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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The number of students enrolled in DCPS or charters near Roosevelt is exponentially larger than that near a Western High School. Which makes more sense to develop?[/quote]

With the exception of Haynes and the DCI feeders*, many of the new charters don't have middle or high school options, and there's a huge crush to get into latin, basis, or sww.[b] What about a new charter high school near Walter Reed that would feed from CM, IT, 2R, etc as well as be open to citywide lottery?[/b][/quote]

Because DCI already got Walter Reed.  The idea is to get HSs (whether DCPS or charter) located within more than one corner of the city.  Co-locating a charter HS at Dunbar or Eastern might work.  Both schools are newly renovated, both want to be ambitious, both aren't far from metro, and neither is at capacity.

(*Don't forget Cap City - which also has a HS)[/quote]

I personally would like to see a DCPS middle school, high school or both at Walter reed. The property is certainly big enough to accommodate both DCI and DCPS. Was the DCI property out on hold because the funding fell through (based on a legal reading)?  Is it back on again?  [/quote]

DCI wasn't off the table, but a funding stream may have been affected temporarily.  Now that Vincent Gray is a lame duck, his attempt to harm David Catania indirectly by harming DCI directly is more likely a bump in a road.

More to the point, with both DCI and LAMB locating at Walter Reed, it may not be impossible to put another DCPS there, but it doesn't address the problem of needing to spread seats around the city.  It's not the best location for two HSs after all.  [/quote]

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