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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I toured KIPP on M Street SE when my DD was a toddler. The head of KIPP (Susan) told me to my face, "This school isn't for your family. If you want a better choice than your in-bounds DCPS school, move to Palisades." [/quote]

Susan worked at KIPP KEY, which is off of Benning Road.  What KIPP was on M St. SE? There is no KIPP there now.  There's Eagle Academy not far off M St. SE near the Navy Yard, and some KIPPs not far off M St. NW (they're on P Street) but I am skeptical of your story.  My experience with the more chain-based charter schools like KIPP and Appletree is that they are quite politically savvy. [/quote]

You must not have been here long.  KIPP (the original) was in the blue building across from the Navy Yard while the new Benning Rd campus was being built.  I am AA, and when my DD was in 4th grade we had also toured KIPP.[/quote]

[b]But weren't they middle school only[/b]? Why would a parent of a toddler tour?[/quote]

They were middle school only.  Moving to Benning Rd expanded them to HS.  I think a grade each year.  I can't remember and didn't keep tabs since we didn't attend.[/quote]

No, moving to Benning Rd expanded them downward to pre-K and 1-4.  The HS was launched in the former Douglas JHS building.[/quote]

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