Why is the Foxhall Community Citizens Association scared of public school children?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And net there will be no increase in traffic in the area as Georgetown Day Lower School is moving out of the neighborhood. It is currently literally a block away from the tennis courts at Hardy.

That building has been sold to DCPS which is planning to open it as a school. But neighborhood schools create a lot less traffic than private schools which draw from the entire region.

Does this mean DCPS is opening 2 schools (newly constructed on park and at Georgetown day)?

Apparently yes. To relieve overcrowding at all levels in Ward 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And net there will be no increase in traffic in the area as Georgetown Day Lower School is moving out of the neighborhood. It is currently literally a block away from the tennis courts at Hardy.

That building has been sold to DCPS which is planning to open it as a school. But neighborhood schools create a lot less traffic than private schools which draw from the entire region.

Does this mean DCPS is opening 2 schools (newly constructed on park and at Georgetown day)?

That's the current plan, but there are a lot of moving parts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And net there will be no increase in traffic in the area as Georgetown Day Lower School is moving out of the neighborhood. It is currently literally a block away from the tennis courts at Hardy.

That building has been sold to DCPS which is planning to open it as a school. But neighborhood schools create a lot less traffic than private schools which draw from the entire region.

Does this mean DCPS is opening 2 schools (newly constructed on park and at Georgetown day)?

Apparently yes. To relieve overcrowding at all levels in Ward 3.

But the plan will not alleviate overcrowding at Wilson.

[Anonymous]

How did that fine group of individuals with the FCCA not notice that the park is DC property and thus is not under their control? They read half of the NIMBY playbook - it's chess not checkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And net there will be no increase in traffic in the area as Georgetown Day Lower School is moving out of the neighborhood. It is currently literally a block away from the tennis courts at Hardy.

That building has been sold to DCPS which is planning to open it as a school. But neighborhood schools create a lot less traffic than private schools which draw from the entire region.

Does this mean DCPS is opening 2 schools (newly constructed on park and at Georgetown day)?

Apparently yes. To relieve overcrowding at all levels in Ward 3.

But the plan will not alleviate overcrowding at Wilson.

DCPS may use the GDS site for a high school. If so, then it would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This group was perfectly happy to give away a public building to an elite private school serving non-DC students for pennies on the dollar in order to prevent it from being put into public use. A proposal for a public school nearby is made and all of a sudden all these concerns about parking and traffic become all important. Basic logic dictates that if you really care about parking and traffic, the last thing you want in your neighborhood is an elite private school serving non-DC students. But of course this has nothing to do with that but rather horrible prejudices apparently harbored by this group.

I don't think vilifying the Lab school is appropriate. Lots of DC kids go to Lab and DC pays for poor kids to go private day schools like this. The student population there is a mix of self pay and kids paid for by school districts (DC, VA and MD). No one wants to send their kid to a special education private school-its a school of last resort. Its not "elite".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This group was perfectly happy to give away a public building to an elite private school serving non-DC students for pennies on the dollar in order to prevent it from being put into public use. A proposal for a public school nearby is made and all of a sudden all these concerns about parking and traffic become all important. Basic logic dictates that if you really care about parking and traffic, the last thing you want in your neighborhood is an elite private school serving non-DC students. But of course this has nothing to do with that but rather horrible prejudices apparently harbored by this group.

I don't think vilifying the Lab school is appropriate. Lots of DC kids go to Lab and DC pays for poor kids to go private day schools like this. The student population there is a mix of self pay and kids paid for by school districts (DC, VA and MD). No one wants to send their kid to a special education private school-its a school of last resort. Its not "elite".

Non-elite schools don't hire lobbyists to secure long-term below-market leases of public school buildings that are desperately needed to support public education.

[Anonymous]

What the hell is going on in the third slide in this deck?: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1CXfjtqR4vfTVRhW2iZBpLjP6q7seYXB8/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=mspresentation

Someone has cut out a Google Maps image of Stoddert onto Hardy Park, probably at a higher level to make it look bigger than it actually is. If you actually look at the real Stoddert in Google Maps, you notice that the school co-exists quite well next to a very large public park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What the hell is going on in the third slide in this deck?: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1CXfjtqR4vfTVRhW2iZBpLjP6q7seYXB8/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=mspresentation

Someone has cut out a Google Maps image of Stoddert onto Hardy Park, probably at a higher level to make it look bigger than it actually is. If you actually look at the real Stoddert in Google Maps, you notice that the school co-exists quite well next to a very large public park.

Bob Avery made that, he's trying to show that the site is too small for a school. I think the scale is fine, if you look at the roofs of the Old Hardy/Lab building and the old part of Stoddert they're the same size. What he omits is that Stoddert is co-located with a rec center. Which actually would be a really good idea at Hardy too.

[Anonymous]

Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Private school type of area? The Lab School's students are sourced overwhelmingly from MD and VA. In contrast, the local public schools have some of the highest utilization rates in the entire city. A school that charges $50k in tuition and predominantly educates children from families who do not live in the District has no business in commanding implicit subsidies from DC taxpayers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Its fine to have Lab school there, as long as they use part of their almost $60K tuition to pay a market rate for using the building so that money can ne used to support DCPS students.

No other private school gets such a gift. Well, other than Maret with Jelleff.

[Anonymous]

You should post this on NextDoor. More people will see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

You're not going to get much traction in the public schools forum with that line of argument.

Private schools already get tons of public support through tax-exempt status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Private school type of area? The Lab School's students are sourced overwhelmingly from MD and VA. In contrast, the local public schools have some of the highest utilization rates in the entire city. A school that charges $50k in tuition and predominantly educates children from families who do not live in the District has no business in commanding implicit subsidies from DC taxpayers.

1st off the reason Ward 3 is so full and it has nothing to do with soccer fields. It has to do with DC lets the everyone try to squeeze into the life boats of a few not poor schools from the sinking rest of the system that is DCPS. MD and VA border is just a few miles away and they have just as much right to the Lab school as you do. Most of DC is further and a private school is free to admit anyone they like. You sound bitter you didn't get what you wanted, maybe pay for private.