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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All you that complain about renovating a school with 400 students, what do you want the city to do with these schools? Shut them down and send all the kids to wilson? Or let the 400 kids stay in a school that's falling apart?[/quote]

We want the students zoned for Coolidge to be rezoned to Roosevelt, which is less than 2 miles away.

Most students IB for Coolidge already exercise choice and go to charters or Banneker or McKinley. If you ride the red line from Takoma or Ft Totten you can see for yourself. Mobbed with kids going anywhere but Coolidge. [/quote]

Well damn, have you been inside Coolidge?  I would not send my child to that roach and rat infested place either. That's the purpose for renovating the school.  Do you want the building to sit empty, is that your choice. [/quote]

Yes I've been inside Coolidge and it's awful. I'd like to see DCPS sell it off completely, or do a long-term (20-year) lease to a charter school which would have to come up with the money for a renovation. [/quote]

The city has increased its population by 100k in the last ten years. I don't think the city should keep giving away their schools. It will cost more to buy the buildings and land back in the future to educate these upcoming children. And no, the charter schools cannot educate them all. Moreover, I don't want DC public school education to become like New Orleans where the only option is a charter school.

As for a 20year lease to a charter, I don't think that is economically feasible to a charter school. The charter would have to renovate the building for millions of dollars, but is only entitled to its use for 20 years. The city has already given KIPP and Friendship charters these sweet heart deals, but with much longer leases. Basically, the city will never gain those properties back. [/quote]

Washington Latin has a 20-year lease on its building, as does Cap City. That's the only term DCPS will give anymore. A few years back they sold buildings outright but now it's all leases.

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