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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Cardozo is any indication, [b]people are hesitant to send their 11 year old 6th graders to a school that's shared with 19 year old high school seniors.  [/b]I'm not sure if that's the model that will work at Coolidge.

Leasing to a charter makes sense if it's a short enough lease that DCPS can get it back when it's needed and if the charter will pay to fix it up a little in the meantime.  But opening a charter there makes it harder to get DCPS enrollment in the neighborhood up to a level where you ever need a DCPS high school.

I do think that combining Coolidge and Roosevelt makes sense until there's more enrollment in grades 9-12.

A big reason that even Grosso supported taking the Coolidge funding for shelters is that Coolidge's design process isn't done yet. It makes a lot of sense to keep paying for design but start building until it's finished.

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Latin, Basis, DCI, and McKinley Tech middle and senior high school students share the same building. Yet, people on DCUM lament because they can't get their 11 year olds to share space with 19 year olds at Latin and Basis. [/quote]

Great point.[/quote]

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