay for a school bus. Kinda adds to the perception that is intended for families who wanted private school in a publicly funded setting.

[Anonymous]

Or, like other schools, they are limited by the inability to find and afford decent school spaces sitting directly on a metro line. I'm guessing there are bus lines that would get folks closer than the metro. I believe Inspired Teaching and Mundo Verde are also moving to locations that are not as metro accessible as their current locations. And the new Cap City location isn't exactly ideal for public transportation either.

I agree that walking that far with a 3 year old isn't ideal, but the reality is that these are elementary schools, folks, so the schools have to make decisions that aren't just about our 3 and 4 year olds....eventually, the 5-10 year olds at these schools will greatly outnumber the PS/PK kids.

All this to say, I think tying this to some assumption the school isn't considering the importance of being metro/bus accessible b/c it doesn't care about families that rely upon public transportation is unreasonable. From what I can tell, pretty much all schools are concerned about being as accessible as possible to public transportation-- many of the teachers rely on public transportation as well.

[Anonymous]

Soooo... you're ok with an 8 yr old walking .63 miles each way to and from school? In DC? I understand your other points, but are you really saying you see this as doable for most families?

[Anonymous]

It's up to the parent whether they'd want their child to walk alone (it's not like that area of Petworth is a war zone, goodness), but an adult could walk 6 blocks from the metro with a child (albeit, probably a bit much for challenging with a 3 or 4 year old -- unless s/he was in a stroller)

Also, for those who are interested, it looks like one could take the H8 bus from Irving and 16th NW and arrive at this potential new location in 12 minutes. I believe that same bus also stops at the Petworth station.

So, yes it would clearly still be accessible by public transportation.

[Anonymous]

The 60 (Fort Totten/Petworth) and the H8 (Mt. Pleasant/Brookland) literally drop you at the doorstep of the soldier's home. The issue is not whether it is accessible by bus, but just that the specific buses are usually accessible to fewer people than the metro is. Same thing with IT--unless you live downtown the G8 is not that accessible, so it reduces the pool to those who live near the bus, or are not daunted by the challenge of 2 buses or bus + metro with a small child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or, like other schools, they are limited by the inability to find and afford decent school spaces sitting directly on a metro line. I'm guessing there are bus lines that would get folks closer than the metro. I believe Inspired Teaching and Mundo Verde are also moving to locations that are not as metro accessible as their current locations. And the new Cap City location isn't exactly ideal for public transportation either.

I agree that walking that far with a 3 year old isn't ideal, but the reality is that these are elementary schools, folks, so the schools have to make decisions that aren't just about our 3 and 4 year olds....eventually, the 5-10 year olds at these schools will greatly outnumber the PS/PK kids.

All this to say, I think tying this to some assumption the school isn't considering the importance of being metro/bus accessible b/c it doesn't care about families that rely upon public transportation is unreasonable. From what I can tell, pretty much all schools are concerned about being as accessible as possible to public transportation-- many of the teachers rely on public transportation as well.

There is a bus stop right outside the gates of the soldiers home