New Ward 3 Middle School ???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Semantics. We have a better tax base, which provides us with better schools, and then those from other Wards fill them up. How is it then inequitable to build another school in W3? Oh wait, I know. W3 tax dollars should be spent on improving schools in other Wards. Of course. Silly me (and over-entitled you).

Right, because the person arguing for excellent middle schools in every ward, not just for her own ward, is the Over-entitled one. Rather then whine abOut how your schools, which you admit are "better", are cluttered up with folks from oob (ah, quelle dommage!), you should fight to have those wards outside of your ward become the "better" school, or at least on par. Care to address your conceRns regarding that option, instead of continuing to whine about how tough it is to have a middLe school in your neighborhood that is superior to most other wards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fact: The air of superiority and privilege that a parent brings to his or her child's social training outside the classroom is much more important than the school the child attends. It therefore appears that your child's social outcome will be bleak.

[Insert cliched or otherwise poorly written retort here. Yo mama raised a fool].

It's not bragging if you can do it. I have earned my air of superiority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Semantics. We have a better tax base, which provides us with better schools, and then those from other Wards fill them up. How is it then inequitable to build another school in W3? Oh wait, I know. W3 tax dollars should be spent on improving schools in other Wards. Of course. Silly me (and over-entitled you).

Right, because the person arguing for excellent middle schools in every ward, not just for her own ward, is the Over-entitled one. Rather then whine abOut how your schools, which you admit are "better", are cluttered up with folks from oob (ah, quelle dommage!), you should fight to have those wards outside of your ward become the "better" school, or at least on par. Care to address your conceRns regarding that option, instead of continuing to whine about how tough it is to have a middLe school in your neighborhood that is superior to most other wards?

Your Ward is not my concern. I'm still giggling. Was I supposed to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woodson was an example of other Wards sacrificing for thebpublic good. Some of that is fine. Apparently you think that all W3 resources should be siphoned to those who have less. Silly indeed!

Sacrificing for the public good? I thought taxes were a responsibility for the public good.

I think public resources, like tax revenues, should be accessible to all citizens. Is this silly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woodson was an example of other Wards sacrificing for thebpublic good. Some of that is fine. Apparently you think that all W3 resources should be siphoned to those who have less. Silly indeed!

Ward 3 already has resources. Aren't you the one complaining about all these oob kids at ward 3 schools. So they must be very well resourced schools for all these parents in other wards to commute out to ward 3 for their kids rather than keep the kid in their own ward school.

[Anonymous]

Yes. But they've been tapped out by OOB and therefore a new school is necessary for W3.

[Anonymous]

There was a time I wanted to see Mary Cheh as mayor. Thanks to friends like you, that will never happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodson was an example of other Wards sacrificing for thebpublic good. Some of that is fine. Apparently you think that all W3 resources should be siphoned to those who have less. Silly indeed!

Sacrificing for the public good? I thought taxes were a responsibility for the public good.

I think public resources, like tax revenues, should be accessible to all citizens. Is this silly?

It is silly for you to spout that those of us living in Wards with a higher tax base should not have most of those taxes funneled back into their own Ward in the form of good and services. Perhaps you should move to Canada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But they've been tapped out by OOB and therefore a new school is necessary for W3.

Or better schools in other wards would take the pressure off ward 3. Right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodson was an example of other Wards sacrificing for thebpublic good. Some of that is fine. Apparently you think that all W3 resources should be siphoned to those who have less. Silly indeed!

Sacrificing for the public good? I thought taxes were a responsibility for the public good.

I think public resources, like tax revenues, should be accessible to all citizens. Is this silly?

It is silly for you to spout that those of us living in Wards with a higher tax base should not have most of those taxes funneled back into their own Ward in the form of good and services. Perhaps you should move to Canada.

Kidding, right? If not, perhaps you should move to France before the revolution.

[Anonymous]

Just started reading this thread. Is this a conversation between just 2-3 people??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Your Ward is not my concern. I'm still giggling. Was I supposed to?

I'm not asking for your concern for my ward. I'm aSking for your concern to extend beyond your own ward.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what DC's budget would look like if you got rid of Ward 3. These high income earners are such a burden right?

[Anonymous]

Precisely. They free-load off us, and when we've had enough, they talk about how down-trodden they are and how we can't have anything until they get more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Precisely. They free-load off us, and when we've had enough, they talk about how down-trodden they are and how we can't have anything until they get more.

Kidding, right?

If not, please know that some of us ward 3 residents don't think like that, but presume the tax revenues that we are fortunate enough to generate are meant for use by the whole city.