New River Campus?

[Anonymous]

River is the "it" school for the botoxed DC socialites, right? There is so much money and influence in that school, they will likely get their way. I hope AU Park residents have it in them to fight the development, or at least ensure that the size of the school with eventual growth, driveway, and parking is adequate.

I hope they and up in a space that can better suit their real mission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

No, they won’t. Their nannies will.

[Anonymous]

I think River School is feeling pressured as other schools like Sidwell and GDS have recently acquired property and expanded. River School’s crappy building is holding it back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, yet. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true. If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, yet. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true. If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school".

Yes, like the way they block both lanes of traffic on 42nd street in front of the school like it’s a private driveway and not a public road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Could not agree more! This is not about The School. It has been at that Palisades location I believe for over 20+ years and has thrived but definitely needs to find a new spot. The one on Nebraska is a residential space, zoned for a residential space, is not it. You cannot build a huge school (almost 67,00 square feet according to that bza doc) with inadequate parking or car space and then think, hmmmmm we will worry about the queuing cars and backlog then. You need to plan for it in advance. They know it will be expensive and are trying to get around it by giving "infractions" to the 350+ parents, faculty and staff and VISITORS who don't follow the rules for parking in the 42 available spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think River School is feeling pressured as other schools like Sidwell and GDS have recently acquired property and expanded. River School’s crappy building is holding it back.

Suppose to feel bad because the really wonderful private school is having a hard time keeping up with the Joneses??? It wants to push its way it to a residential neighborhood (its first attempt since its other three attempts at commercial sites didn't work out), so lets just totally disrupt people's way of living and AGING IN PLACE so they can keep up and release the "pressure". Just kill me now why don't you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, yet. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true. If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school".

Yes, like the way they block both lanes of traffic on 42nd street in front of the school like it’s a private driveway and not a public road.

Which is especially ridiculous since the school petitioned DC to close the road and let them turn it into a private driveway, and the request was rejected.

The takeaway here should be that the DC schools and their parents rarely adhere to the traffic management plans they submit and agree to. And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

It's not like they're getting special favors - there's very little enforcement of anything in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

It's not like they're getting special favors - there's very little enforcement of anything in DC.

So BZA should deny the River School's application if they're not able to enforce River adhering to all their promises--which we know River won't be able to keep, especially when there's no fear of enforcement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, yet. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true. If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school".

Yes, like the way they block both lanes of traffic on 42nd street in front of the school like it’s a private driveway and not a public road.

Which is especially ridiculous since the school petitioned DC to close the road and let them turn it into a private driveway, and the request was rejected.

The takeaway here should be that the DC schools and their parents rarely adhere to the traffic management plans they submit and agree to. And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

GDS parents are on 42nd St since they are not allowed to use Chesapeake. Remember COVID, friends? Children are not vaccinated. GDS buses are running at less than half capacity, carpools with other families are not an option (no way to distance) and most people are not comfortable with their unvaccinated children taking public transport. So, yes, there are more cars than there would otherwise be since so families must now drive their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, yet. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true. If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school".

Yes, like the way they block both lanes of traffic on 42nd street in front of the school like it’s a private driveway and not a public road.

Which is especially ridiculous since the school petitioned DC to close the road and let them turn it into a private driveway, and the request was rejected.

The takeaway here should be that the DC schools and their parents rarely adhere to the traffic management plans they submit and agree to. And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

GDS parents are on 42nd St since they are not allowed to use Chesapeake. Remember COVID, friends? Children are not vaccinated. GDS buses are running at less than half capacity, carpools with other families are not an option (no way to distance) and most people are not comfortable with their unvaccinated children taking public transport. So, yes, there are more cars than there would otherwise be since so families must now drive their kids.

Oh, so they got a temporary exception from DDOT suspending their commitments in the Traffic Management Plan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

It's not like they're getting special favors - there's very little enforcement of anything in DC.

So BZA should deny the River School's application if they're not able to enforce River adhering to all their promises--which we know River won't be able to keep, especially when there's no fear of enforcement.

The BZA should deny the River School's application for multiple reasons a few being the land is zoned for residential usage and what the school is proposing does NOT fit; there is no realistic plan AT ALL to fit all the cars or accommodate all the traffic the school is going to bring and compound the already exhausted area; adding more traffic and congestion is dangerous and local safety needs be taken into account, not just dollar signs! Its pathetic that it is known DC doesn't nothing to enforce its laws and folks with a big checkbooks can force their way into neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

What they could do is help River find a location that would be more convenient and attractive to a more diverse set of families. Shepherd Park or 16th St. Hgts. for instance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What they could do is help River find a location that would be more convenient and attractive to a more diverse set of families. Shepherd Park or 16th St. Hgts. for instance.

Well that makes no sense. They derive their funding from wealthy families in the Spring Valley/Gtown/Palisades neighborhoods. They’d lose all of them.