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[Post New]12/17/2014 10:14
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Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html


Millions of taxpayer dollars in the bank and the best attorney the school could find was A. Scott Bolden?


My thoughts exactly, but he does know DC.
[Post New]12/17/2014 10:16
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jsteele
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html


Millions of taxpayer dollars in the bank and the best attorney the school could find was A. Scott Bolden?


Fred Cooke must have been booked.
[Post New]12/17/2014 10:20
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Anonymous
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Community Academy operates three schools, named Amos 1, Amos 2, and Amos 5, serving preschool through eighth grade, as well as an online program.


Naming not one, but FIVE schools after himself should have been a clue to the Charter Board that this guy was a rat.

I thought that some of them were named after his family members?
[Post New]12/17/2014 10:41
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arowe
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I think it will be interesting to see what a step like this would have on neighboring elementary schools.
[Post New]12/17/2014 10:42
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Anonymous
So for the charters looking for their "forever home" (Lee, SSMA, Bridges...others?), does this open up the trade space? If so, how soon? Is next school year on the table?
[Post New]12/17/2014 10:44
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Anonymous
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html


Millions of taxpayer dollars in the bank and the best attorney the school could find was A. Scott Bolden?


Fred Cooke must have been booked.


They were both there, actually.
[Post New]12/17/2014 11:01
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Anonymous
arowe wrote:I think it will be interesting to see what a step like this would have on neighboring elementary schools.


It probably means a temporary influx of students who had been getting a subpar education, but will likely be gone in a couple of years if their parents can get them into another charter.
[Post New]12/17/2014 11:03
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Oh no, my neighbor works there.
And a friend of mine. Hope they all land on their feet because Amos may have been getting rich but my friend certainly wasn't.
[Post New]12/17/2014 11:29
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Anonymous
I don't know if charters would have the right of first refusal or not.

SAIL PCS closed. It was on prime real estate at 16th and L NW . It is now the Oman cultural center or something like that.
[Post New]12/17/2014 12:09
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Anonymous
Were the buildings former DCPS?
[Post New]12/17/2014 13:58
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Anonymous
Most of the cars dropping off kids at the Amos 3 ("Expectatios of Excellence," their sign read for years) were registered in Maryland. Why is that?
[Post New]12/17/2014 14:00
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Anonymous
What happens the the illegal parking lot he put up, on behalf of PG's Metropolitan Baptist Church? The illegal paving, with no permits, was done by Anita Bonds' own Fort Myer Construction company. Good riddance to a pest in the community.
[Post New]12/17/2014 15:41
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Were the buildings former DCPS?


Yes, but they were actually sold to CAPCS, not leased like the city is doing now. They are likely held as collateral for CAPCS' loans and would be sold in a foreclosure sale if CAPCS declared bankruptcy or was dissolved. PCSB may also try to broker some sort of transfer to a new operator who could take over the loan obligations and the buildings. In that situation the lender would likely be very amenable to that vs. having to go through a foreclosure process.
[Post New]12/17/2014 15:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Most of the cars dropping off kids at the Amos 3 ("Expectatios of Excellence," their sign read for years) were registered in Maryland. Why is that?


They live in Maryland?
[Post New]12/17/2014 20:03
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Anonymous
I think you're confusing them with Excel Academy Public Charter, where only 196 of 618 students could prove their DC residency.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/excel-academy-public-charter-school-under-scrutiny-for-alleged-residency-fraud/2014/11/04/a23e7994-6435-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html
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