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

[Anonymous]

Maret defenders continue to be vile.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

Don't blame Maret. Blame your elected officials for putting Maret's interest ahead of the city's kids. Then blame Maret for pressuring the elected officials.

[Anonymous]

The Maret parents are mostly mad because their kids couldn’t get into Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

This.

Oh my. Such condescension. You do realize that private school is not an option for everyone? Or do you consider you good fortune solely the result of your “optimal choices” and not due in substantial part to luck and other factors beyond your control? (Research does show that the fortunate tend to misattribute their lot to their own specialness....)

Do you consider Hardy parents — and other community members — speaking up about the corrupt background of the playing field situation another “suboptimal choice”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

This.

Oh my. Such condescension. You do realize that private school is not an option for everyone? Or do you consider you good fortune solely the result of your “optimal choices” and not due in substantial part to luck and other factors beyond your control? (Research does show that the fortunate tend to misattribute their lot to their own specialness....)

Do you consider Hardy parents — and other community members — speaking up about the corrupt background of the playing field situation another “suboptimal choice”?

+1. One could more easily argue that Maret parents, spending 50k/year on their kids’ education should be doing their due dilligence to understand why such a wealthy school can’t afford a field of its own. Too much $ spent on crisis PR reps to spin the Jelleff scandal and the sex abuse scandals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

This.

Oh my. Such condescension. You do realize that private school is not an option for everyone? Or do you consider you good fortune solely the result of your “optimal choices” and not due in substantial part to luck and other factors beyond your control? (Research does show that the fortunate tend to misattribute their lot to their own specialness....)

Do you consider Hardy parents — and other community members — speaking up about the corrupt background of the playing field situation another “suboptimal choice”?

You do realize, don’t you, that big thanks to Maret and other private school parents that there are still lottery spots into Upper Northwest public schools that feed to Hardy or OOB slots are Hardy itself? If it weren’t for the, yes, luck and choices of those other parents who are paying private tuition (and DC taxes to fund the public schools also), there would likely be no places for your kids in crowded WOTP schools and your kid’s choices would be a lot more suboptimal than Hardy and Wilson. So my advice is to get off your limping moral high horse and stop whining.

[Anonymous]

If Hardy eliminated the staff parking lot and moved the court to the SE corner of the school yard, Hardy could install a playing field that is basically the size of Jelleff’s. All it would take is either to persuade the greedy WTU members to give relinquish their free on-site parking or get Bowser to build some parking under the field, as DC did for Duke Ellington, Janney, Murch to name a few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Hardy eliminated the staff parking lot and moved the court to the SE corner of the school yard, Hardy could install a playing field that is basically the size of Jelleff’s. All it would take is either to persuade the greedy WTU members to give relinquish their free on-site parking or get Bowser to build some parking under the field, as DC did for Duke Ellington, Janney, Murch to name a few.

This is BS. It has been explained in this thread again and again.

Now if Maret eliminated staff parking, they could build a new stadium for the Redskins...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

This.

Oh my. Such condescension. You do realize that private school is not an option for everyone? Or do you consider you good fortune solely the result of your “optimal choices” and not due in substantial part to luck and other factors beyond your control? (Research does show that the fortunate tend to misattribute their lot to their own specialness....)

Do you consider Hardy parents — and other community members — speaking up about the corrupt background of the playing field situation another “suboptimal choice”?

You do realize, don’t you, that big thanks to Maret and other private school parents that there are still lottery spots into Upper Northwest public schools that feed to Hardy or OOB slots are Hardy itself? If it weren’t for the, yes, luck and choices of those other parents who are paying private tuition (and DC taxes to fund the public schools also), there would likely be no places for your kids in crowded WOTP schools and your kid’s choices would be a lot more suboptimal than Hardy and Wilson. So my advice is to get off your limping moral high horse and stop whining.

I and my family live in-bounds for NW schools, so that’s a non-issue for me. But, it’s absurd that you congratulate yourself for your “charity” in not attending DCPS.

And, no, I don’t feel like I need advice on morality from you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots. But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement. My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff. I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week. Yawn.

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too. That they wre signing up for an urban school. No playing fields. School uniforms. Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections. School grounds with way more hardscale than grass. Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal choices on Maret kids. Sheesh.

This.

Oh my. Such condescension. You do realize that private school is not an option for everyone? Or do you consider you good fortune solely the result of your “optimal choices” and not due in substantial part to luck and other factors beyond your control? (Research does show that the fortunate tend to misattribute their lot to their own specialness....)

Do you consider Hardy parents — and other community members — speaking up about the corrupt background of the playing field situation another “suboptimal choice”?

You do realize, don’t you, that big thanks to Maret and other private school parents that there are still lottery spots into Upper Northwest public schools that feed to Hardy or OOB slots are Hardy itself? If it weren’t for the, yes, luck and choices of those other parents who are paying private tuition (and DC taxes to fund the public schools also), there would likely be no places for your kids in crowded WOTP schools and your kid’s choices would be a lot more suboptimal than Hardy and Wilson. So my advice is to get off your limping moral high horse and stop whining.

I and my family live in-bounds for NW schools, so that’s a non-issue for me. But, it’s absurd that you congratulate yourself for your “charity” in not attending DCPS.

And, no, I don’t feel like I need advice on morality from you.

+1. It’s Maret parent la la land. They somehow feel justified to grift of taxpayer funded resources even though half of their students aren’t even from DC.

[Anonymous]

Any updates on what is going to happen? I know Bowser supports this deal but with Evans on the way out, is there a change this plan could be changed

[Anonymous]

Maret is a low level private school grifting on racist parents too scared to send their kids to a real school.

Their college acceptance rates are abysmal. Just a shitty school all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any updates on what is going to happen? I know Bowser supports this deal but with Evans on the way out, is there a change this plan could be changed

No. I’m sorry. I work for the DC government and this is a very low priority issue. I think it’s a done deal and viewed by Bowser as a good deal. I do feel bad for the Hardy kids but PE is near the bottom of DCPS concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maret is a low level private school grifting on racist parents too scared to send their kids to a real school.

Their college acceptance rates are abysmal. Just a shitty school all around.

The DC racists are those who put up a statue of that notorious racist Marion Barry. What he used to say about Asians and others would make any normal person wretch.