New River Campus?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The intersection of Van Ness and Nebraska can be a mess. Van Ness backs up significantly in the morning (during normal times) on each side of Nebraska. The side with 42nd street is particularly crazy as 42nd has a stop and Van Ness does not, and often people just block the intersection in order to get through. Plus you then have people making a left from Nebraska onto Van Ness, people go through the red to make a left thus leaving less time for Van Ness to clear out (they should just add a left arrow there at this point). Also, I'm not sure what they are referring to as NPS has a U that goes onto Nebraska for drop offs and pick ups...my kid has been at NPS camp for a few years and we always were directed to use the Van Ness entrance and exit (which is a bear to make a left out of during the morning already). The Nebraska entrance always looks blocked off. I have nothing against another school in the neighborhood but it does seem like this plan is too much for this space.

P.S. If you think no one has complained about the possible traffic coming from the Wegmans then you must not know anyone in McLean Gardens.

This, this, this!! That specific intersection is a BEAR. I have to pass through there daily. I can't imagine adding another busy carpool to that section of street.

Then how about you stop driving through it so it isn't a BEAR?

I have to drive onto that street for work, ya nut!

You should change jobs rather than inconveniencing parents/nannies dropping off at private schools. Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:River School has a lot of rich people who want this property and they don't care what they have to do to get it or who they have to step on. There are several other locations in DC, even in Northwest, that are viable options but River wants what it wants and the rich parents will pay. They are not helping any community with this school. If they were they would locate in some area where they would also have jobs available to neighbors or in a place near Gallaudet to be a feeder if they were a school for the deaf. But they are not. They are a private school that has some speech specialists to help 10-15 percent of their kids who have hearing aids and cochlear implants. Very important for those kids but not a big portion of their population and children who are deaf are not their current population

1) this is jobs, and more of them
2) the classic NIMBY "put it over there" ploy.

This has jobs? Where are the jobs exactly? NIMBY? Loving the stretch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A school doesn't have the kind of parking impact that a grocery store has. It's mostly pickup/dropoff. River's had a very orderly carpool with minimal line during this coronavirus time, by the use of assigned carpool slots. But I imagine the move would change some of those dynamics. A lot of River parents walk their kids to school because they live in the nearby Palisades neighborhood.

Yes, you are correct that a school does not have the same parking impact as a grocery store. It has an even greater importance because we are talking about the safety and well being of children with the unloading and loading of children. You need proper space (parking spaces and/or garage) to do this. The current plan for River School does not have this. 42 parking spaces - 6 of those being pick-up and drop off - is not an adequate plan for a school of this size, especially one that wants to EXPAND more than half of its current size. It wants to expand to 350 kids! That is more than that private school across the street. Their website says it has 275 kids! If you do not have the proper parking spaces there will be overflow. Where will that overflow go? Into the street and neighborhood causing massive congestion.

[Anonymous]

Isn't the plan to have underground parking for the new River campus? Thought I saw that somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The intersection of Van Ness and Nebraska can be a mess. Van Ness backs up significantly in the morning (during normal times) on each side of Nebraska. The side with 42nd street is particularly crazy as 42nd has a stop and Van Ness does not, and often people just block the intersection in order to get through. Plus you then have people making a left from Nebraska onto Van Ness, people go through the red to make a left thus leaving less time for Van Ness to clear out (they should just add a left arrow there at this point). Also, I'm not sure what they are referring to as NPS has a U that goes onto Nebraska for drop offs and pick ups...my kid has been at NPS camp for a few years and we always were directed to use the Van Ness entrance and exit (which is a bear to make a left out of during the morning already). The Nebraska entrance always looks blocked off. I have nothing against another school in the neighborhood but it does seem like this plan is too much for this space.

P.S. If you think no one has complained about the possible traffic coming from the Wegmans then you must not know anyone in McLean Gardens.

This, this, this!! That specific intersection is a BEAR. I have to pass through there daily. I can't imagine adding another busy carpool to that section of street.

Then how about you stop driving through it so it isn't a BEAR?

I have to drive onto that street for work, ya nut!

Why doesn't your employer relocate?

Seriously - just because your commute involves that stretch of Nebraska doesn't justify having no new people commuting along there.

Yes, the intersection is a problem, but that's not on the school, that's on the city and all the commuters who want to pass through there. Left turns onto 42nd are already prohibited during rush hour - and they should be at Van Ness too.

[Anonymous]

Cannot wait for all the complaining posts from parents trying to drop off at these schools in another year or so.

[Anonymous]

Between GDS and Sidwell expanded campuses, there is more traffic in the area. Are these schools enforcing their commuting agreements? DC can make a boat load by putting police to give out tickets as people cut through the AU Park neighborhood in the mornings - and enforce the no turn onto 42nd!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the plan to have underground parking for the new River campus? Thought I saw that somewhere.

