Updates on LAMB at Kingsbury?

[Anonymous]

Is LAMB still moving to the Kingsbury Campus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is LAMB still moving to the Kingsbury Campus?

The sale and move are tied up as a group of neighbors are working to block it.

Kingsbury announced in the last month that it will have to close at the end of this school year due to funding issues. They were counting on the sale to buy them time to relocate but the delay made it untenable. Gotta wonder if they had been smart, in retrospect, to sell to the highest bidder rather than try to find a school to buy it.

Anyway it would be great if some LAMB families would try to help them out of this mess.

https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-oldest-special-needs-school-in-dc?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnsharemore_r&fbclid=IwAR2lKQYr4WKouciT1vd_nXl7pzKfL_cQoGgv9kVmw39a4pgjxxOTvGFdj3M

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is LAMB still moving to the Kingsbury Campus?

The sale and move are tied up as a group of neighbors are working to block it.

Kingsbury announced in the last month that it will have to close at the end of this school year due to funding issues. They were counting on the sale to buy them time to relocate but the delay made it untenable. Gotta wonder if they had been smart, in retrospect, to sell to the highest bidder rather than try to find a school to buy it.

Anyway it would be great if some LAMB families would try to help them out of this mess.

https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-oldest-special-needs-school-in-dc?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnsharemore_r&fbclid=IwAR2lKQYr4WKouciT1vd_nXl7pzKfL_cQoGgv9kVmw39a4pgjxxOTvGFdj3M

Why don’t they sell to someone else? This is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is LAMB still moving to the Kingsbury Campus?

The sale and move are tied up as a group of neighbors are working to block it.

Kingsbury announced in the last month that it will have to close at the end of this school year due to funding issues. They were counting on the sale to buy them time to relocate but the delay made it untenable. Gotta wonder if they had been smart, in retrospect, to sell to the highest bidder rather than try to find a school to buy it.

Anyway it would be great if some LAMB families would try to help them out of this mess.

https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-oldest-special-needs-school-in-dc?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnsharemore_r&fbclid=IwAR2lKQYr4WKouciT1vd_nXl7pzKfL_cQoGgv9kVmw39a4pgjxxOTvGFdj3M

Why don’t they sell to someone else? This is ridiculous.

A sale to anyone else will still require a process through the ANC and BZA because of the special zoning overlay. So it would still be a multi-month process just for this, even before the sale can close. They don't have the time for that.

[Anonymous]

Well, Kingsbury can lower the sale price to LAMB because clearly it’s not worth as much with difficult zoning issues. If LAMB is paying less then they should be able to work out the mortgage with a lower enrollment cap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, Kingsbury can lower the sale price to LAMB because clearly it’s not worth as much with difficult zoning issues. If LAMB is paying less then they should be able to work out the mortgage with a lower enrollment cap.

haha nice one.

love these super uninformed threads.

anyway, appeals court will issue decision soon, and then we will all know for sure whether they are moving and exactly when.

[Anonymous]

The neighbors will successfully block LAMB and then Kingsbury will be sold to developers who will cover each square inch of the property with condos. The condos will be huge and ugly and there will be no green space and parking in the area will be terrible. And the neighbors will wish, only after it's too late, that they had let LAMB in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city will not decline if LAMB does not move into the Kingsbury building.

Honestly given the demographics of Ward 4 I think it should be returned to its original mission and made into a home for low-income seniors.

I would be fully in favor of this solution but that’s not even on the table.

It could be.

Kingsbury is going to sell to whomever it gets the most money from - it has to, in order to finance a move and continue operations.

If not LAMB, then any entity that fits the ZONING, could buy it.

Perhaps you haven't noticed, but in Ward 4, developers can do anything they want. Zoning laws don't matter. It's basically the opposite of Georgetown or Alexandria, where you can't paint your shudders without approval from the city. In Ward 4, developers can build whatever they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The neighbors will successfully block LAMB and then Kingsbury will be sold to developers who will cover each square inch of the property with condos. The condos will be huge and ugly and there will be no green space and parking in the area will be terrible. And the neighbors will wish, only after it's too late, that they had let LAMB in.

Agree, but I don't think they'll ever wish lamb had been let in.

[Anonymous]

Schools, even charters, are by right uses in residential zones. Pretty much every zone. Other than relief for parking requirements through BZA I don’t think it’s gonna be that big of a hurdle to clear honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The neighbors will successfully block LAMB and then Kingsbury will be sold to developers who will cover each square inch of the property with condos. The condos will be huge and ugly and there will be no green space and parking in the area will be terrible. And the neighbors will wish, only after it's too late, that they had let LAMB in.

Yes I agree. This has been a petty, useless fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools, even charters, are by right uses in residential zones. Pretty much every zone. Other than relief for parking requirements through BZA I don’t think it’s gonna be that big of a hurdle to clear honestly.

There is no guarantee that whatever is left of Kingsbury's board will agree to sell to a school. If they don't own the building outright it could wind up in a bank's hands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools, even charters, are by right uses in residential zones. Pretty much every zone. Other than relief for parking requirements through BZA I don’t think it’s gonna be that big of a hurdle to clear honestly.

There is no guarantee that whatever is left of Kingsbury's board will agree to sell to a school. If they don't own the building outright it could wind up in a bank's hands.

You mean another school? Not quite following this comment. Aren’t they currently set to sell to Lamb if the courts allow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools, even charters, are by right uses in residential zones. Pretty much every zone. Other than relief for parking requirements through BZA I don’t think it’s gonna be that big of a hurdle to clear honestly.

There is no guarantee that whatever is left of Kingsbury's board will agree to sell to a school. If they don't own the building outright it could wind up in a bank's hands.

You mean another school? Not quite following this comment. Aren’t they currently set to sell to Lamb if the courts allow?

Yes. The zoning board is set to rule this spring. If the board rules in LAMB’s favor, the sale will go through. I think PP is saying if the court battle stretches out for longer- my understanding is that LAMB is eager to consolidate to one campus and may look elsewhere (I am not affiliated with the school, just an interested neighbor).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools, even charters, are by right uses in residential zones. Pretty much every zone. Other than relief for parking requirements through BZA I don’t think it’s gonna be that big of a hurdle to clear honestly.

There is no guarantee that whatever is left of Kingsbury's board will agree to sell to a school. If they don't own the building outright it could wind up in a bank's hands.

You mean another school? Not quite following this comment. Aren’t they currently set to sell to Lamb if the courts allow?

Kingsbury is closing. They are out of money. This decision was only made in the last month. If they have debt and default on it, which is likely as they will have no income soon, their assets (including the building) will go to any lenders.

The lenders will not necessarily be under any obligation to honor the Kingsbury's agreement/plans with LAMB.

I think everything is up in the air.