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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't oppose BASIS expanding, but I do oppose it expanding at that location. They should locate somewhere where there aren't already a wide variety of options for ES. This location will hurt Capitol Hill schools the most.[/quote]

I think it will hurt JOW the most, but also all of the other Hill ES that are good schools. Not BASIS's or PCSB's problem. If DCPS wants to offer rigor in MS and HS and end eliminate social promotion then we can talk about how this is duplicative of DCPS. Till that happens, what BASIS offers is not remotely similar.

The other thing the Hill parents seem to to understand is that CH is easily accessible from all over the city, including those underserved communities that you all pretend to care so much about. Metro bus and rail lines converge there.  [/quote]

Metro lines converge where? [b]The closest metro to that location is Union Station [/b]and it’s the red line only… which basically doesn’t go to any disadvantaged neighborhoods in the city. It’s probably about a 10 minute walk. The closest silver/blue/orange line is Capitol South, which would be a good 20+ minute walk. And you have to go West of Union Station to transfer from other lines, so it’s actually a pain in the ass metro commute from anywhere East, which is of course the area Basis  keeps claiming they’re targeting.[/quote]

No, it isn't. NoMa rail is. Your belief that "Metro" refers only to rail tells us a great deal about your world view and faux concern for the poors. North Cap is a major N/S metro bus route. As is Florida Ave and H street. BASIS has also never said they are targeting people in any one area. Why do people like you feel the need to illustrate your ignorance so publicly ?[/quote]

The average commute to ES in DC is under two miles, it's not like MS and HS where students are commuting on their own routinely. OF COURSE if they put an ES in NOMA/just north of Cap Hill it will fill with people from those areas. Most charters ESes have about 50% of their population from within 1 mile of their building and that's even when they have a specific raison d'etre... It's not like everyone who wants Mandarin happens to live near YY; it's that YY is a lot more attractive if you live there. To pretend that where you put your school building doesn't affect your student population is embarrassing and it's certainly not a philosophy the PCSB ascribes to given their focus on asking schools where they plan to locate.[/quote]

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