Digital Pioneers Academy moving to Hill East
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Anonymous
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Just saw the PCSB minutes--the new location is 709 12th St. SE (the Chavez Prep building). Last year (their first year) they were in Hillcrest. They had about 120 6th graders last year, which is pretty big for a DC middle school; the same size as Hardy. It will be interested to see how enrollment and demographics changes with this move. Will they pick up a lot of kids who'd been at Chavez? They say at the hearing that 113 of the 120 are re-enrolling and they have a 7th grade waitlist.
It's also interesting to me that the school board is very gung-ho on schools located in underserved areas and they were allowed to move a year later to within 1.5 miles of Stuart-Hobson and Eliott-Hine. They mentioned at their hearing that 5 of their current students attended Tyler elementary, so would have had a right to Jefferson Academy (though they say 98% of students live in Wards 7 and 8, meaning some of the Tyler students were from OOB or subsequently moved). |
Anonymous
| Fine by me, parent who is eager to see a lot more IB students enroll at Hobson and EH vs. students from Wards 7 and 8. |
Anonymous
| The PSBC places autonomy above all else. Schools have to say the right things in their applications about reaching underserved students, but in reality they get to do whatever they want. |
Anonymous
Can you explain what you mean by this? |
Anonymous
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They were in temporary space before.
Chavez closed that campus and whoever owns it needs a tenant. That is a really good retention rate. |
Anonymous
| Small quip, but 709 12th St SE is the Chavez Capitol Hill building, not Prep. The Prep building is in Columbia Heights. |