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KIPP D.C. Key Academy (Washington, D.C., October 21, 2002)

Sec. Paige visits a classroom at KIPP D.C. Key Academy. KIPP is a national, non-profit organization that trains and supports school leaders to open and run high performing public schools for historically underserved children. The D.C. Key Academy is the first KIPP School in Washington, D.C., and opened in 2001 with 80 students. This year, there are 160 students, and school administrators expect the school to grow to 320 students over the next two years.

Sec. Paige visits a classroom at KIPP D.C. Key Academy. KIPP is a national, non-profit organization that trains and supports school leaders to open and run high performing public schools for historically underserved children. The D.C. Key Academy is the first KIPP School in Washington, D.C., and opened in 2001 with 80 students. This year, there are 160 students, and school administrators expect the school to grow to 320 students over the next two years. Secretary Paige tours the Kipp D.C. Academy and meets with students, parents, teachers, and supporters of KIPP Schools at an assembly.
Secretary Paige observes the work of Stephanie Hester, a fifth grade student at the Kipp D.C. Academy. Students and the principal of the Kipp D.C. Academy walk with Secretary Paige as he toured the Southeast DC charter school.

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Sec. Paige visits a classroom at KIPP D.C. Key Academy. KIPP is a national, non-profit organization that trains and supports school leaders to open and run high performing public schools for historically underserved children. The D.C. Key Academy is the first KIPP School in Washington, D.C., and opened in 2001 with 80 students. This year, there are 160 students, and school administrators expect the school to grow to 320 students over the next two years.