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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.

[b]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.[/b][/quote]

That is nonsense. Charters don't have space until after they get approval and the PCSB did not require any specific location. In point of fact Latin's application said they favored a spot on the other side of the river (7/8) but there was no requirement. And the temp location is in Ward 5 (as you know). The temp space a charter needs for the first few years is a tough nut to crack because you know you only need it short term so you can't sign a long term lease (lessens the available real estate options) and you don't want to spend any more money than necessary to build out a space where all of that sunk cost is wasted when you move into your new building. There simply aren't schools just waiting to be occupied for 2-3 years. You need to find a space that will provide a short term lease and can be occupied in a matter of only months (permitting, inspections, etc.)

It never fails that every anonymous poster on DCUM "knows" it is "easy" to find a suitable building. 
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