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After eight years of making do in a cramped location that also lacks a gym, cafeteria and storage space, the 179-student Hospitality High School in Washington, D.C., could get what it has always wanted--a real school building. But to get it, Hospitality would give up its charter school status to join the city school system. This would be the first time a D.C. charter school has become part of the regular D.C. school system, and experts say it could create a model for similar moves. Voluntarily giving up a charter and joining a traditional public school system is rare, but it has happened in Colorado, Georgia and Ohio, generally because a charter school faced financial difficulties and wanted to avoid being shut down.
