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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:121 pages of whining. Parents if you want your kid to have access to Jeliff Field, then send your kid to Maret. If you can't send your kid to Maret, then that's on you -- "poor" decision making by your and/or your spouse, unexceptional kids, etc. Look at yourselves and stop blaming others and stop with the conspiracy theories. Signed, non-Maret parent

No thanks. My kids go to a private school that can afford to buy a playing field of its own without doing backroom deals to get a taxpayer funded field for their exclusive use. Why would anyone want to pay 45k/year to go to a school that can’t even afford a field of its own?

Seriously. A private school (I think it was St. Thomas Episcopal) bought land off Foxhall and built their playing fields there. I can't imagine that was cheap or easy for them to do. They didn't go out and pull strings to steal public land from less wealthy kids.

If playing fields are so important to Maret, they should do what other private schools in DC have done: go out into the market and buy the land that meets their requirements.

St. Patrick's.

Ironically, they got approval to build a high school but never built it, they ran into financing problems. The field sits essentially unused. Due to zoning it can only be used by students at the school.

Where?

Foxhall Road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I admit to not having read all 123 pages of this, but to help sum up the claims on this thread for newcomers. A handful of Hardy Middle School parents have said:

Maret is preventing black/brown kids from using the fields.
Maret is white, rich, elite.
Maret had too many AA parents, students and alums speaking at the hearing.
Maret has no AA kids on the baseball team because AA kids don't play baseball. (There were two who testified plus the coach.)
Maret has AA supporters but they are rich AA people and that's bad.
Maret denies use of the field similar to Iraqi children and the Holocaust.
Maret had an alum testify whose name is too similar to a friend of Kavanaugh from Georgetown Prep.
Maret doesn't have support for their contract.
Maret had too many people supporting them at the hearing.
Maret parents are like Trump and/or Trump supporters.
Maret parents are democrat insiders.
Maret conspired with DPC/Evans/Mayor to get field
DPC has no ability to make a decision without mayor's support.
Mayor knew about the contract and conspired to keep it below threshold
Mayor didn't know about the contract.
Council didn't know about the contract.
Evans has no power
Evans has too much power and knew about the contract
Washington Post coverage unfair because Maret has a current parent who was a Obama administration official and a former parent who works at ABC news that influenced the WP beat reporter.
Maret's frog mascot is racist to the oppressed French-American population.
Maret has hired a pr firm
Maret has no pr plan
Maret's pr plan is well organized and orchestrated
Maret's pr plan is worthless and not working
Maret has hired a secret firm to mine data to find out who is posting on DCUM
Maret alums and parents are secretly conspiring against Maret
Maret alums and parents are reading off talking points and supporting Maret without any individual thought
Maret alums will not be hired because of this
Maret applications will plummet because of this
Maret does not accept enough applicants
Maret does not have enough money to purchase their own fields so they secretly conspired on this project
Maret has too much money

This +1,000,000

The Anti Maret people are all like, “this is about the agreement, not Maret.” And then they start slinging handfuls of every mud imaginable to see if it sticks. It’s embarrassing for them, or at least it should be. They should at least sign their names to all their crazy because I’m sure they’d never say any of this out loud in front of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I admit to not having read all 123 pages of this, but to help sum up the claims on this thread for newcomers. A handful of Hardy Middle School parents have said:

Maret is preventing black/brown kids from using the fields.
Maret is white, rich, elite.
Maret had too many AA parents, students and alums speaking at the hearing.
Maret has no AA kids on the baseball team because AA kids don't play baseball. (There were two who testified plus the coach.)
Maret has AA supporters but they are rich AA people and that's bad.
Maret denies use of the field similar to Iraqi children and the Holocaust.
Maret had an alum testify whose name is too similar to a friend of Kavanaugh from Georgetown Prep.
Maret doesn't have support for their contract.
Maret had too many people supporting them at the hearing.
Maret parents are like Trump and/or Trump supporters.
Maret parents are democrat insiders.
Maret conspired with DPC/Evans/Mayor to get field
DPC has no ability to make a decision without mayor's support.
Mayor knew about the contract and conspired to keep it below threshold
Mayor didn't know about the contract.
Council didn't know about the contract.
Evans has no power
Evans has too much power and knew about the contract
Washington Post coverage unfair because Maret has a current parent who was a Obama administration official and a former parent who works at ABC news that influenced the WP beat reporter.
Maret's frog mascot is racist to the oppressed French-American population.
Maret has hired a pr firm
Maret has no pr plan
Maret's pr plan is well organized and orchestrated
Maret's pr plan is worthless and not working
Maret has hired a secret firm to mine data to find out who is posting on DCUM
Maret alums and parents are secretly conspiring against Maret
Maret alums and parents are reading off talking points and supporting Maret without any individual thought
Maret alums will not be hired because of this
Maret applications will plummet because of this
Maret does not accept enough applicants
Maret does not have enough money to purchase their own fields so they secretly conspired on this project
Maret has too much money

