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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone else find it worrying that charters can't get buildings? I am all for DCPS/charter collaboration but my sense is that some of the high-performing/HRCS are keeping young families in the city or in diverse neighborhoods (who'd otherwise be fleeing to Bethesda/Arlington or WOTP). And the best charters in low-income neighborhoods (DC Prep, KIPP etc) are offering kids in Wards 7 and 8 a chance in life they wouldn't otherwise have. Shouldn't Bowser be helping these schools move into the vacant buildings the city is sitting on?

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-education-partnership/2015/08/28/1105ed04-4d05-11e5-84df-923b3ef1a64b_story.html[/url]

"Progress under former mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) seems to have stalled; according to charter advocates, of 12 D.C.-owned buildings that are a priority for charters, only one or two are possibly being made available for K-12 charter schools. Equally troubling was the mayor’s decision this year to rescind monies approved by the D.C. Council to help two charter schools build permanent facilities."  [/quote]

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