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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many students are enrolled at Kingsbury now?

Per the lease/sale brochure, their certificate of occupancy allows 300 people.

I know there are 75 students that DCPS has placed at Kingsbury.

Just for [b]comparison[/b], LAMB has 426 students this year. [/quote]

This is an apples to oranges comparison.

Special Need children NEED small numbers of students in classes.  They may need additional spaces to deliver OT, ST, or counseling that is not being used as a class space.  It's not the sheer number that a building can hold.

Kingsbury has children who private pay from DC, MD, and VA.  They also have children placed there through the public schools.

This is so sad to hear.  SN kids will probably get screwed over.  It sounds like as usual the DC government has it's head up it's a$$.  Kingsbury parents, where are you?  What's the plan?  Why did you not come on here and tell us what was going on?  Speaking just for myself as a parent with a SN child, I would come to support Kingsbury at public hearings.  Let us know what you need.[/quote]

[i]This is being driven by Kingsbury's Board of Director. Read the real estate posting listed above -- they put their building up for sale and lease[/i][b]. The ad suggested it would be a good site for condos, senior housing or a school.

Plenty you can blame on DC government -- but this decision is not one of them. The 300 refers to the maximum number of people the building is allowed to hold by DCRA as a school.

If LAMB wants to move all its students there eventually, they would have to build an addition or somehow remodel. [/quote]

I'm sure there may be some financial hardship on the part of Kingsbury and that may be driving this decision.  However, it provides unique services for kids who have not been able to be served by public school programs.  This would be on DC if they let these kids fall through the cracks.  This would be the exact time for a public private partnership.[/quote]

It doesn't sound like Kingsbury has asked DC for help in any way, and as the other poster pointed out no one is making them do it, including DC.  It may be a bad decision, or not, and perhaps they felt like their hand was forced.  As fewer children are placed in private placements by DCPS, they may be forced to evolve.  I'm just hoping that they have the management talent in place to handle this transition.

Or, maybe they can get a sweetheart deal on a school building like Lab got at the Foxhall road old Hardy School, passed as emergency legislation a couple days before Christmas -- just another option...

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