GDS admissions

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

Would it be funny if the residents were overwhelmingly black? How is race relevant?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

Would it be funny if the residents were overwhelmingly black? How is race relevant?

seriously. what does race have to do with anything?
The issue is blocked driveways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Still a deflection. Focus here is why GDS - the admin and families - cannot honor their commitments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great. Was next to impossible to get in. Now impossible. DC government at work.

Unbelievably pathetic comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, it’s kind of expected when you live in the city that things are gonna be busy bustling and crowded. It’s just part of city life.

As are agreements with the local government about things like parking. That's part of city life too.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like all the GDS complainers have kids in younger grades.

We look forward to your channeling your rage to the supposed terrible ED college results and the frustration of GDS not offering APs but unofficially having teachers still tell you to take the AP test.

Don't worry...you will get to rage about something for all your years.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Have they violated a clear agreement with the ANC? Do you even know the content of your agreement? PP above thought it was OK to park legally in the neighborhood, but that isn't entirely true, now is it?

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Have they violated a clear agreement with the ANC? Do you even know the content of your agreement? PP above thought it was OK to park legally in the neighborhood, but that isn't entirely true, now is it?

They violated their agreement with the zoning board. The city government.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Have they violated a clear agreement with the ANC? Do you even know the content of your agreement? PP above thought it was OK to park legally in the neighborhood, but that isn't entirely true, now is it?

They violated their agreement with the zoning board. The city government.

It seems that GDS failed to notify the government for its over-enrollment. GDS admin admits to this oversight.
There is disagreement about whether parents can drop off/pick up on Wisconsin Avenue. GDS parents were instructed to avoid drop offs and pick ups on the west side of Wisconisn. GDS maps show that the streets east of Wisconsin are OK for neighborhood parking. GDS parents are also allowed to use the parking meters along Wisconsin for drop off/pick up.
Practically speaking, patrolling parking along Wisconsin Ave., a major artery through the city, is impossible. Focus on the side/residential streets on the east side of Wisconsin.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Have they violated a clear agreement with the ANC? Do you even know the content of your agreement? PP above thought it was OK to park legally in the neighborhood, but that isn't entirely true, now is it?

They violated their agreement with the zoning board. The city government.

It seems that GDS failed to notify the government for its over-enrollment. GDS admin admits to this oversight.
There is disagreement about whether parents can drop off/pick up on Wisconsin Avenue. GDS parents were instructed to avoid drop offs and pick ups on the west side of Wisconisn. GDS maps show that the streets east of Wisconsin are OK for neighborhood parking. GDS parents are also allowed to use the parking meters along Wisconsin for drop off/pick up.
Practically speaking, patrolling parking along Wisconsin Ave., a major artery through the city, is impossible. Focus on the side/residential streets on the east side of Wisconsin.

Sorry, I mean the WEST side of Wisconsin immediately adjacent to the campus.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Have they violated a clear agreement with the ANC? Do you even know the content of your agreement? PP above thought it was OK to park legally in the neighborhood, but that isn't entirely true, now is it?

They violated their agreement with the zoning board. The city government.

It seems that GDS failed to notify the government for its over-enrollment. GDS admin admits to this oversight.
There is disagreement about whether parents can drop off/pick up on Wisconsin Avenue. GDS parents were instructed to avoid drop offs and pick ups on the west side of Wisconisn. GDS maps show that the streets east of Wisconsin are OK for neighborhood parking. GDS parents are also allowed to use the parking meters along Wisconsin for drop off/pick up.
Practically speaking, patrolling parking along Wisconsin Ave., a major artery through the city, is impossible. Focus on the side/residential streets on the east side of Wisconsin.

Sorry, I mean the WEST side of Wisconsin immediately adjacent to the campus.

I too have seen the maps that say drop off on the east side of Wisconsin is allowed. But we were told not to drop off east of 41st St.

I think gds knows it messed up and so is going to be super strict/careful for a while.

[Anonymous]

DC should not have to spend its time policing the GDS area to enforce the agreement. The school should be fined. If parents do not like the situation, they should not have consolidated the two campuses there.

As usual, GDS and its families show their privilege, self-involvement and hypocrisy. If you park your car in the wrong place, exceed the time limit where your parked, or speed in DC, YOU get fined.

This situation is no different. Fine the school and fine the individual drivers. Neighbors should be organizing and publicizing.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that residents of this overwhelmingly UMC and white neighborhood who chose to buy overpriced houses in a congested city area with several existing schools are up in arms about a little more traffic at one of the school’s start and end times. Give me a break. Especially when there are far more illegally stopped and parked cars of parents dropping their kids off at Janney.

LOL. Janney is a free for all. Amazing that kids aren't run over every day there. Crazy. Crazy.

Nice deflection. We are talking about GDS.

The deflection in this case is by the ANC. They certainly should be keeping GDS accountable, but where is their outrage about driving and parking behavior around the public schools and other organizations within the boundaries of this ANC? GDS, in large part to their mistakes, has fallen easy prey to the Nimbys.

Have they violated a clear agreement with the ANC? Do you even know the content of your agreement? PP above thought it was OK to park legally in the neighborhood, but that isn't entirely true, now is it?

They violated their agreement with the zoning board. The city government.

It seems that GDS failed to notify the government for its over-enrollment. GDS admin admits to this oversight.
There is disagreement about whether parents can drop off/pick up on Wisconsin Avenue. GDS parents were instructed to avoid drop offs and pick ups on the west side of Wisconisn. GDS maps show that the streets east of Wisconsin are OK for neighborhood parking. GDS parents are also allowed to use the parking meters along Wisconsin for drop off/pick up.
Practically speaking, patrolling parking along Wisconsin Ave., a major artery through the city, is impossible. Focus on the side/residential streets on the east side of Wisconsin.

Sorry, I mean the WEST side of Wisconsin immediately adjacent to the campus.

I too have seen the maps that say drop off on the east side of Wisconsin is allowed. But we were told not to drop off east of 41st St.

When and how? I thought I had been paying close attention, but I don't recall any communication to this effect.