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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still don't get why anyone thought it was a good idea to locate an elementary school alongside a high school in the same building. Seems like a recipe for trouble, and the knife and possible gun incidents would seem to validate that. And WLA will double in size over the next two years. Are the additional building security measures intended to have more physical separation between the two schools?[/quote]

To answer your last question, my understanding is yes. They're working on more physical separation. And, having the high school next door is not ideal, but they couldn't afford the space without a partner. It's a start-up public school. You don't get a gorgeous building within walking distance of the metro without some trade offs. Determining what's important to you is a personal choice, but all the well-run charter schools are going to have pluses and minuses. Let's be fair.  [/quote]

When I was at a WLA open house, we passed through a stairwell where the two schools connect. It was clearly locked, and the WLA admin leading the tour said the locks and alarms were there because sometimes a 'little kid breaks loose' (said while chuckling) from Lee.

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There have to be locks and alarms on the door. My son is curious and a runner. For sure, he would have been found deep in the WLA building many a'times if they didn't have a good system in place. [/quote]

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