Response from Seed Charter School

Yesterday I passed on a flyer about a protest about a proposed Seed Charter School being built in Kingman Park. I will say I don't like these mandates handed down on land use from Congress, the Federal Government generally, or even the side deals created by the Executive or Legislative Branches of the DC Government. Or the plans of Richard Pombo to sell off federal land in the District of Columbia to developers (as well as other plans he has fomented to sell off public assets held in trust for citizens of the United States by the U.S. Government).

In any case, the director of Seed responded to the blog entry with a flyer of his own, and it's only fair to pass on what he sent.

From Michael Robbins of The SEED Foundation:

The Facts about Seed Charter School

SEED is successful!

-- More than 85% of SEED high school students graduate. 100% of SEED graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges.
-- SEED is one of only two non-selective public high schools in the District to meet federal No Child Left Behind goals last year.
-- At the urging of community and District leaders, SEED has been working on plans to build a second campus in the District.
-- Mayor Williams asked Congress to donate to the District 15 acres of federal land that is currently an RFK parking lot. SEED is applying to the Mayor’s office to use this land.
-- SEED is a valued neighbor at its current location, and has gathered extensive input from Kingman Park residents on the new campus proposal.
-- SEED was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and was honored to receive her “Use Your Life” Award.

Each year SEED has two to five times as many applicants as the school can serve.

For additional information, or to schedule a tour of the School, please e-mail SEED or call (202)785-4123 x24.
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My one comment would be that I wouldn't be surprised if Mayor Williams did ask Congress for the mandate. But this is in keeping with the Williams Administration's bad habit of blowing off citizen participation. (And I say this as a Williams supporter...)

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