The Invis­i­ble Hand Part II: The Future of Stevens School

This past Fri­day, the DC Office of Prop­erty Man­age­ment (OPM) held an infor­ma­tional meet­ing for char­ter schools’ rep­re­sen­ta­tives at the Reeve Cen­ter to answer ques­tions about the Sept. 25 release of “Request for Offers for the Reuse of DCPS Excess Space.” First pref­er­ence will go to char­ter schools, which are allowed to have teams for mixed-use devel­op­ment. Those not attend­ing the meet­ing will most likely miss the sched­uled one-time school walk­through this week.

Stevens School was newly added to the exist­ing list of schools sched­uled for reuse. Atten­dees asked what would hap­pen to the prop­er­ties if the OPM rejects the appli­ca­tions or there are no devel­op­ment offers made. No answer was forth­com­ing. It was also noted that even if there is an offer made, it is non-binding. Offers are due by Octo­ber 27. — FBN