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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coolidge could house 3 different charters - each taking a floor and having plenty of room.

DCPS should lease it to Building Hope which in turn would work with charters seeking space. The financing can be worked out.

And if DCPS wants or needs it back in 2036 they would have that option.

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Brilliant idea!

It's a good bet that in 2036, all the kids from Coolidge and Roosevelt STILL won't fill up that $150 renovation.  Look at the shining success of Eastern (which the Hill completely rejects and is a money drain for its IB Program) and Dunbar (which the neighborhood thugs broke into the weekend before it opened in order to steal the computers).

Seriously - I hope the Chair of the Education Committee on the Council reads this.  With Catania gone, you can't trust anyone to actually think critically about education any more.

We got the government we deserve:  Idiocracy.[/quote]

I heard DCI may need space and it's filling a MS gap need in DC.

DC cannot have an all charter school situation.  Charter schools give another option to families, but if there is no other option (that is, no DCPS schools) than it's the same problem as before --- charter schools have just replaced it.

I'm concerned about the number of charters already.  There should be only charters that offer a new option and have a new idea, and go into new areas of DC.  There has to be a hard-line standard.  I am also concerned about the number of charters that are both MS & HS, or both ES & MS.  Now, there are even K-12 charters.  We see from DCPS that the K-8 model is not working but the K-5 schools are much better (no great example outside of Deal for a 6-8 school).   I'd like DCPS to focus on its K-8, MS, and HS.  Similarly, charters should focus on the alternative that they are offering (whether ES, MS, or HS) and stop expanding like monopolies.  It should be a non-profit endevour, not a corporation hungry for money.[/quote]

The number of new charters has actually slowed to a trickle, and each year some have closed due to poor performance.

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