This +1,000,000

The Anti Maret people are all like, “this is about the agreement, not Maret.” And then they start slinging handfuls of every mud imaginable to see if it sticks. It’s embarrassing for them, or at least it should be. They should at least sign their names to all their crazy because I’m sure they’d never say any of this out loud in front of others.

I guess you didn’t listen to the public Council hearing?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe Bowser publicly admitted support for a plan that so many voters oppose. It is such a clear example of what can go wrong when goverment leaders don't follow laws or act against the best interest of the people who elected them. She is just as bad as Evans.

Does this mean that parents need to organize a lawsuit or a protest.

[Anonymous]

Don't forget to sign the petition. Maybe if a lot more people sign, Bowswer may change her mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget to sign the petition. Maybe if a lot more people sign, Bowswer may change her mind.

Right. Names on petitions and not dollars for campaigns make the minds of politicians. Right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I admit to not having read all 123 pages of this, but to help sum up the claims on this thread for newcomers. A handful of Hardy Middle School parents have said:

Maret is preventing black/brown kids from using the fields.
Maret is white, rich, elite.
Maret had too many AA parents, students and alums speaking at the hearing.
Maret has no AA kids on the baseball team because AA kids don't play baseball. (There were two who testified plus the coach.)
Maret has AA supporters but they are rich AA people and that's bad.
Maret denies use of the field similar to Iraqi children and the Holocaust.
Maret had an alum testify whose name is too similar to a friend of Kavanaugh from Georgetown Prep.
Maret doesn't have support for their contract.
Maret had too many people supporting them at the hearing.
Maret parents are like Trump and/or Trump supporters.
Maret parents are democrat insiders.
Maret conspired with DPC/Evans/Mayor to get field
DPC has no ability to make a decision without mayor's support.
Mayor knew about the contract and conspired to keep it below threshold
Mayor didn't know about the contract.
Council didn't know about the contract.
Evans has no power
Evans has too much power and knew about the contract
Washington Post coverage unfair because Maret has a current parent who was a Obama administration official and a former parent who works at ABC news that influenced the WP beat reporter.
Maret's frog mascot is racist to the oppressed French-American population.
Maret has hired a pr firm
Maret has no pr plan
Maret's pr plan is well organized and orchestrated
Maret's pr plan is worthless and not working
Maret has hired a secret firm to mine data to find out who is posting on DCUM
Maret alums and parents are secretly conspiring against Maret
Maret alums and parents are reading off talking points and supporting Maret without any individual thought
Maret alums will not be hired because of this
Maret applications will plummet because of this
Maret does not accept enough applicants
Maret does not have enough money to purchase their own fields so they secretly conspired on this project
Maret has too much money

This +1,000,000

The Anti Maret people are all like, “this is about the agreement, not Maret.” And then they start slinging handfuls of every mud imaginable to see if it sticks. It’s embarrassing for them, or at least it should be. They should at least sign their names to all their crazy because I’m sure they’d never say any of this out loud in front of others.

I can’t speak for others (particularly the imaginary people to which imaginary positions above may be attributed), but I’d be very happy to participate in a conversation with the Maret leadership and community about their conduct. Please feel free to organize this. In the meantime, I’d recommend not complaining about people posting anonymously to a forum that exists for that express purpose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe Bowser publicly admitted support for a plan that so many voters oppose. It is such a clear example of what can go wrong when goverment leaders don't follow laws or act against the best interest of the people who elected them. She is just as bad as Evans.

Does this mean that parents need to organize a lawsuit or a protest.

The next move is probably the Council’s. They could presumably request an investigation and probably could even cancel the extension (which doesn’t go into force until next year). Elissa Silverman et al. probably have a plan, but they haven’t divulged it yet. Protests - particularly if they became a regular thing - could only help move things along.

