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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Co-location with Banneker brings us back to the question of why that is ok, but not collocation with Cardozo. Current enrollment numbers support staying at Cardozo for the time being. There are seats at Cardozo and future projections do not take into account the reality of people not choosing to attend.

Yes- improvements to Cardozo need to be made- including a separate budget and principal, but all the collocation benefits exist. Refusing this option but being ok with the same set up at Banneker is really questionable. It gets to the idea of people only being ok with schools that are “curated” to meet their needs. (Ie, the Banneker kids are fine because they are high performing).

I just think it is a really messy argument to make.[/quote]

I don't think it's messy, I think it's important to acknowledge reality.  The colocation benefit of Banneker is that being with a well managed and well performing school helps a middle school.  Being attached to a struggling high school means that the middle school will always come second to the needs of the high school and will never get enough attention because the high school is such a mess.  [/quote]

It's not just this.  The other benefit of co-locating with Banneker is LOCATION.  Banneker is going to be across the street from Seaton, and a couple blocks off of Garrison and Cleveland.  Cardozo is not. Co-locating the MS with Banneker would make the best of a bad situation.  (They could bring Cardozo MS over to co-locate with Banneker, if it's all about the name.  But re-branding would be a better start, and help with the broken promises to the community).[/quote]

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