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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don’t be so obtuse. The B&G club is one of the only halfway affordable after school options in the vicinity of Glover Park, Hardy, Stoddert, Hyde, and for some students from Key. There are not many options in the price range. It is half the price of the after care option at out Hardy feeder. Go check it out sometime. The kids seriously - no exaggeration- often are hanging out in the basement and they are not allowed to go use the field at the facility while Maret and others have it. It’s for real. The parents sending their kids to Hardy have the option of trying to find another house and moving to go to Deal if they want to go Deal. There is no application or lottery. It’s not a choice issue. No parent is sitting around deciding between Hardy or Deal or feeling them pitted off against each other. Public school pathways and financial realities for so much of the city seem beyond comprehension?

So maybe Jelleff is half the price because the outdoor field time is limited. Parents get a special deal as a result. What you’re saying is that Jelleff B&C should both be half the price of any other offering and have field time (when Hardy isn’t using it, I assume). You’re living in a Bernie time warp.

Yes! You finally (finally!) got it right! And here I thought you just weren’t capable of basic comprehension much less any empathy. Yes, the B&GCGW (what is B&C?) should get as much field time as any of the other interested stakeholders, all of whom - oops! All but Maret, I mean - want to share the space and they should pay a lower price. Certainly they have a greater moral claim than the affluent families of Maret who pay over $40k per year for up to 13 years for schooling. They can afford to find their own parcel, pay for it and build whatever they want.

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Let’s not forget that we the dc taxpayers paid $15 million for Jelleff field and will soon spend $15 million to renovate the Jelleff rec center just so Maret can use it during all the popular weekday hours for the bargain price of 95k/year.

[Anonymous]

Without a field on site Hardy is basically just another DC community center, with a free parking lot. No one would ever confuse it with a top tier middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don’t be so obtuse. The B&G club is one of the only halfway affordable after school options in the vicinity of Glover Park, Hardy, Stoddert, Hyde, and for some students from Key. There are not many options in the price range. It is half the price of the after care option at out Hardy feeder. Go check it out sometime. The kids seriously - no exaggeration- often are hanging out in the basement and they are not allowed to go use the field at the facility while Maret and others have it. It’s for real. The parents sending their kids to Hardy have the option of trying to find another house and moving to go to Deal if they want to go Deal. There is no application or lottery. It’s not a choice issue. No parent is sitting around deciding between Hardy or Deal or feeling them pitted off against each other. Public school pathways and financial realities for so much of the city seem beyond comprehension?

So maybe Jelleff is half the price because the outdoor field time is limited. Parents get a special deal as a result. What you’re saying is that Jelleff B&C should both be half the price of any other offering and have field time (when Hardy isn’t using it, I assume). You’re living in a Bernie time warp.

It's half the price because it is the only option for children whose qualify for free and reduced lunch. Their families are low-income or in poverty. Get a clue. There are significant numbers of children at Hardy and Deal who are from low-income families. Significant numbers of the families are middle income. It is a public school. The point here is the influential and rich parents at Maret used their influence and money to take the limited options away from anyone else.

Jelleff is a PUBLIC resource, and PUBLIC field. these are public schools. They are not privileged enclaves like Maret.

Take away Maret's teacher's parking and make their parking lot a playing field if you want a private option.

[Anonymous]

is there an update on this? is there any real chance that the decision could be changed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without a field on site Hardy is basically just another DC community center, with a free parking lot. No one would ever confuse it with a top tier middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don’t be so obtuse. The B&G club is one of the only halfway affordable after school options in the vicinity of Glover Park, Hardy, Stoddert, Hyde, and for some students from Key. There are not many options in the price range. It is half the price of the after care option at out Hardy feeder. Go check it out sometime. The kids seriously - no exaggeration- often are hanging out in the basement and they are not allowed to go use the field at the facility while Maret and others have it. It’s for real. The parents sending their kids to Hardy have the option of trying to find another house and moving to go to Deal if they want to go Deal. There is no application or lottery. It’s not a choice issue. No parent is sitting around deciding between Hardy or Deal or feeling them pitted off against each other. Public school pathways and financial realities for so much of the city seem beyond comprehension?

So maybe Jelleff is half the price because the outdoor field time is limited. Parents get a special deal as a result. What you’re saying is that Jelleff B&C should both be half the price of any other offering and have field time (when Hardy isn’t using it, I assume). You’re living in a Bernie time warp.

It's half the price because it is the only option for children whose qualify for free and reduced lunch. Their families are low-income or in poverty. Get a clue. There are significant numbers of children at Hardy and Deal who are from low-income families. Significant numbers of the families are middle income. It is a public school. The point here is the influential and rich parents at Maret used their influence and money to take the limited options away from anyone else.

Jelleff is a PUBLIC resource, and PUBLIC field. these are public schools. They are not privileged enclaves like Maret.

Take away Maret's teacher's parking and make their parking lot a playing field if you want a private option.

Militant WTU (WTF) staff don’t want to share any of their free stuff. Protecting their free parking comes before student needs.

[Anonymous]

Who are you “militant WTU” poster and why do keep posting the same irrelevant, inaccurate quote over and over?

What exactly is your beef and what in the world does if have to do with Maret, Jelleff, Evans, and the corrupt deal?!

[Anonymous]

Why can’t Hardy step up to the plate and reconfigure the school property to provide for a playing field on site?! They may not have if by September, but if they start working it (including downtown) then they could have a nice field by 2021-22.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are you “militant WTU” poster and why do keep posting the same irrelevant, inaccurate quote over and over?

What exactly is your beef and what in the world does if have to do with Maret, Jelleff, Evans, and the corrupt deal?!

Ok. Does “selfish, incompetent WTU” work for you? (Figuratively speaking of course, as many WTU members don’t actually “work” very hard.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t Hardy step up to the plate and reconfigure the school property to provide for a playing field on site?! They may not have if by September, but if they start working it (including downtown) then they could have a nice field by 2021-22.

Because there is not enough space on the site for a regulation field. Go look at it.

Meanwhile, that has nothing to do with Maret’s backroom deal.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t the whole premise of this thread wrong? It says “sign petition to KEEP Jelleff field public.” But the extension with Maret effectively keeps the status quo arrangement, public with some reserved private use hours.

[Anonymous]

The OP must have learned to write English at Hardy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t Hardy step up to the plate and reconfigure the school property to provide for a playing field on site?! They may not have if by September, but if they start working it (including downtown) then they could have a nice field by 2021-22.

This has been discussed many times in the thread. The Hardy site isn't big enough. Even if it were big enough, there are significant grade differences, literally thousands of tons of earth would have to be moved to make it flat enough for a field. This would not be a minor project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t Hardy step up to the plate and reconfigure the school property to provide for a playing field on site?! They may not have if by September, but if they start working it (including downtown) then they could have a nice field by 2021-22.

Once again, public schools aren't independent entities like private schools. "Hardy" can't step up and do anything, they are reliant on DCPS and the entire DC government. The same DC government that just decided it would rather give away a $20 million+ public asset than let Hardy use it.

[Anonymous]

Militant Maret parent who is getting some sort of enjoyment trying to bait parents with some fantasy land game of completely unfathomable proposals and attacking Hardy (which was renovated not long ago and has no ability to propose random 'renovations' and the poster clearly enjoys picking on families whose household income is less than what they pay for one year of their child's tuition), which isn't even the point here... clearly the only thing to do here is for Maret parents with all their money and influence to go buy something else.