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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm neither a cheerleader or hater here; in fact, I'm on the fence about whether I'd send my child (and we are Jewish and do value Hebrew learning since DC will have to learn it eventually).  My hang-up has more to do with the location, which is geographically undesirable for us, and the lack of a track record being a brand new school.

Two things I learned at the forum: (1) They estimate only ~10% of the student body will be Jewish. (I don't know how they arrived at that number); and, (2) they are planning for class sizes of 25 children, which struck me as large for a charter school, particularly for pre-k.  (I'd expect that at a popular DCPS with lots of IB kids, but a new charter?)

And an observation - the free before and after-care may be a draw for some families.  [/quote]

It will be really interesting to see if they fill their classes to that level and 90% of the students are not Jewish.  And yes, the free before/after care will be a HUGE draw, but how long will they sustain that?  What happens when they don't continue it, or it's just for PS-3 or PK-4?  Will non-Jewish parents stay?  Remains to be seen....[/quote]

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