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

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t Maret put a practice field on the front lawn of Maret’s big white plantation house? There seems to be lots of space.

That would ruin the landscaping (and cost more money)!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t Maret put a practice field on the front lawn of Maret’s big white plantation house? There seems to be lots of space.

That would ruin the landscaping (and cost more money)!

It’s a historic property. The front lawn/view of the historic property is protected by, well, historic protections.

[Anonymous]

I’d love it if DC took possession through eminent domain of Maret’s large front lawn and built affordable housing apartments. That would advance social justice and be a nice finale on Maret’s private use of Jelleff. And the DC government isn’t constrained by historic provisions where other public goals would be served.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that designation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that designation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Maret didn’t seek that out. The house is Woodley House. It’s the reason Woodley Park is named Woodley Park. It’s literally historic. Not everything is a conspiracy, Karen.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that designation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Maret didn’t seek that out. The house is Woodley House. It’s the reason Woodley Park is named Woodley Park. It’s literally historic. Not everything is a conspiracy, Karen.

Building a field wouldn’t necessarily run afoul of historical property designation.

But Maret would rather use their political clout to usurp field space from unconnected middle- and low-income families than to deal with their elite neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that designation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Maret didn’t seek that out. The house is Woodley House. It’s the reason Woodley Park is named Woodley Park. It’s literally historic. Not everything is a conspiracy, Karen.

Building a field wouldn’t necessarily run afoul of historical property designation.

But Maret would rather use their political clout to usurp field space from unconnected middle- and low-income families than to deal with their elite neighbors.

You mean unconnected middle and low income families from Georgetown and Palisades? LOL

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that designation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Keep in mind that Maret used to have a baseball field. They made the choice to build a building there.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that des ignation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Keep in mind that Maret used to have a baseball field. They made the choice to build a building there.

+1. Maret has champagne tastes with a beer budget. They don’t seem to be able to put up the money for a field like every other private in this area does. DC doesn’t need to provide welfare to a private school, even if Jack Evans kid did go there.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that des ignation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Keep in mind that Maret used to have a baseball field. They made the choice to build a building there.

+1. Maret has champagne tastes with a beer budget. They don’t seem to be able to put up the money for a field like every other private in this area does. DC doesn’t need to provide welfare to a private school, even if Jack Evans kid did go there.

Yes paying for a fields development and upkeep is welfare.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that des ignation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Keep in mind that Maret used to have a baseball field. They made the choice to build a building there.

+1. Maret has champagne tastes with a beer budget. They don’t seem to be able to put up the money for a field like every other private in this area does. DC doesn’t need to provide welfare to a private school, even if Jack Evans kid did go there.

Yes paying for a fields development and upkeep is welfare.

Maret will be paying less than 100k/year to use a piece of land that DC paid 15 million dollars a year to buy. If Maret is so sure it’s paying a fair market rate for the field, why did it push to get a no-bid contract for the field?

[Anonymous]

It's really a shame that Maret is having such substantial financial problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DCPS students “shafted” again? It’s basically the fault of lazy, incompetent school system administrators who are more interested in scoring more “free stuff” and perks, rather than focusing on building one of the best public school systems.

Huh? Are you a bot? The only one scoring free stuff is Maret who has a sweetheart deal paying less than 100k/year for exclusive access to one of DC’s few public playing fields in that area while poor DC resident kids get stuck using a basement to spend their afterschool hours.

Ha! Half of the “poor DC resident kids” are probably PG residents whose parents sneak them into DCPS and aftercare programs for their convenience. In many cases the cheating parents even “work” for the DC government. Talk about “free stuff” - except, of course, to the DC taxpayers who foot the bill for such fraud.

Any evidence that the kids at the Boys and Girls club at Jelleff are non-residents? Or are you just a Maret parent spewing lies because you can’t defend your own behavior.

Do public funded or subsidized rec programs check residency? I doubt it. The public schools do a pretty poor job of it.

You are doing a poor job of defending poor behavior by Maret where a significant number of students are known to be non-residents. While the historic designation limits building on the Maret campus (gosh, I wonder why Maret sought out that designation, hm?$), there is nothing stopping Maret from finding and buying a parcel and building their own field.

Maret didn’t seek that out. The house is Woodley House. It’s the reason Woodley Park is named Woodley Park. It’s literally historic. Not everything is a conspiracy, Karen.

Building a field wouldn’t necessarily run afoul of historical property designation.

But Maret would rather use their political clout to usurp field space from unconnected middle- and low-income families than to deal with their elite neighbors.

You mean unconnected middle and low income families from Georgetown and Palisades? LOL

You really don’t know what you’re talking about, do you? I figure most people supporting this deal understand the effect monopolizing this space has on kids. But you actually don’t have a clue, do you? You have no context. You really should get out into the community more. Like the Maret marketing video says they do. Not that they actually do, of course. In any case, you need to get out more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t Maret put a practice field on the front lawn of Maret’s big white plantation house? There seems to be lots of space.

That would ruin the landscaping (and cost more money)!

It’s a historic property. The front lawn/view of the historic property is protected by, well, historic protections.

Is the parking lot historic? Dig it up, put in underground parking and put a field over it. That wouldn’t be enough space for a full field? You mean like the space at Hardy people keep going on about?