DCPS students shafted again - sign petition to keep Jelleff field public

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP with maybe the dumbest argument yet.

Corrupt Maret (Ian Cameron as the easiest asshole to tee off on) and Muriel and Jack just so desperate to chase their money.

Ian Cameron (Susan rice’s husband) is a journalist and Ben Bradlee Jr (of the WaPo dynasty)/Martha Raddatz’s kids went to Maret which is why the WaPo articles have been so stilted....

[Anonymous]

Okay, was wondering why this has basically been a non issue for the WaPo. The two articles that were published have been poorly written and, yes, one sided. Seems like lots of well connected folks at Maret.

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I stand corrected.. It was the Chair who asked him to define a "good" partner first ~7:58:30.. but the answer "They did what they said they were going to do" is fairly accurate.
You don't *have* to admit that you may be wrong, but I know your heart, and you're forgiven.
Can we drop this ridiculous charade of righteous outrage now?
Trump's still in office, and our DC votes may not matter, but maybe we should focus on fixing that somehow?

The outrage is real and easily explained by the fact that the quality of thousands of lower- and middle-class parents’ kids’ education is being undercut by the selfish behavior a school that predominantly educates the kids of very rich people and which contributes very little to the city treasury. That outrage is further magnified because it’s not an isolated case. A similar thing is happening with the Old Hardy school building and LAB and with Guy Mason and G.U.. People affected by these cases see that there is an underlying problem and find common cause to fix it.

Do you really think that the wealthy families who attend private schools contribute little to the city treasury? One reason wealthy families live in DC is because of the private schools. These people pay high property taxes and support public schools even though their kids don't use those schools. Do all you upper NW DC DCPS families really not understand how private schools benefit this area?

I knew sooner or later some joker would try and make the “they pay taxes” argument. My taxes pay for lots of services I don’t personally use. Private schools should pay property taxes.

If private schools have to pay taxes, they will raise fees. Some number of students will leave and attend DC public schools, most likely in NW. This will squeeze further the dwindling number of places for students who don’t live in Ward 3. While that will mean less diversity it will also mean higher academic achievement in those public schools.

We want people to att Ms the public schools. A thriving public school system is super important for the health of the city.


And shouldn't Maret have planned for this? They're the ones who can control their own enrollment. I got a solution, Maret can became a charter school.

+1. Seriously. They must have financial difficulties or the most incompetent capital planning team ever. A school with 45k tuition and they prefer to get raked over the coals in the media for keeping the field out of the hands of poor kids rather than looking for a market rate option.

Maret should do a new capital campaign: “the fund to get a field of their own so they can stop hogging public parks.”

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

+ a million

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

+ a million

+2. Our neighbor’s kid who used to babysit for us attended Maret; I previously had a neutral to slightly positive view of the school. But they look pretty entitled here.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

If you follow public education in DC for any length of time you'll see a recurring pattern: kids come last. When it's time to make decisions, the interests of everyone else go first.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

+ a million

Same here. My kids are in DCPS but not Hardy. As the parent of a kid whose rec team struggles to find field space to practice on, I’m frustrated. As a taxpayer, I’m outraged. And as a sentient human, I’m horrified by the Maret community, who’ve shown themselves to be truly shameless.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

If you follow public education in DC for any length of time you'll see a recurring pattern: kids come last. When it's time to make decisions, the interests of everyone else go first.

+1000. Unfortunately kids come last followed by teachers as second last.

[Anonymous]

I had no issue with Maret until I watched a good bit of the hearing. I was disgusted by the parade of Maret supporters. Incredibly entitled and full of fake outrage about being labelled as villains. My opinion of the Maret community really went down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

You are seriously kidding yourself if you think
1. that Hardy families have anywhere near the resources of Maret families
2. that outrage about the Jelleff situation is limited to Hardy parents and supporters of two ANC reps

I suppose misunderstanding these facts is a big part of why Maret’s PR on this is so ineffective.

I’m just a regular old DC taxpayer with no connection to either school, live in a different part of the city, and I’m horrified. Feels like when the last chancellor skipped the lottery but lectured parents about improving their inbound schools. Rules are for the little people, the city elite do business differently.

Lol.. this is getting tired folks.
Time for a new script.

"I'm just a regular old dc taxpayer, and I chose to read 1000 posts about something completely unconnected to me and came up with this unbiased opinion."

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a team with a racial slur for a mascot given preferential access to a DC-owned field? It's as absurd as what is going on in the WS right now.

I hadn’t considered how insensitive and demeaning Maret’s mascot is, particularly for the French. Shameful.

Yeah, and the French race is a protected class.. historically so persecuted...
Somebody is out of arguments but their fingers are still running on fumes

Are you new to DC or do you just not get out much? The French are plenty persecuted in social gatherings across the city. Furthermore, whether the French are protected or persecuted is irrelevant. Would mascots named “Honkies” or “Crackers” be tolerable anywhere in America? So why would a racial slur against an entire country? And, yes, it is offensive. If you have any French friends, refer to them to their face with the name of your mascot - “this is my friend, Pierre, the frog” - and don’t be surprised when you get punched in the face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no issue with Maret until I watched a good bit of the hearing. I was disgusted by the parade of Maret supporters. Incredibly entitled and full of fake outrage about being labelled as villains. My opinion of the Maret community really went down

I spent 8 hours watching a hearing that I had no opinion on.
Now I have an opinion.
Let me share it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a team with a racial slur for a mascot given preferential access to a DC-owned field? It's as absurd as what is going on in the WS right now.

I hadn’t considered how insensitive and demeaning Maret’s mascot is, particularly for the French. Shameful.

Yeah, and the French race is a protected class.. historically so persecuted...
Somebody is out of arguments but their fingers are still running on fumes

Are you new to DC or do you just not get out much? The French are plenty persecuted in social gatherings across the city. Furthermore, whether the French are protected or persecuted is irrelevant. Would mascots named “Honkies” or “Crackers” be tolerable anywhere in America? So why would a racial slur against an entire country? And, yes, it is offensive. If you have any French friends, refer to them to their face with the name of your mascot - “this is my friend, Pierre, the frog” - and don’t be surprised when you get punched in the face.

FRANCE is a COUNTRY., not a race.. are you new to the world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a team with a racial slur for a mascot given preferential access to a DC-owned field? It's as absurd as what is going on in the WS right now.

I hadn’t considered how insensitive and demeaning Maret’s mascot is, particularly for the French. Shameful.

Yeah, and the French race is a protected class.. historically so persecuted...
Somebody is out of arguments but their fingers are still running on fumes

Are you new to DC or do you just not get out much? The French are plenty persecuted in social gatherings across the city. Furthermore, whether the French are protected or persecuted is irrelevant. Would mascots named “Honkies” or “Crackers” be tolerable anywhere in America? So why would a racial slur against an entire country? And, yes, it is offensive. If you have any French friends, refer to them to their face with the name of your mascot - “this is my friend, Pierre, the frog” - and don’t be surprised when you get punched in the face.

FRANCE is a COUNTRY., not a race.. are you new to the world?

French is an ethnicity.