The last resort would be a lawsuit. Councilmember Robert White seems to think that is where this will end up. It’s also feasible that related information could come out through the FBI investigation of Jack Evans. There are media reports that they have been looking at his son’s computer, so it’s not a stretch to suggest that this deal could well be within the scope of the investigation.

[Anonymous]

Bowser, Evans and the developers vs. the city: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-member-jack-evans-increasingly-isolated-as-fbi-probe-advances/2019/07/05/a3a98f50-9e6c-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I admit to not having read all 123 pages of this, but to help sum up the claims on this thread for newcomers. A handful of Hardy Middle School parents have said:

Maret is preventing black/brown kids from using the fields.
Maret is white, rich, elite.
Maret had too many AA parents, students and alums speaking at the hearing.
Maret has no AA kids on the baseball team because AA kids don't play baseball. (There were two who testified plus the coach.)
Maret has AA supporters but they are rich AA people and that's bad.
Maret denies use of the field similar to Iraqi children and the Holocaust.
Maret had an alum testify whose name is too similar to a friend of Kavanaugh from Georgetown Prep.
Maret doesn't have support for their contract.
Maret had too many people supporting them at the hearing.
Maret parents are like Trump and/or Trump supporters.
Maret parents are democrat insiders.
Maret conspired with DPC/Evans/Mayor to get field
DPC has no ability to make a decision without mayor's support.
Mayor knew about the contract and conspired to keep it below threshold
Mayor didn't know about the contract.
Council didn't know about the contract.
Evans has no power
Evans has too much power and knew about the contract
Washington Post coverage unfair because Maret has a current parent who was a Obama administration official and a former parent who works at ABC news that influenced the WP beat reporter.
Maret's frog mascot is racist to the oppressed French-American population.
Maret has hired a pr firm
Maret has no pr plan
Maret's pr plan is well organized and orchestrated
Maret's pr plan is worthless and not working
Maret has hired a secret firm to mine data to find out who is posting on DCUM
Maret alums and parents are secretly conspiring against Maret
Maret alums and parents are reading off talking points and supporting Maret without any individual thought
Maret alums will not be hired because of this
Maret applications will plummet because of this
Maret does not accept enough applicants
Maret does not have enough money to purchase their own fields so they secretly conspired on this project
Maret has too much money

This +1,000,000

The Anti Maret people are all like, “this is about the agreement, not Maret.” And then they start slinging handfuls of every mud imaginable to see if it sticks. It’s embarrassing for them, or at least it should be. They should at least sign their names to all their crazy because I’m sure they’d never say any of this out loud in front of others.

I can’t speak for others (particularly the imaginary people to which imaginary positions above may be attributed), but I’d be very happy to participate in a conversation with the Maret leadership and community about their conduct. Please feel free to organize this. In the meantime, I’d recommend not complaining about people posting anonymously to a forum that exists for that express purpose.

Feel free to post your name and contact information on this page and perhaps they will contact you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I admit to not having read all 123 pages of this, but to help sum up the claims on this thread for newcomers. A handful of Hardy Middle School parents have said:

Maret is preventing black/brown kids from using the fields.
Maret is white, rich, elite.
Maret had too many AA parents, students and alums speaking at the hearing.
Maret has no AA kids on the baseball team because AA kids don't play baseball. (There were two who testified plus the coach.)
Maret has AA supporters but they are rich AA people and that's bad.
Maret denies use of the field similar to Iraqi children and the Holocaust.
Maret had an alum testify whose name is too similar to a friend of Kavanaugh from Georgetown Prep.
Maret doesn't have support for their contract.
Maret had too many people supporting them at the hearing.
Maret parents are like Trump and/or Trump supporters.
Maret parents are democrat insiders.
Maret conspired with DPC/Evans/Mayor to get field
DPC has no ability to make a decision without mayor's support.
Mayor knew about the contract and conspired to keep it below threshold
Mayor didn't know about the contract.
Council didn't know about the contract.
Evans has no power
Evans has too much power and knew about the contract
Washington Post coverage unfair because Maret has a current parent who was a Obama administration official and a former parent who works at ABC news that influenced the WP beat reporter.
Maret's frog mascot is racist to the oppressed French-American population.
Maret has hired a pr firm
Maret has no pr plan
Maret's pr plan is well organized and orchestrated
Maret's pr plan is worthless and not working
Maret has hired a secret firm to mine data to find out who is posting on DCUM
Maret alums and parents are secretly conspiring against Maret
Maret alums and parents are reading off talking points and supporting Maret without any individual thought
Maret alums will not be hired because of this
Maret applications will plummet because of this
Maret does not accept enough applicants
Maret does not have enough money to purchase their own fields so they secretly conspired on this project
Maret has too much money

This +1,000,000

The Anti Maret people are all like, “this is about the agreement, not Maret.” And then they start slinging handfuls of every mud imaginable to see if it sticks. It’s embarrassing for them, or at least it should be. They should at least sign their names to all their crazy because I’m sure they’d never say any of this out loud in front of others.

