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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they do this, I hope there is sufficient warning so I can plan my real estate investments accordingly.  [/quote]
We live in the shadow of Haynes and may be looking at an out-of-state relocation this summer. The prospect of being "in-bounds" for Haynes is almost enough to wait another year to sell.[/quote]

I sincerely can't see proximity preference being given anytime soon. Also, so many charters move...they have a lease for couple years and then they find a new spot...how to you negotiate those terms? And other schools (including Haynes) have multiple campuses depending on the grade.  And the whole idea behind charters was to provide viable options for all children of this city and establishing proximity preference would be too severe of a reversal of that mission. I too live within throwing distance of Haynes and would have loved to get a spot there, but it didn't happen...[b]and I'm sort of thankful though because I may have to drive my child across town everyday to attend his great WOTP DCPS school but at least my child is not having to go to school at a construction site.[/b] [/quote]

How do those graps taste?  Sour?[/quote]

You're so clever and glib. Nope, no sour grapes. Just honesty. We really feel like we won the lottery for our kids and couldn't ask for a better school...but AT THE TIME when we didn't get a spot at Haynes it was disappointing because the idea of walking to school was just so appealing....a quality of life thing. Yes, we have to drive across town for school, but we're in a groove now and use the travel time as quality time...sharing music together, talking about issues, etc. And it's 100% worth it. My point is that I am sincerely grateful that my child doesn't attend a school that is a construction site and will be for quite some time--this negative quality of life variable would have cancelled out the walking to school thing in my mind. I'm not all about pretty packaging, but I do think the facilities and a sense of order, peace and pleasing aesthetics have roles to play in a child's school experience.[/quote]

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