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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just did a quick google maps survey of the area and came up with a list of schools already in the area (1 mile cutoff)

Schools nearby:
Lab School Campus #1 (0.0 mi)
Lab School Campus #2 - Reservoir Rd (0.7 mi)
Georgetown Day School (0.3 mi)
Montessori School Of Washington DC (0.3 mi)
St. Patricks Episcopal Day School - Macarthur (0.4 mi)
St. Patricks Episcopal Day School - Whitehaven (0.7 mi)
George Washington University - Mount Vernon Campus (0.6 mi)
The River School (1.0 mi)
The Field School (0.9 mi)
Georgetown University (0.6 mi)
Washington International School (0.9 mi)
[b]Duke Ellington[/b] (1.0 mi)

Did I miss any?  Do we really need a 13th school in a 1 mile radius?[/quote]

I have bolded the ones are public schools. Also those that cost less than $20K/year. [/quote]

You forgot that Georgetown Day School is now a public school and should be bolded.
And then the Lab School on Foxhall is in a DC-owned building which had its lease renewed <1 year ago.  If DC needed a school in the area so badly, why did they lease an available building again?[/quote]

I’m glad you asked as we have a clear answer. The reason is because the FCCA had the building declared “historic” to ensure the city wouldn’t be able to undertake the necessary renovations to make it a public school again.[/quote]

someone should get that reversed. would be a bo$$ move. [/quote]

Wait, aren't we talking about the building that Bowser more or less gave away to the Lab School, whose board has a number of big-money Bowser donors? If the FCCA has a problem with that, they should take it up with the mayor. Ask her why she gave it to Lab more or less for free, and tried to do it in secret.[/quote]

FCCA has absolutely no problem with that. In fact, they played a big part in enabling the giveaway to the Lab School. But their role in stopping the original and most cost-efficient plan for dealing with DCPS overcrowding hasn't stopped them kicking up a fuss over the alternative plan that DCPS has come up with. The bottom line seems to be that they just don't want public school kids in their neighborhood, whether they are housed in an old building or new building.[/quote]

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