Whittle School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always wondered why there were no neighborhood meetings abiut how the school intends to do drop-off and pick up of kids in a K-12 school with no dedicated school lane. It’s not like people can drop on Connecticut Avenue and I can’t imagine Secret Service is going to be pleased if Van Ness is backed up in front of the embassies. It’s well known that these negotiations take a long time to work out— look at GDS, Lowell and Cathedral Schools, where there are have been countless parent committees and meetings dedicated to addressing this.

Any car pool drop off would likely be off of Tilden, not Van Ness.

That said, I feel bad for the teachers who have said they were leaving for this school. It likely won't be open at this site by the fall. If DCRA past performance is any indication, it will take at least 4-5 months to get through permits.

It doesn't matter what street it would be on. No existing school makes changes without tons of neighborhood meetings and red tape and traffic studies and hearings, etc., let alone a gigantic brand new school in a busy area with embassies and several other schools. It was fishy from the start.

Yes to this x1000.

I did go to one early on neighborhood meeting that was held at UDC and they did say there was underground parking and that was were drop off would be. I've not heard this repeated though so can't claim it's still the plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always wondered why there were no neighborhood meetings abiut how the school intends to do drop-off and pick up of kids in a K-12 school with no dedicated school lane. It’s not like people can drop on Connecticut Avenue and I can’t imagine Secret Service is going to be pleased if Van Ness is backed up in front of the embassies. It’s well known that these negotiations take a long time to work out— look at GDS, Lowell and Cathedral Schools, where there are have been countless parent committees and meetings dedicated to addressing this. [/quote

It is so weird. Burke had to make all kinds of (understandable) concessions to the neighborhood when they did construction. How did this place not have to? Is it because it’s on the other side of Connecticut ave where there aren’t many single family homes?

[Anonymous]

They have been evasive in efforts to meet with the community.

This stop-work gives a needed pause as they have not been abiding by the rules for construction noise past 7pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always wondered why there were no neighborhood meetings abiut how the school intends to do drop-off and pick up of kids in a K-12 school with no dedicated school lane. It’s not like people can drop on Connecticut Avenue and I can’t imagine Secret Service is going to be pleased if Van Ness is backed up in front of the embassies. It’s well known that these negotiations take a long time to work out— look at GDS, Lowell and Cathedral Schools, where there are have been countless parent committees and meetings dedicated to addressing this.

Any car pool drop off would likely be off of Tilden, not Van Ness.

That said, I feel bad for the teachers who have said they were leaving for this school. It likely won't be open at this site by the fall. If DCRA past performance is any indication, it will take at least 4-5 months to get through permits.

I'm assuming they will be paid no matter what, so it's an unexpected paid sabbatical.

Tilden is a residential street, why would the assumption be that drop-off traffic is funneled there?

Because that is where the main access point for the circle by the daycare and the main garage are located. Tilden at that point has a median, it isn't some quiet residential street, by any measure.

[Anonymous]

A pause in construction? What does this mean?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/construction-of-high-end-private-school-in-dc-halts-as-city-demands-a-permit/2019/02/28/ab412eb8-3b83-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.ee39149996d8

[Anonymous]

Why is there an 18 page thread about a school no one cares about?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is there an 18 page thread about a school no one cares about?!

Um, because people care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A pause in construction? What does this mean?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/construction-of-high-end-private-school-in-dc-halts-as-city-demands-a-permit/2019/02/28/ab412eb8-3b83-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.ee39149996d8

It means they need to get a not particularly hard to get demolition permit and keep the teachers union off their back.

[Anonymous]

Bump...as offers have been made

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A pause in construction? What does this mean?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/construction-of-high-end-private-school-in-dc-halts-as-city-demands-a-permit/2019/02/28/ab412eb8-3b83-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.ee39149996d8

Embarrassing for them, for a school that promotes it self on being super smart, they cannot even work out they need a building permit. Dumb. I wonder what the PR machine is sending out to parents right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just learned the school is incorporated in the Cayman Islands! It's like an Enron school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always wondered why there were no neighborhood meetings abiut how the school intends to do drop-off and pick up of kids in a K-12 school with no dedicated school lane. It’s not like people can drop on Connecticut Avenue and I can’t imagine Secret Service is going to be pleased if Van Ness is backed up in front of the embassies. It’s well known that these negotiations take a long time to work out— look at GDS, Lowell and Cathedral Schools, where there are have been countless parent committees and meetings dedicated to addressing this.

Any car pool drop off would likely be off of Tilden, not Van Ness.

That said, I feel bad for the teachers who have said they were leaving for this school. It likely won't be open at this site by the fall. If DCRA past performance is any indication, it will take at least 4-5 months to get through permits.

It doesn't matter what street it would be on. No existing school makes changes without tons of neighborhood meetings and red tape and traffic studies and hearings, etc., let alone a gigantic brand new school in a busy area with embassies and several other schools. It was fishy from the start.

Yes to this x1000.

Did they ever present at and ANC meeting?

I did go to one early on neighborhood meeting that was held at UDC and they did say there was underground parking and that was were drop off would be. I've not heard this repeated though so can't claim it's still the plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A pause in construction? What does this mean?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/construction-of-high-end-private-school-in-dc-halts-as-city-demands-a-permit/2019/02/28/ab412eb8-3b83-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.ee39149996d8

Embarrassing for them, for a school that promotes it self on being super smart, they cannot even work out they need a building permit. Dumb. I wonder what the PR machine is sending out to parents right now.

Pretty comical at this point!

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine why anyone would pay 50k knowing they skimped on getting even just demolition/ building permits. They clearly should have just gotten documentation stating whether or not DC permits were needed. Instead they chose not to and the ramifications are an article in the Washington Post putting the head of the school on the defensive for bypassing safety for the community and the students.

What else is this for-profit enterprise skimping on in the rush to open?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A pause in construction? What does this mean?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/construction-of-high-end-private-school-in-dc-halts-as-city-demands-a-permit/2019/02/28/ab412eb8-3b83-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.ee39149996d8

Embarrassing for them, for a school that promotes it self on being super smart, they cannot even work out they need a building permit. Dumb. I wonder what the PR machine is sending out to parents right now.

Pretty comical at this point!

It's quite comical that this thread keeps coming to the first page!