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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of us interested in Haricots Verts but with kids who are already in PS or PK and, realistically, we'd want them to be settled in a great school well before it's even possible we'd ever get this school going, another thing to think about is the lack of great middle school options.  The few great middle schools in DC are all overfed, and even though DCI sounds like it will be great and there may be many new feeder schools over the years, there is no question that demand will still outweigh supply for middle school.

The more I think about the idea of getting a school going, my demanding full time work schedule, and parenting, I gotta be honest: it would be hard for me to really dive into this if I thought my children would not really benefit.  Which is why I'm also raising the idea that maybe it's also worth thinking about/looking at founding a French or language oriented, green middle school, not to compete with DCI but basically to be inspired by it and maybe take that in a different direction, maybe more specialized or dually focused on green and language?

It's all just ideas, but as I printed up the "Application Guidelines for New Charter Schools Start Ups" that our lovely Contact Coordinator is already sending out to people in this thread (we already have titles!  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen: ), I'm really thinking that if I'm going to seriously think about doing this work, I'll need a personal stake in it, which for me will mean middle school, not elementary.  And there is no question that there is a dearth of great middle school options that are not already over-subscribed.

Just throwing this out there. This idea began as an elementary school idea, and if that is where the group wants to keep it, I totally understand.  But just thought I'd throw the idea out there, while we're brainstorming... :)

No matter what, DC can't go wrong with more great school options.  It would be an honor to be part of helping that be improved by one more school.[/quote]
+1 I agree that I want all kids to have more options, mine included! I'm doing some digging to make sure, but there's no reason why a start-up has to be focused on pre-k. We can figure out when the school could likely open (say two or three years from now or whatever) and have the flagship grade be the grade where our kids will be. For mine, it'll like be 1st. We would have a flagship K and 1st or 1st and 2nd. However, if that's not reasonable, I'm all for making it higher grades. Maybe a middle school with an IB focus would be great. I'm hopeful for the DCI as well, but we can't all put our eggs in that basket, especially because we (at least I) don't have access to a feeder. I'm praying for Stokes next week, but will probably be shut out again. Anyways, I'm excited about this thread and hope, if nothing else, we can get the information that we need to see if this really is doable. Haricot Verts- here we come![/quote]

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