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Deal Middle School principal leaving for charter venture fund - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post

Deal Middle School principal leaving for charter venture fund - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post:

Deal Middle School principal leaving for charter venture fund

As principal at Alice Deal, Melissa Kim runs the the most coveted public middle school in the city. The Tenleytown campus is packed beyond capacity and looking — just a year after a $70 million renovation--to expand into additional space.

But Kim announced today that she is leaving in December to join New Schools Venture Fund, the San Francisco-based philanthropic non-profit that invests in and supports public charter schools--and that is looking to raise its profile in the District.

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