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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Until the Latin, KIPP, DC Prep, Two Rivers, and DCI feeders don't have WLs a mile long, we'll continue to need charter middle schools.[/quote] I wouldn't suggest shutting them down - they provide special offerings, are available to children from areas not IB to the new and improved middle schools, and probably help to keep DCPS on their toes. But NEW charter middle schools may not be needed - use up the capacity in the DCPS middle schools (including the four new ones) first. [/quote] You're not on the charter board. One of the new ones approved to open next year is Washington Global MS. + a new campus at Two Rivers. "The D.C. Public Charter School Board has approved three new charter schools: a residential school meant for children in foster care, a K-8 school targeted at students with special needs, [b]and a middle school that emphasizes international education and foreign language. [/b] All are slated to open in 2015, the same year two existing schools — Two Rivers and Thurgood Marshall Academy — hope to add new campuses, a request the charter board is likely to approve next month. The changes would add hundreds of charter-school seats across the city, " Charter info here: http://issuu.com/pcsb/docs/washington_global_redacted WaPo article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-approves-three-new-charter-schools/2014/05/20/7bc3374e-e02f-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html [/quote]
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