They are asking for relief for parking because they do not need the full amount required!? 42 parking spaces in that mini garage for staff AND parents with 3 of them being drop-off and pick up. Another 3 drop-off and pick-up spots in the front of the school. What about visitors? Patients to the huge clinic? Service personnel? The parking management plan in that BZA is ridiculous. They are going to monitor the plan once they try and get the school in place? And set up lockers and showers for the staff and students that jog to work? So babies and possible 3rd graders are going to jog and shower at school? Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

I think private schools should be required to do a combination of carpooling and buses. A certain percentage of the school would need to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The intersection of Van Ness and Nebraska can be a mess. Van Ness backs up significantly in the morning (during normal times) on each side of Nebraska. The side with 42nd street is particularly crazy as 42nd has a stop and Van Ness does not, and often people just block the intersection in order to get through. Plus you then have people making a left from Nebraska onto Van Ness, people go through the red to make a left thus leaving less time for Van Ness to clear out (they should just add a left arrow there at this point). Also, I'm not sure what they are referring to as NPS has a U that goes onto Nebraska for drop offs and pick ups...my kid has been at NPS camp for a few years and we always were directed to use the Van Ness entrance and exit (which is a bear to make a left out of during the morning already). The Nebraska entrance always looks blocked off. I have nothing against another school in the neighborhood but it does seem like this plan is too much for this space.

P.S. If you think no one has complained about the possible traffic coming from the Wegmans then you must not know anyone in McLean Gardens.

This, this, this!! That specific intersection is a BEAR. I have to pass through there daily. I can't imagine adding another busy carpool to that section of street.

Then how about you stop driving through it so it isn't a BEAR?

I have to drive onto that street for work, ya nut!

Why doesn't your employer relocate?

Seriously - just because your commute involves that stretch of Nebraska doesn't justify having no new people commuting along there.

Yes, the intersection is a problem, but that's not on the school, that's on the city and all the commuters who want to pass through there. Left turns onto 42nd are already prohibited during rush hour - and they should be at Van Ness too.

Yes, it WOULD be on the school because they are neglecting to provide adequate space and parking for their parents, staff, guests therefore causing spillage of these cars into the oncoming traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The intersection of Van Ness and Nebraska can be a mess. Van Ness backs up significantly in the morning (during normal times) on each side of Nebraska. The side with 42nd street is particularly crazy as 42nd has a stop and Van Ness does not, and often people just block the intersection in order to get through. Plus you then have people making a left from Nebraska onto Van Ness, people go through the red to make a left thus leaving less time for Van Ness to clear out (they should just add a left arrow there at this point). Also, I'm not sure what they are referring to as NPS has a U that goes onto Nebraska for drop offs and pick ups...my kid has been at NPS camp for a few years and we always were directed to use the Van Ness entrance and exit (which is a bear to make a left out of during the morning already). The Nebraska entrance always looks blocked off. I have nothing against another school in the neighborhood but it does seem like this plan is too much for this space.

P.S. If you think no one has complained about the possible traffic coming from the Wegmans then you must not know anyone in McLean Gardens.

This, this, this!! That specific intersection is a BEAR. I have to pass through there daily. I can't imagine adding another busy carpool to that section of street.

Then how about you stop driving through it so it isn't a BEAR?

I have to drive onto that street for work, ya nut!

You can walk, bike, bus, there are options. If you are driving a car, YOU are traffic, just like everyone else driving a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Between GDS and Sidwell expanded campuses, there is more traffic in the area. Are these schools enforcing their commuting agreements? DC can make a boat load by putting police to give out tickets as people cut through the AU Park neighborhood in the mornings - and enforce the no turn onto 42nd!

Pssst...Sidwell hasn't expanded its campus yet and today was the first day even a decent percentage of the new GDS campus has been remotely utilized. IOW, any uptick in traffic you might be seeing has nothing to do with either of those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The intersection of Van Ness and Nebraska can be a mess. Van Ness backs up significantly in the morning (during normal times) on each side of Nebraska. The side with 42nd street is particularly crazy as 42nd has a stop and Van Ness does not, and often people just block the intersection in order to get through. Plus you then have people making a left from Nebraska onto Van Ness, people go through the red to make a left thus leaving less time for Van Ness to clear out (they should just add a left arrow there at this point). Also, I'm not sure what they are referring to as NPS has a U that goes onto Nebraska for drop offs and pick ups...my kid has been at NPS camp for a few years and we always were directed to use the Van Ness entrance and exit (which is a bear to make a left out of during the morning already). The Nebraska entrance always looks blocked off. I have nothing against another school in the neighborhood but it does seem like this plan is too much for this space.

P.S. If you think no one has complained about the possible traffic coming from the Wegmans then you must not know anyone in McLean Gardens.

This, this, this!! That specific intersection is a BEAR. I have to pass through there daily. I can't imagine adding another busy carpool to that section of street.

Then how about you stop driving through it so it isn't a BEAR?

I have to drive onto that street for work, ya nut!

Why doesn't your employer relocate?

Seriously - just because your commute involves that stretch of Nebraska doesn't justify having no new people commuting along there.

Yes, the intersection is a problem, but that's not on the school, that's on the city and all the commuters who want to pass through there. Left turns onto 42nd are already prohibited during rush hour - and they should be at Van Ness too.

Found the River School parent!

[Anonymous]

Wow, River school parents are crazy. They will be the ones cursing and screaming in their fancy cars when they are stuck in gridlock on Nebraska.

[Anonymous]

I agree that River School right now is cramped and has a terrible location. I see why they are desperate to move but jamming themselves into an already congested location seems like a bad idea.