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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. Quick question, sorry if I missed it upthread.  Was there ever discussion of co-locating Banneker and Cardozo HS together in the very nice Cardozo site?

Couldn't the current middle school Cardozo students and the future(?) Shaw middle school students be together at either Shaw or current Banneker with some renovation?

I realize it's basically a done deal. But the middle schoolers-with-Cardozo high schoolers concerns won't go away. Why not a standalone middle school?[/quote]

Cardozo is projected to fill up its building in 10 years with its regular enrollment.  There is not enough room for Banneker in the long run, especially since they want Banneker to grow bigger than it currently is.  Kicking out the middle school would not really help because the middle school is currently very small (because it's so unappealing).  So that would be a short-term solution at best.  It isn't appealing to have two tiers of high school in the same building, it creates a lot of tensions and weird equity issues.

There was a study of Banneker and Shaw Middle sharing the Shaw site, but it would have required compromises from each, and jeopardized the green space, and been expensive.

Seems like Shaw moving to the current Banneker building at Euclid is the plan for a stand-alone middle school, long-term.  [/quote]

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