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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is bullshit. Charters should have a crack at this first. [/quote]

Absolutely. That's why they are trying emergency legislation, there's no way a private would get it if it went through the normal process. [/quote]

It's really bad optics for charters to locate in high-income neighborhoods and Ward 3. [b]Before Lab, Old Hardy building was a charter school that failed.[/b] Then there was a charter that pulled out of the building near Guy Mason Park. It's pretty much a given that any new or expanding charter schools are expected to locate anywhere but wards 2 and 3.

With only 1 bus line and no metro, there would have to be an increase in street traffic for students and parking for staff. Palisades neighbors would go ballistic. Why would a charter school take on that headache when there are more accessible locations?

Another private school might make a better offer than Lab. But they'd have the same problem with traffic restrictions and enrollment limits put on Lab already.

I wouldn't hold my breath on a charter or nonprofit independent school.[/quote]

The bolded is not true. Before Lab the building was Rock Creek International School, another private school. [/quote]

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