Peabody damaged?

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Anonymous wrote:put trailers in the field and they will be classrooms until everything is finished. that is what my ES did when I was a kid. i thought it was great but i knew no different for a year.

There is no field at Peabody.

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Anonymous wrote:put trailers in the field and they will be classrooms until everything is finished. that is what my ES did when I was a kid. i thought it was great but i knew no different for a year.

There is no field at Peabody.

There is next to Watkins.

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Anonymous wrote:put trailers in the field and they will be classrooms until everything is finished. that is what my ES did when I was a kid. i thought it was great but i knew no different for a year.

There is no field at Peabody.

There is next to Watkins.

The Watkins field is one of the most used DPR fields in the whole city.
When Watkins was renovated, DPR said they would not allow the fields/trailers to be a swing space option which is why Watkins went
to Elliot Hine for a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peabody was renovated and THEN collapsed? Yikes. Thank god no one was in it

This needs to be highlighted.

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Anonymous wrote:put trailers in the field and they will be classrooms until everything is finished. that is what my ES did when I was a kid. i thought it was great but i knew no different for a year.

There is no field at Peabody.

There is next to Watkins.

The Watkins field is one of the most used DPR fields in the whole city.
When Watkins was renovated, DPR said they would not allow the fields/trailers to be a swing space option which is why Watkins went
to Elliot Hine for a year.

Fair point. Forgot about that. Then put the trailers at RFK. If there’s a necessity, they’ll find a way.

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RFK was rejected as a site for SWS’ swing space.

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Anonymous wrote:RFK was rejected as a site for SWS’ swing space.

If the schools not fixed, they’ll have to go somewhere.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't seem like any work has begun at Peabody. I'm a parent and walk by the school regularly. I wouldn't count on it opening next year. A building sitting with water damage is a lot of mold. I really hope I'm wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:RFK was rejected as a site for SWS’ swing space.

If the schools not fixed, they’ll have to go somewhere.

Will E-H be done by then? If so, those trailers are clearly where they'll go.

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Anonymous wrote:The kids won't be going back to school until they are vaccinated. The vaccines aren't even approved for use in children yet. So I don't think it matters if the building is done in September.

Preschoolers may never be vaccinated for COVID, that's going to be a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:Stabilize the building? There's zero chance the building reopens in fall 2021.

Do you work for DGS?

No, but do you think they are capable of gut renovating a school in 9 months when they haven’t even started yet?

Yes. Six years ago, the whole school was fully renovated in 10 weeks. It was one of the last "summer blitz" renovations before DCPS turned to using swing spaces.
As long as DGS and DCPS adhere to a realistic timeline, it will be ready by August 15th.

But that required planning. And wasn't during a pandemic.

DCPS cannot afford to move the whole school into a swing space AND renovate the building in 2021.
And the building must be repaired.
They know they have to stick to the repair timeline because the swing space option is not an option.

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Anonymous wrote:Stabilize the building? There's zero chance the building reopens in fall 2021.

Do you work for DGS?

No, but do you think they are capable of gut renovating a school in 9 months when they haven’t even started yet?

Yes. Six years ago, the whole school was fully renovated in 10 weeks. It was one of the last "summer blitz" renovations before DCPS turned to using swing spaces.
As long as DGS and DCPS adhere to a realistic timeline, it will be ready by August 15th.

But that required planning. And wasn't during a pandemic.

DCPS cannot afford to move the whole school into a swing space AND renovate the building in 2021.
And the building must be repaired.
They know they have to stick to the repair timeline because the swing space option is not an option.

+1

Why is swing space not an option?

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Anonymous wrote:Stabilize the building? There's zero chance the building reopens in fall 2021.

Do you work for DGS?

No, but do you think they are capable of gut renovating a school in 9 months when they haven’t even started yet?

Yes. Six years ago, the whole school was fully renovated in 10 weeks. It was one of the last "summer blitz" renovations before DCPS turned to using swing spaces.
As long as DGS and DCPS adhere to a realistic timeline, it will be ready by August 15th.

But that required planning. And wasn't during a pandemic.

DCPS cannot afford to move the whole school into a swing space AND renovate the building in 2021.
And the building must be repaired.
They know they have to stick to the repair timeline because the swing space option is not an option.

+1

Why is swing space not an option?

Because it's budgeted out 1-2 years in advance of the planned beginning of a project, so it is highly unlikely there is any space remaining that is remotely suitable even setting aside all the COVID complications.

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Anonymous wrote:Stabilize the building? There's zero chance the building reopens in fall 2021.

Do you work for DGS?

No, but do you think they are capable of gut renovating a school in 9 months when they haven’t even started yet?

Yes. Six years ago, the whole school was fully renovated in 10 weeks. It was one of the last "summer blitz" renovations before DCPS turned to using swing spaces.
As long as DGS and DCPS adhere to a realistic timeline, it will be ready by August 15th.

But that required planning. And wasn't during a pandemic.

DCPS cannot afford to move the whole school into a swing space AND renovate the building in 2021.
And the building must be repaired.
They know they have to stick to the repair timeline because the swing space option is not an option.

+1

Why is swing space not an option?

Because it's budgeted out 1-2 years in advance of the planned beginning of a project, so it is highly unlikely there is any space remaining that is remotely suitable even setting aside all the COVID complications.

Well then they better get that construction started then! Cause if not, I fear we are headed for a move Kindergarten to Watkins plan and another year of distance learning for PK3/PK4. But I'm not convinced they can't figure out another space in an emergency....

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Anonymous wrote:Stabilize the building? There's zero chance the building reopens in fall 2021.

Do you work for DGS?

No, but do you think they are capable of gut renovating a school in 9 months when they haven’t even started yet?

Yes. Six years ago, the whole school was fully renovated in 10 weeks. It was one of the last "summer blitz" renovations before DCPS turned to using swing spaces.
As long as DGS and DCPS adhere to a realistic timeline, it will be ready by August 15th.

But that required planning. And wasn't during a pandemic.

DCPS cannot afford to move the whole school into a swing space AND renovate the building in 2021.
And the building must be repaired.
They know they have to stick to the repair timeline because the swing space option is not an option.

+1

Why is swing space not an option?

Because it's budgeted out 1-2 years in advance of the planned beginning of a project, so it is highly unlikely there is any space remaining that is remotely suitable even setting aside all the COVID complications.

Well then they better get that construction started then! Cause if not, I fear we are headed for a move Kindergarten to Watkins plan and another year of distance learning for PK3/PK4. But I'm not convinced they can't figure out another space in an emergency....

They can move K to Watkins and not offer Pk3 or 4 for a few years. Those are not required grades.