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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know anything about this planned Chinese school at the old Intelsat Building? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/private-school-with-global-ambition-to-open-in-dc-and-china-in-2019/2018/02/07/c101aaa2-0b4b-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?utm_term=.6d343dc406e9

According to the developer, adding this boarding school for 2,500 students in Van Ness is a "done deal" to open in September 2019. This will be the biggest school int the city in an already saturated neighborhood with terrible traffic  issues, so I am curious about why there has been no discussion in the ANC? Has the City Council addressed this?[/quote]

I generally have sympathy with traffic concerns, but when Intelsat and Channel 7 occupied the building there were thousands of people who worked there, most of whom drove.  The location sits on a major arterial and steps from a Metro stop.  The building has two driveway circles on different sides of the site for drop offs, plus the main door on Connecticut.  While I wonder if this school's business model will make it successful, even at the aspirational enrollment (doubtful), the building will house fewer people than in the Intelsat days.[/quote]

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