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Where is the space in Ward 3 for a charter HS?[/quote]

The old Hardy school?

The reason Wilson crowding is such a conundrum is that there is no easy way to add capacity to any of the schools in the Wilson pyramid, including Wilson. Charters don't really have any more options than DCPS does.  [/quote]

Charters can rent or buy space privately.  It's not ideal but an office building or something could be made into a high school.[/quote]

Charters get no capital budget from the DC government so they have to fund their real estate needs from their operating budget (the same per pupil allocation that public schools get).  Charters can fund raise or borrow but they have to service their debts from their cash flow.  DCPS schools also get occasional capital funding for renovations directly from the DC government, which also can issue bonds.

The law requires that the DC government make surplus school properties available to charters but it often has been the case that such properties are made available to well connected developer interests instead.[/quote]

Or well-connected private schools in the case of the old Hardy building. [/quote]

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