Maret still hoarding resources

[Anonymous]

Outside of families with kids enrolled at Maret, does anyone actually like this school? They certainly haven’t done their reputation in the community any favors…yikes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe families could consider going to private school and the concerns will disappear.

Maybe Maret could use the $55k a year it gets from tuition/fees and get its own field instead of hoarding the prime after school hours from a DPR field for 20 years.

We already used part of the tuition to repair the field in exchange for using it for some hours a week.

Yes, you paid a sweetheart rate of $2 million for exclusive prime hour use for 20 years that was only open to Maret. DPR is putting in $28 million now to really renovate the field and make it usable for all DC residents, not just private school kids whose school is too cheap to spend on its own capital projects.

Well, it’s a legal contract you like or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outside of families with kids enrolled at Maret, does anyone actually like this school? They certainly haven’t done their reputation in the community any favors…yikes.

In fact yes, the acceptance ratio is less than 10 percent. So there is huge demand for attending Maret.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe families could consider going to private school and the concerns will disappear.

Maybe Maret could use the $55k a year it gets from tuition/fees and get its own field instead of hoarding the prime after school hours from a DPR field for 20 years.

We already used part of the tuition to repair the field in exchange for using it for some hours a week.

Yes, you paid a sweetheart rate of $2 million for exclusive prime hour use for 20 years that was only open to Maret. DPR is putting in $28 million now to really renovate the field and make it usable for all DC residents, not just private school kids whose school is too cheap to spend on its own capital projects.

Well, it’s a legal contract you like or not.

Slavery was a legal contract. Didn't make it just. Maret's backroom "legal contract" to grab Jelleff isn't just either.

[Anonymous]

And it would seem that some of the top universities in the country like Maret, or at least their graduates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe families could consider going to private school and the concerns will disappear.

Maybe Maret could use the $55k a year it gets from tuition/fees and get its own field instead of hoarding the prime after school hours from a DPR field for 20 years.

We already used part of the tuition to repair the field in exchange for using it for some hours a week.

Yes, you paid a sweetheart rate of $2 million for exclusive prime hour use for 20 years that was only open to Maret. DPR is putting in $28 million now to really renovate the field and make it usable for all DC residents, not just private school kids whose school is too cheap to spend on its own capital projects.

Well, it’s a legal contract you like or not.

Slavery was a legal contract. Didn't make it just. Maret's backroom "legal contract" to grab Jelleff isn't just either.

You can complain to your council member if you are unhappy with the contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe families could consider going to private school and the concerns will disappear.

Maybe Maret could use the $55k a year it gets from tuition/fees and get its own field instead of hoarding the prime after school hours from a DPR field for 20 years.

We already used part of the tuition to repair the field in exchange for using it for some hours a week.

Yes, you paid a sweetheart rate of $2 million for exclusive prime hour use for 20 years that was only open to Maret. DPR is putting in $28 million now to really renovate the field and make it usable for all DC residents, not just private school kids whose school is too cheap to spend on its own capital projects.

Well, it’s a legal contract you like or not.

Slavery was a legal contract. Didn't make it just. Maret's backroom "legal contract" to grab Jelleff isn't just either.

Ah yes, no credibility of argument lost at all when comparing Maret’s agreement with DC to slavery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe families could consider going to private school and the concerns will disappear.

Maybe Maret could use the $55k a year it gets from tuition/fees and get its own field instead of hoarding the prime after school hours from a DPR field for 20 years.

We already used part of the tuition to repair the field in exchange for using it for some hours a week.

Yes, you paid a sweetheart rate of $2 million for exclusive prime hour use for 20 years that was only open to Maret. DPR is putting in $28 million now to really renovate the field and make it usable for all DC residents, not just private school kids whose school is too cheap to spend on its own capital projects.

Well, it’s a legal contract you like or not.

What does Maret use its tuition for if it's not paying for capital projects like athletic fields?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe families could consider going to private school and the concerns will disappear.

Maybe Maret could use the $55k a year it gets from tuition/fees and get its own field instead of hoarding the prime after school hours from a DPR field for 20 years.

We already used part of the tuition to repair the field in exchange for using it for some hours a week.

Yes, you paid a sweetheart rate of $2 million for exclusive prime hour use for 20 years that was only open to Maret. DPR is putting in $28 million now to really renovate the field and make it usable for all DC residents, not just private school kids whose school is too cheap to spend on its own capital projects.

