More on the Spingarn Closure

 

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Here's additional links to info on the proposed closure of Spingarn (and 19 other DCPS schools):

Washington Post: Twenty D.C. Schools Targeted For Closure

Take away:

1. Current Spingarn students would move to Eastern, Dunbar, or Woodson.
2. Current Spingarn STAY students would move to Ballou STAY, or Roosevelt STAY.
3. DCPS plans to renovate Spingarn, eventually turning it into a career and technical education center
4. "DCPS now enrolls about 45,000 students in 117 buildings; Fairfax County, meanwhile, has about four times as many students in 196 schools."

Washington Examiner: School at Site of Proposed D.C. Streetcar Trolley Barn to Close

Take away: 

1. This makes the car barn, which was already a pretty sure thing, even more of a sure thing.
2. Spingarn could be closed for a few years.
3. A streetcar training facility is still coming to the site.
4. "The city is moving ahead with the planned training facility and could partner with other local schools, including the University of the District of Columbia for an adult-education program."
5. As expected, the historic landmark application is not impacted by the closing, as the application is tied to the site, not the use.

Washington City Paper: How Would a Spingarn HS Closure Affect the Streetcar Barn on the Site?

Take away:

1.  Carbarn still will have a training facility.
2. DDOT will still work with DCPS & UDC.
3. School closure has no impact on application for landmark status.

Greater Greater Washington: DCPS Closing 20 Schools, Including Spingarn