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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Latin 2 list will hustle.  6th grade parents will likely take because 2-3 years here will get them to a high school also they are most lottery desperate. 5th grade parents need to think long and hard about if they will be willing to commute differently (east of the river or not) after two years.  There's no transfer preference.

The warehouse facilities are bleaker than bleak.  Those who argue otherwise haven't dipped in or tried to do a school pickup in the bad school and warehouse and metrobus vortex in the last three years.

Also, knowing there's several schools literally a stones throw away that have populations that are largely at-risk but that Cooper hasn't filled their at risk preference seats (which opting is is awesome and commendable).

The DCPCSB needs to put a pause on new charters ONLY IN WARD FIVE.

Charters are choosing terrible facilities to try to balance charter approval (WE RESOLVE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP) with "we can't find space", but I, can find giant swaths of commercial and underused building space east of the river. Even Wildflower DC found a solution.[/quote]

Honestly if I was a 6th grade parent, I would just move to the burbs for a guarantee high performing middle and high school.  Take the spot at cooper and then what for high school?  No guarantee for high school.

So you subject your kid to a pretty awful middle school experience for what?

PP above is right.  Latin could easily have secured something in ward 7 and 8.  Instead they found the most depressing building they could find.  The kids will be there for their whole middle school experience.  Even if they miraculously found something in ward 7 or 8, what are you going to do?  Have your kid take public transportation to ward 7 or 8 and then walk the rest of the distance to the school??  I think not.  I suggest you try to get over that connecting bridge during rush hour.  [/quote]

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