Maret still hoarding resources

[Anonymous]

I’m a parent at Maret. I don’t know the details of the agreement, but I do agree that the school should stop using Jellef (if that’s true).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because that’s what your city counselors agreed to.

In a corrupt, "emergency" agreement. You would think Maret would have the integrity to stop enriching itseslf based on a corrupt deal now that it has solved its facilities problem.

Sounds like your issue is more with the city council. Probably best to lobby them than to appeal to the integrity of a private school on an anonymous message board.

Maret and the councilmembers in 2019 should be ashamed.

My problem is with both of them, and people have complained, of course, to the city council The reality is that it is harder for the city council to fix than Maret, who can just STOP using the field today.

How is it that they still want Maret along with their new fields? Aren't the new fields enough?!

No they’re not.

Why not? What will they do in 2030? Bribe politicians to hold onto Jelleff again?

Bribery? Come back down to earth. It doesn’t help your case to be so hyperbolic.

The question is what happens in 2030? The new fields will be enough then but they are not enough now? Does Maret imagine that they will be able to retain Jelleff?

[Anonymous]

What team is still using Jellef?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because that’s what your city counselors agreed to.

“We ignite our students' potential; foster their academic, artistic, and athletic talents; and promote their well-being. We develop the mind, nurture curiosity, welcome challenge, embrace joy, and build community that is equitable and inclusive.”

Hoarding a field when you have your own cuts against an equitable and inclusive community.

The school could at least give up a couple days week to let Hardy practice.

Hoarding? Or using the field in accordance with an agreement they signed with the city?

Both can be true. Maret can decide it's equitable to share the field. Private capture of a field for kids is just gross.

[Anonymous]

I heard Maret actually pays a large fee to use jelleff and also handed all the maintenance for the field, so maybe it's not unreasonable they should be able to use the field as needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Because that’s what your city counselors agreed to.

“We ignite our students' potential; foster their academic, artistic, and athletic talents; and promote their well-being. We develop the mind, nurture curiosity, welcome challenge, embrace joy, and build community that is equitable and inclusive.”

Hoarding a field when you have your own cuts against an equitable and inclusive community.

The school could at least give up a couple days week to let Hardy practice.

Hoarding? Or using the field in accordance with an agreement they signed with the city?

Both can be true. Maret can decide it's equitable to share the field. Private capture of a field for kids is just gross.

Private capture! Hoarding! Bribery! You sure do have a way with words

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because that’s what your city counselors agreed to.

In a corrupt, "emergency" agreement. You would think Maret would have the integrity to stop enriching itseslf based on a corrupt deal now that it has solved its facilities problem.

Sounds like your issue is more with the city council. Probably best to lobby them than to appeal to the integrity of a private school on an anonymous message board.

Maret and the councilmembers in 2019 should be ashamed.

My problem is with both of them, and people have complained, of course, to the city council The reality is that it is harder for the city council to fix than Maret, who can just STOP using the field today.

How is it that they still want Maret along with their new fields? Aren't the new fields enough?!

No they’re not.

Why not? What will they do in 2030? Bribe politicians to hold onto Jelleff again?

Bribery? Come back down to earth. It doesn’t help your case to be so hyperbolic.

Why do you think the city council renewed the deal in 2019 as an "emergency" and not following standard protocol that would have allowed for public comment? Why was it renewed when the circumstances surrounding the arrangement were vastly different than a decade earller?

It didn't happen because it made sense for constituents at large! Someone felt compelled to do a favor for Maret. Why? I don't know that it was bribes, but perhaps something a little vaguer and more indirect? I welcome you to explain to me the inexplicable!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard Maret actually pays a large fee to use jelleff and also handed all the maintenance for the field, so maybe it's not unreasonable they should be able to use the field as needed.

I heard they also spent millions in renovating the field as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because that’s what your city counselors agreed to.

In a corrupt, "emergency" agreement. You would think Maret would have the integrity to stop enriching itseslf based on a corrupt deal now that it has solved its facilities problem.

Sounds like your issue is more with the city council. Probably best to lobby them than to appeal to the integrity of a private school on an anonymous message board.

Maret and the councilmembers in 2019 should be ashamed.

My problem is with both of them, and people have complained, of course, to the city council The reality is that it is harder for the city council to fix than Maret, who can just STOP using the field today.

How is it that they still want Maret along with their new fields? Aren't the new fields enough?!

No they’re not.

Why not? What will they do in 2030? Bribe politicians to hold onto Jelleff again?

Bribery? Come back down to earth. It doesn’t help your case to be so hyperbolic.

Why do you think the city council renewed the deal in 2019 as an "emergency" and not following standard protocol that would have allowed for public comment? Why was it renewed when the circumstances surrounding the arrangement were vastly different than a decade earller?

It didn't happen because it made sense for constituents at large! Someone felt compelled to do a favor for Maret. Why? I don't know that it was bribes, but perhaps something a little vaguer and more indirect? I welcome you to explain to me the inexplicable!

It’s the DC city council. They engage in the inexplicable every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard Maret actually pays a large fee to use jelleff and also handed all the maintenance for the field, so maybe it's not unreasonable they should be able to use the field as needed.

No, they don't pay a large fee. They paid to renovate the field 15 years ago, in what you could argue was a bad deal for the city.

But that bad deal doesn't explain the renewal or Maret's continued "need" after having it's own fields. The city can pay for the maintenance.

[Anonymous]

Maret hasn't used the field since last fall. DPR is in charge of permitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard Maret actually pays a large fee to use jelleff and also handed all the maintenance for the field, so maybe it's not unreasonable they should be able to use the field as needed.

No, they don't pay a large fee. They paid to renovate the field 15 years ago, in what you could argue was a bad deal for the city.

But that bad deal doesn't explain the renewal or Maret's continued "need" after having it's own fields. The city can pay for the maintenance.

Have you tried asking the school what their plan is and what need is driving this? Suspect you’d have better luck getting answers that way than trying to find answers on DCUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maret hasn't used the field since last fall. DPR is in charge of permitting.

Maret doesn't use the field in the winter. Maret has claim to the same time that every school needs fields -- weekdays, after school, Fall and Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret hasn't used the field since last fall. DPR is in charge of permitting.

Maret doesn't use the field in the winter. Maret has claim to the same time that every school needs fields -- weekdays, after school, Fall and Spring.

Maret is not currently using the field. DPR is in charge of permitting.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret hasn't used the field since last fall. DPR is in charge of permitting.

Maret doesn't use the field in the winter. Maret has claim to the same time that every school needs fields -- weekdays, after school, Fall and Spring.

Maret is not currently using the field. DPR is in charge of permitting.

No, Maret's weekday, after school, Fall and Spring time is not avaible for permitting.

Hardy was apparently told by Maret that they are using the field.