Well, it’s a legal contract you like or not.

Slavery was a legal contract. Didn't make it just. Maret's backroom "legal contract" to grab Jelleff isn't just either.

You can complain to your council member if you are unhappy with the contract.

You must be new around here. There was a huge community outcry when the Maret Jelleff no-bid contract was approved for its second decade. But it was "legal" for Maret to renew, and Maret must have found it profitable to do so despite the contract being very unpopular with the community.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/20/dc-council-should-stop-allowing-private-entities-take-over-public-parks-buildings/
https://thewash.org/2019/10/22/backroom-deal-on-jelleff-field-access-creates-controversy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/a-private-school-saved-a-public-dc-field-should-it-get-preference-for-play-time/2019/10/21/7030f9c8-f412-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one has given actual evidence that Maret is still using Jelleff much less denying its use to Hardy. Some anonymous rando claiming it is happening is not evidence. It's just more poop stirring from the DCUM Maret basher.

What evidence do you want? Do you want to see Hardy softball's form asking for permission for each child to take the bus to Macomb or Palisades?

I don't know whether Maret is using it. But I 100% know that Hardy teams can't use it because Maret still lays claim.

+1 The deal is in place til 2029. There are news stories about this. Not sure why Maret is trying to pretend they're not part of this sketchy deal. Clearly the financial benefit of not paying to develop their own athletic fields outweighs the reputational hit they have from benefiting from a corrupt city council deal made by a corrupt city council member who was forced to resign when it was clear he was going to be expelled (and whose son attended Maret).

The deal was made with DPR during the agents administration, the CM you are alluding to was nowhere around and his son never attended Maret for a single day. Stop lying or being ignorant.

Learn to read. Several news outlets reported that Council Member Jack Evans' kid attended Maret. Jack Evans was eventually forced to resign due to corruption, but not before putting in place this Jelleff deal where DC was stuck accomodating Maret for decades...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/a-private-school-saved-a-public-dc-field-should-it-get-preference-for-play-time/2019/10/21/7030f9c8-f412-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html

Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), whose son attended Maret and whose district includes Jelleff, on Monday defended the city’s relationship with the private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought no one was using Jelleff right now because of renovations. Our soccer club used to practice there at night but was told they can't starting this spring because of renos.

This is the case. The whole thing is fenced off right now.

It's maddening, because they are supposed to be renovating the building. So it's unclear why the field is out of commission. Are they doing some kind of renovations to it? If it's just for ease of construction, that's really, really lame.

Right now, DPR has Ellington, Volta, and Jellef all out-of-commission at the same time for construction. I'm not sure where they expect the community to go -- just shelve their exercize plans for a couple of years and then live it up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought no one was using Jelleff right now because of renovations. Our soccer club used to practice there at night but was told they can't starting this spring because of renos.

This is the case. The whole thing is fenced off right now.

It's maddening, because they are supposed to be renovating the building. So it's unclear why the field is out of commission. Are they doing some kind of renovations to it? If it's just for ease of construction, that's really, really lame.

Right now, DPR has Ellington, Volta, and Jellef all out-of-commission at the same time for construction. I'm not sure where they expect the community to go -- just shelve their exercize plans for a couple of years and then live it up?

But now is crystal clear. It’s not maret fault it’s DPRs fault. People get a life and don’t blame a private school because of your own frustrations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought no one was using Jelleff right now because of renovations. Our soccer club used to practice there at night but was told they can't starting this spring because of renos.

This is the case. The whole thing is fenced off right now.

It's maddening, because they are supposed to be renovating the building. So it's unclear why the field is out of commission. Are they doing some kind of renovations to it? If it's just for ease of construction, that's really, really lame.

Right now, DPR has Ellington, Volta, and Jellef all out-of-commission at the same time for construction. I'm not sure where they expect the community to go -- just shelve their exercize plans for a couple of years and then live it up?

But now is crystal clear. It’s not maret fault it’s DPRs fault. People get a life and don’t blame a private school because of your own frustrations.

Maret has had its hooks into Jelleff for 17 years so it deserves a lot of blame for the situation at Jelleff. That it's being renovated now with $28 million in DPR money to have much needed renovations that Maret never did is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

If Maret wants to do this, equity and inclusion should not be a part of their woke curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Maret wants to do this, equity and inclusion should not be a part of their woke curriculum.

I don’t have a problem with wokeness. I have a problem with fake wokeness.