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 More kids live in the city and attend the Lab School but so what? It's still a private school.

Lab should be getting no better terms than they have given charters who take over surplused space. [/quote]

It's not just a "private school."  It's designated as an LEA (Local Education Agency) by DCPS along with:

Chelsea School (Hyattsville, MD)
Childrens Guild - Prince George's (Chillum, MD)
Episcopal Center for Children (DC)
Harbour School Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
Ivymount School (Rockville, MD)
Kennedy Krieger: Fairmont Campus (Baltimore, MD)
Kingsbury Day School (DC)
Lab School of Washington (DC)

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http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/2015%20Enrollment%20Audit%20Report.pdf

So if the DC kids didn't go to Lab, they would be sent somewhere else on this list.  Lab isn't getting a "deal" compared to other charters.  They are providing education that the charters don't provide.

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Like all the other schools on the list, they are compensated by tuition for every student placed there.  If the DC Council wants to reward them additionally with a favorable real estate deal, fine -- let's just use an ordinary process that doesn't use emergency legislation.  And let's consider fair treatment between Lab and other schools on that list, and the needs of DCPS and public charter schools.

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