I can’t speak for others (particularly the imaginary people to which imaginary positions above may be attributed), but I’d be very happy to participate in a conversation with the Maret leadership and community about their conduct. Please feel free to organize this. In the meantime, I’d recommend not complaining about people posting anonymously to a forum that exists for that express purpose.

Feel free to post your name and contact information on this page and perhaps they will contact you?

There is a petition. Our names - all 2,753 of them - are there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I admit to not having read all 123 pages of this, but to help sum up the claims on this thread for newcomers. A handful of Hardy Middle School parents have said:

Maret is preventing black/brown kids from using the fields.
Maret is white, rich, elite.
Maret had too many AA parents, students and alums speaking at the hearing.
Maret has no AA kids on the baseball team because AA kids don't play baseball. (There were two who testified plus the coach.)
Maret has AA supporters but they are rich AA people and that's bad.
Maret denies use of the field similar to Iraqi children and the Holocaust.
Maret had an alum testify whose name is too similar to a friend of Kavanaugh from Georgetown Prep.
Maret doesn't have support for their contract.
Maret had too many people supporting them at the hearing.
Maret parents are like Trump and/or Trump supporters.
Maret parents are democrat insiders.
Maret conspired with DPC/Evans/Mayor to get field
DPC has no ability to make a decision without mayor's support.
Mayor knew about the contract and conspired to keep it below threshold
Mayor didn't know about the contract.
Council didn't know about the contract.
Evans has no power
Evans has too much power and knew about the contract
Washington Post coverage unfair because Maret has a current parent who was a Obama administration official and a former parent who works at ABC news that influenced the WP beat reporter.
Maret's frog mascot is racist to the oppressed French-American population.
Maret has hired a pr firm
Maret has no pr plan
Maret's pr plan is well organized and orchestrated
Maret's pr plan is worthless and not working
Maret has hired a secret firm to mine data to find out who is posting on DCUM
Maret alums and parents are secretly conspiring against Maret
Maret alums and parents are reading off talking points and supporting Maret without any individual thought
Maret alums will not be hired because of this
Maret applications will plummet because of this
Maret does not accept enough applicants
Maret does not have enough money to purchase their own fields so they secretly conspired on this project
Maret has too much money

This +1,000,000

The Anti Maret people are all like, “this is about the agreement, not Maret.” And then they start slinging handfuls of every mud imaginable to see if it sticks. It’s embarrassing for them, or at least it should be. They should at least sign their names to all their crazy because I’m sure they’d never say any of this out loud in front of others.

I can’t speak for others (particularly the imaginary people to which imaginary positions above may be attributed), but I’d be very happy to participate in a conversation with the Maret leadership and community about their conduct. Please feel free to organize this. In the meantime, I’d recommend not complaining about people posting anonymously to a forum that exists for that express purpose.

Feel free to post your name and contact information on this page and perhaps they will contact you?

There is a petition. Our names - all 2,753 of them - are there.

Well, that petition is already based on fake news and biased language so that makes the petition null. Nice try, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, that petition is already based on fake news and biased language so that makes the petition null. Nice try, though.

All the more reason to convene that conversation. In the meantime, help us solve the mystery that is perplexing many of us here by substantiating the claim that the city was obligated to extend the agreement if Maret held up its side of the bargain (because the text of the 2009 agreement says nothing of the sort).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bowser, Evans and the developers vs. the city: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-member-jack-evans-increasingly-isolated-as-fbi-probe-advances/2019/07/05/a3a98f50-9e6c-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html

So sleazy. And now the stink of it is on Maret, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser, Evans and the developers vs. the city: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-member-jack-evans-increasingly-isolated-as-fbi-probe-advances/2019/07/05/a3a98f50-9e6c-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html

So sleazy. And now the stink of it is on Maret, too.

No, you just want it to be so you can continue your slander.