Washington Latin

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Is there any chance Washington Latin could be moving to a new campus? Just looking at the notes from recent Board Meetings which mentioned a search for a new building? Would this be to replace their current site?

[Anonymous]

They are putting the finishing touches on a brand new gym at the campus they just fully renovated and moved into three years ago. Doubtful.

[Anonymous]

Could you please post a link to the minutes? They made an announcement last spring that they were starting plans for opening another campus. Supposedly, that's part of the reason the current headmistress is stepping down this year.

[Anonymous]

It's actually faster to google it yourself then compose a request for someone else to do it for you.

http://latinpcs.org/about/our-team/board/

[Anonymous]

so would this mean that they would have two separate locations? just asking because we would consider latin in the future assuming it stays at current location. Sounds like this isn't going to happen any time soon

[Anonymous]

They don't have approval to expand and no location. Fall 2017 would be earliest possible date.

I wonder if they would wait for the outcome of the FOCUS lawsuit to proceed?

[Anonymous]

What is the FOCUS lawsuit

[Anonymous]

But they wouldn't divide the school, having middle and high school at different locations. That would be a nightmare for families with siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the FOCUS lawsuit

FOCUS, Wash Latin and one other charter sued the city over the per pupil funding allocation alleging charter students are shortchanged compared to FCPS students.

Been working its way through legal process for more than a year now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the FOCUS lawsuit

FOCUS, Wash Latin and one other charter sued the city over the per pupil funding allocation alleging charter students are shortchanged compared to FCPS students.

Been working its way through legal process for more than a year now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/federal-judge-agrees-to-hear-charter-schools-case-alleging-unequal-funding/2015/10/04/f0651b66-6928-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But they wouldn't divide the school, having middle and high school at different locations. That would be a nightmare for families with siblings.

That's what they said about LAMB too...

By middle / high school most kids commute independently so the sibling thing isn't such a big factor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But they wouldn't divide the school, having middle and high school at different locations. That would be a nightmare for families with siblings.

Annoying? maybe. A nightmare? not really. Most families in DC (and in America in general) send their middle schoolers and high schoolers to different locations.

[Anonymous]

True, and older kids can travel on their own to school. Hard to imagine when you've still got kids in elementary school.

[Anonymous]

WLPCS has already had divided campuses. People have short memories!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WLPCS has already had divided campuses. People have short memories!

+1 (also see above question about the lawsuit).