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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kingsbury told parents that the building will be sold to a "bilingual charter school." Starting in 2018-2019 and continuing for the next 6 years, Kingsbury and the other school (presumably LAMB) will co-locate. Kingsbury currently uses only half of its building, so there's plenty of space. During those 6 years, the board of trustees will decide how to use the money raises through the sale of the building -- to buy, lease, or build a space in their current neighborhood.[/quote]

Wow, this is a big decision to have made under an interim head of school.  Has enrollment gone down in the last year? Up until then I suppose some of the lower level was underused, but I wouldn't have said they use only half the building.  Plus, the addition was only completed a few years ago.

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Quote from the email to parents:

"In the short term, proceeds from the sale of the building will enable Kingsbury to fulfill two critically important needs.  The first is to invest further in our current programs and teaching staff.  Retaining great teachers and building on quality programs will help Kingsbury thrive.  The second is to allow us to carefully build our enrollment with students who are a good fit for our school and whom Kingsbury can serve well."

So does that mean that they will be changing their admission criteria?[/quote]

If they spend the proceeds on that, they'll soon find that they have a new critical need, which is money to buy a site for the school.

Building enrollment means there must have been a drop.  DCPS has been moving away from private placements for years.  But maybe it's gotten worse.  Looks like Peri-Anne left just in time?  But if there is an enrollment drop they should have known it was coming in the spring, before she left. 
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