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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, please give Prospect's building to SWS. Most familes at SWS now are closer to Prospect than to Van Ness. SWS is amazing. Look at what they have done to the current temporary trailer space in the three short month that they have been there. It is a beautiful, vibrant space. Don't let a big space like Prospect go vacant for one or more years when SWS could capitalize on the space right now, and keep families in DC and happy with and supportive of their school.[/quote]

What would the school boundaries be in this case?   Van Ness already has a catchment area that was in use just a few years ago before it was closed.  The idea would be to open van Ness back up to serve this neighborhood with the Sws administration and staff.  It isn't just about what is most convenient for the current parents.  I would love to see a good middle school charter go into prospect building.[/quote]

Except DCPS is keeping Prospect in is inventory, so it's not going to be a charter school (middle or otherwise).

SWS boundaries overlap with CH Cluster now.  SWS will be neighborhood school -- no one said it had to serve an underserved neighborhood or a current gap. DCPS has already determined that  near SE doesn't yet have enough families to justify reopening Van Ness.  IF SWS became a "neighbhorhood school" for near SE, it would consist primarily of OOB Hill families to fill seats.  By the time DCPS will revisit opening Van Ness in 2014-15  SWS will likely be established somewhere else.

If the surrounding Hill neighborhood can support multiple catchment options and maintain full enrollment with successful outcomes, I don't see the problem here.[/quote]

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