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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]upper 16th street is saturated with schools...Shepherd elementary is a busy place 
Lowell has had a fight with neighbors in terms of renovations/expansion, the Jewish Primary Day school has had issues expanding and just bought one of the buildings Latin is using
 though the ethical society building is unoccupied now, that won't fit a decent size school...As someone who has to fight that traffic, I'm hoping for a different location, if it gets through the board...[/quote]

Where does one start to assume that this school would be located in upper 16th street?  And Upper 16th Street is Ward 4, not Ward 3.

You all get so ahead of yourselves.

First, this DC Hebrew Public Charter (not Washington Hebrew, which is the name of a Reform Synagogue on Macomb Street NW) would need to be approved.  Who knows how many full applications will be submitted and who knows how many charters will be accepted.

Next, it would need to find an affordable, accessible location.  Just this summer, Inspired Teaching (within weeks) changed locations from it's first potential school (former Rudolph Elementary) at Hamilton & 1st Street NW (Ward 4) to 8th and Varnum NE (Ward 5) because the Rudolph building wasn't suitable (apparently it needed a lot more renovation than initially thought).  It still doesn't know where it will be next year.  Good buildings, accessible location, and a central site are hard to find.  A start-up charter will have a hard time affording rents in Ward 3.  Chances are: this school would end up in downtown close to where many young Jewish families live.

Third, look at this map of DC charters.  Not a SINGLE public charter school exists in Ward 3 or technically, really, "West of the Park" - from Silver Spring all the way down to Foggy Bottom.  A search for a charter in Ward 3 reveals no schools.
http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/SearchSchools.aspx

Sit tight.  Let's see what happens in April.[/quote]

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