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[quote=Anonymous]This article is an overview of the recent construction and renovation of many of the DCPS buildings, including upcoming work.  I think the writer is approaching from a design perspective, which is fine, but really doesn't know a lot about schools in particular.  This section was, well, just wrong:

"Build a new school and the children will come. The new high schools are designed for larger student populations than they currently serve, but some modernized elementary schools like Stoddert Elementary in Glover Park, another Perkins Eastman design, are already feeling the squeeze of soaring enrollments. The community will come, too, for adult education classes, recreation, performances and public meetings in spaces designed into the new and remodeled schools."

None of the new buildings EOTP have shown increased enrollment at all.  And in many of the neighborhoods the public spaces have ended up being closed to the public or severely curtailed because of staffing and security issues.  There is also no mention of the potential need to balance all this spending with some sort of unified approach to what is done with charter building.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2014/05/02/forget-facelifts-architects-are-giving-d-cpublic.html?ana=twt&page=all

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