CP: Charter Schools

Check out this City Paper piece on charter schools and you'll see some familiar names (both schools and people). To give you a taste you've got the Capitol Hill Cluster School, Gina Arlotto and Two Rivers (see the end of the article for a mention of the ongoing lawsuit coutesy of Save Our Schools).

Update on Situation Last Night

I'm not sure why this event isn't bigger news, but I can't find it on the news websites & the Post has it buried over in the District Briefing section. Essentially the situation began when police gave chase to a red Jeep containing four robbery suspects. This was at around 9:30. Three of the suspects were arrested at that point (they were teens). The fourth suspect jumped into another car and sped off. At some point a bicyclist was hit by one of the cars (last night ABC News 7 reported that this occurred at 6th & Florida, but I don't know if that is accurate). The bicyclist was treated for minor injuries. The driver shot at police while driving, but no officers were hit. He drove into Capitol Hill, crashed the car and ran into a rowhouse on Mass Ave (8th & Mass). A man in the house hit the suspect with a frying pan and then fled outside with his wife and dog. The suspect surrendered to police around midnight. Why isn't this bigger news?

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Ask & ye shall receive. Here are the stories I couldn't find earlier:
Read the story & watch the video from WUSA9, NBC News 4, Fox News 5,or ABC 7 News (this one is from last night, and appears in the post below). Sorry it wasn't updated before, but the network problems here were followed by Blogger server issues. DCist has a story on all of this. What a day!

Police & Helicopter Wednesday Night

Related to the situation (hostage/shotgun) at 10th & Mass. Late Wednesday night I saw emergency vehicles & a helicopter headed southwest. I suspect they were headed towards the situation on Capitol Hill. Any confirmation ? Apparently the suspect also hit a bicyclist at at 6th & Florida (at up to 80 miles per hour). The bicyclist (has been taken to the hospital). This apparently occured during a police pursuit. He (the suspect) has now barricaded himself inside a rowhouse. It isn't clear if the suspect lives in the rowhouse, or has any connection to the rowhouse. The news (ABC 7) speculates, based on the opinion of neighbors, that it was a random entry (perhaps explaining the rumored hostage situation). The suspect is apparently in the basement with a shotgun (he has been there since around 10:30 pm). Surrounding residents have been evacuated. No further news is yet available.
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Apparently there has been an arrest. (1:08am)