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No it is not similar to Ward 3 getting an additional DCPS middle school.  That is redundancy.  Ward 5 doesn't have a middle school.  [b]and the residents and their council rep don't seem particularly excited about getting a DCPS middle school in ward 5[/b].  but what might excite them is gettign a charter school in ward 5 that guarantees admission to ward 5 students-- but that would also be free to take in students from other wards.  [/quote]

Ah, you are making up your own facts.  That really is not unusual considering this is DCUM and posters seem to believe that they can post any crap out of their mouths that is meant to come out of their arse.  The residents of Ward 5 are interested in a middle school that offers advance math, science, languages and technology.  The residents of Ward 5 are not interested in the junk that DCPS has consistently provided over the years, thus forcing those with choice to walk to private, charterand OOB schools.  There have been meetings throughout Ward 5, well at least in Brookland and Woodridge,  with the current CC, Kaya Henderson and the like expressing such views.  How the hell would you know what we want.  Oh, I know.  Make some crap up to take away from the fact that you want a nice pretty new school in Ward 3 for Ward 3 residents only.  [/quote]

Why in the world would you think I am from ward 3???   And that I am pitching for a new middle school in ward 3??  I opened by saying that ward 3 getting an additional DCPS middle school is a redundancy!   Redundancy is bad, wasteful, and wrong (ha ha ha!)

Anyway, currently there is chatter about requiring all charter schools in New Orleans-- which, after all, are receiving taxpayer money to provide a service to taxpayers so they should be held accountable to those taxpayers-- to provide a preference to those in the school's immediate neighborhood.    This topic is mentioned (albeit tagentally) here :  http://www.edweek.org/chat/2010/08/27/index.html?qs=new_orleans.

So the idea of one charter school in one ward of DC working as a demonstation or pilot project to provide the citizens of ward 5 with a middle school that guarantees their admission (while also being allowed to take in students from other wards-- as many as they like, I see no reason to limit it as long as every ward 5 parent that wants their child in that school is accomodated) doesn't seem crazy to me.  If the neighborhood is needing a middle school and a charter is willing to provide it, and willing to accept the requireemnt that it serve all ward 5 middle school kids that want to attend the school, why not try it out?  city provides a closed up ward 5 school building to the charter and the charter provides the school.  Devil is in the details, but I imagine it could work very well for all parties    [/quote]

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