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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PCSB had a "Sector Planning Roundtable" at which these issues were discussed and the staff member at the end gives the bottom line, which is that the equivalent of 7 or 8 schools will need to close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UBr1Ih7dfw

Enrollment trends of individual schools can be viewed here: https://edscape.dc.gov/node/1730326

I do think there are some kids sitting out PK3 and PK4, mostly in Ward 3, because they didn't get into their IB or anything else they liked/found convenient. Those kids could potentially be brought into the system.

I'm concerned about Harmony because their plan to move into the Hope building is premised on recruiting more kids than they currently have. I was surprised the PCBS accepted it so uncritically but I guess letting schools make dumb choices and fail is their idea of autonomy and flexibility.

Any school that had conditions on its charter review (SSMA, Rocketship, KIPP, others), is on the Financial Monitoring List, has a bad review in the Financial Analysis Report, has consistent declines in enrollment (Roots, SSMA, CMI, others), is in trouble and bears watching. I hope that this process can play out in an orderly manner and that larger LEAs can smoothly consolidate with face-saving "mergers" that really have the effect of closing their lowest-performing sites. [/quote]

The Harmony thing seems insane to me. They know the sector needs to shrink! What on earth were they thinking. It’s this unwillingness to make tough decisions that ultimately really harms children, and probably the whole sector (obviously they should care first and foremost about children, but even if it’s self interest all the way down, they should care). [/quote]

I think the idea is Harmony's current building isn't big enough for an economically viable school. So it's grow or give up. Not sure how long the Harmony company will be willing to subsidize it.

Less traffic for McKinley Tech/Mckinley Middle/Langley dropoff will certainly be nice. [/quote]

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