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Reply to "Notice of Petitions to Open New Charters"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Expanding beyond the current building's physical space is a huge undertaking, especially if you want a location that higher-income families are willing to commute to. Current families would not necessarily benefit from the expansion and may want the leadership to focus on improving the school that currently exists. [b]It's hard to get philanthropic funding if you aren't going to focus on low-income kids[/b]. And the city thinks that high-income parents will improve their neighborhood schools if they have no other option. So, it just isn't really in the cards.[/quote] Plus you need to be 'serving' large numbers of kids. The locally grown charters are small by design. But funders don't really want to serve 200-300 kids. They want to invest in something that will reach 1000 or more. That's why those dollars go to the chains -- KIPP, Rocketship, DC Prep. [/quote]
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