This Washington Post article indicates that the DC Department of General Services will consider charter school offers to lease the JF Cook & Langston Schools.
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Vacant D.C. school buildings could house public charters
By Bill Turque, Published: April 3 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper?dt=2012-04-04&bk=B&pg=3]
Four vacant D.C. public school buildings could become new homes for public charter schools under a proposal by city officials.
The District`s Department of General Services announced Friday that it will consider offers from charters for leasing the former J.F. Cook, Langston, Rudolph and Young elementary schools. Cook, Rudolph and Young were closed for low enrollment in 2008 under former Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. Langston was shuttered in the mid-1990s.
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Cook drew interest from YouthBuild Public Charter School and the Latin American Youth Center. But their proposal to house at-risk youth on the upper floors drew community opposition.
Bates Area Civic Association 