Response to Post # 2

For my essay "Innovation In Need of Collaboration," I could have discussed the facilities at City Collegiate. Although City Collegiate is in a nice section of Georgetown, it is in a Boys and Girls Club that is poorly suited for learning. The classrooms are in the basement of the building, and there are only two classroooms for the entire school. City Collegiate plans on growing. Frankly, in its limited space, I don't see how it can. Also, even when school is in session people who use the Boys and Girls club have access to the game room. This is not only distracting but dangerous. Even though there is a security guard on duty, its an unsettling to see strangers coming as going as they please in a school full of twelve-year-olds.
This evidence could support my claim that DCPS needs to share more if its excess space with DCPS schools. When 35% of the DCPS is vacant, why is City Collegiate in the Basement of a Boys and Girls club? City Collegiate has a lot of potential. But if it doesn't find a facility to support its growth and foster learning, it will never succeed.