The School Without Walls (SWW), one of DC's non-traditional public high schools, aims to utilize the City's resources to give students a richer and more fulfilling education. Located within the boundaries of GW's Foggy Bottom campus at 2130 G Street, NW, SWW and GW have collaborated since 1980 on a number of levels with the goal of fostering a mutually beneficial learning environment.
In March 2006, GW and SWW started a new chapter in their long-standing partnership. Following the February 7, 2006 unanimous approval by the DC City Council, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between GW and District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) was approved and executed. The MOU creates a public/private development partnership between GW and School Without Walls (SWW), facilitating a development partnership and furthering the existing programmatic partnership between GW and SWW.
This agreement is being championed as a model for the type of public/private development partnership that DCPS would like to promote to assist with the renovation of other public school facilities.
In December 2016, the George Washington University reached an agreement with developer Boston Properties to redevelop 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue and Rice Hall (2121 Eye S