New River Campus?

[Anonymous]

River's already been at two community meetings. I saw video on Facebook somewhere for it. The second time they gave River's HoS a midnight speaking slot, and most people had already left by that point. Now it looks like they're doing an independent town hall rather than waiting on the sufferance of the neighborhood association to give them a chance to present their plan?

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Anonymous wrote:River's already been at two community meetings. I saw video on Facebook somewhere for it. The second time they gave River's HoS a midnight speaking slot, and most people had already left by that point. Now it looks like they're doing an independent town hall rather than waiting on the sufferance of the neighborhood association to give them a chance to present their plan?

Which two meetings are these that you just happened to see on Facebook? The one did they come to at February was ridiculous, for everyone, as you mentioned the late speaking slot. River School also made no announcement to the neighbors that they were "so open to communicating with" and had "multiple meetings with that were very helpful". Complete nonsense. Did you get that via the transcript during the February meeting? No neighbors were on it because no one knew about it! Class act for sure.
If the neighborhood association is so intolerable to their standards they should go try and bombard another neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:DC does not have plenty of housing. There is currently a 20,000 unit shortfall and a need for at least 2,000 units, just in Ward 3.

What does that even mean? Meaningless.

Meaningless says the person living in their multi-thousand almost million dollar home nice and comfy without a worry on where they are going to lay their head tonight. Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:The want to expand the school to 350 kids (expanding to add through sixth grade), day care center and health clinic open to the public. The issue in the neighborhood is not the mission of the school it is that there are already 12+ schools, the department of homeland security and the new buildings at the old Fannie Mae site that are already causing huge amounts of traffic in an area that already has dangerous traffic. They are under contract to purchase TTR old Buchanan estate which is on the corner of Nebraska, 42nd and Van Ness. With 350 kids, 90 faculty, many more staff, patients to the clinic, families of the infants and staff at the health clinic that will add more than 500 cars to the residential part of tenleytown.

Thanks for the NIMBY fear-mongering.

It would be a great addition to the neighborhood, more families would have more walkable and bikable options for their kids.

there are already 13 schools and day care centers in tenleytown . and sidwell is about to expand and is just a few blocks away
aren't there other neighborhoods with no schools that could get this one?

I agree Tentleytown is getting busy, but Mary Cheh and Greater Greater Washington and Muriel Bowser and a few annoying, but very well organized millenials with no understanding of livability want DENSITY. If not this school, what will they rubber stamp in its place? And none of them are interested in historical preservation of old buildings. Why doesn't the neighborhood pool together to buy it and create a comnunity center and park?

Wow. Someone is bitter. Annoying? Millennials? (learn how to spell it, negative one, if you are going to insult someone) News flash - housing is a MAJOR factor in determining a city's livability index. Why don't you go post on another list serv all your assumptions with your rubber stamp.

Well, and honestly... I would think that the millennials would rather have the park!

Did you know there are over 60+ parks in a 5 mile radius from 4220 Nebraska Avenue. Next.

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Anonymous wrote:People opposed to this re-zoning bid by River would do well to get a copy of the city comprehensive development plan (find the link in the story in today’s Post), wave it at the DC Council and the zoning commission and ask why they would approve this request by a private school that serves a small sliver of wealthy DC residents rather than using the parcel for higher density housing including an affordable housing set aside.

I'd go for River School. At least they will presumably maintain some green space. So over the hard on of the density folks for Ward 3.

Errrr, you might be int he wrong chat thread, guy. Keep it clean. But it's okay to get upset when you know you are wrong. My 3yo does it too, but dirty talk isn't involved or is that a new class taught in private schools these days?

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Anonymous wrote:DC does not have plenty of housing. There is currently a 20,000 unit shortfall and a need for at least 2,000 units, just in Ward 3.

What does that even mean? Meaningless.

Meaningless says the person living in their multi-thousand almost million dollar home nice and comfy without a worry on where they are going to lay their head tonight. Gross.

I have also lived in the proverbial English basement in DC with spouse and child. 1 bedroom. There is housing in DC--it's just not socialist/Communist built and distributed blocs (yet).

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Anonymous wrote:DC does not have plenty of housing. There is currently a 20,000 unit shortfall and a need for at least 2,000 units, just in Ward 3.

What does that even mean? Meaningless.

Meaningless says the person living in their multi-thousand almost million dollar home nice and comfy without a worry on where they are going to lay their head tonight. Gross.

I have also lived in the proverbial English basement in DC with spouse and child. 1 bedroom. There is housing in DC--it's just not socialist/Communist built and distributed blocs (yet).

Past tense - lived? Nothing wrong with at all with the scenario you presented. You are right, that is housing. Socialist/Communist society now? What part of DC are you living in because pretty sure that is not one in the same. Are you going to show us a venn diagram now where they intersect? Get out of here with your Daily Affirmations, Stuart Smalley.

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Anonymous wrote:Between GDS and Sidwell expanded campuses, there is more traffic in the area. Are these schools enforcing their commuting agreements? DC can make a boat load by putting police to give out tickets as people cut through the AU Park neighborhood in the mornings - and enforce the no turn onto 42nd!

Pssst...Sidwell hasn't expanded its campus yet and today was the first day even a decent percentage of the new GDS campus has been remotely utilized. IOW, any uptick in traffic you might be seeing has nothing to do with either of those schools.

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, yet. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true. If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school".

Yes, like the way they block both lanes of traffic on 42nd street in front of the school like it’s a private driveway and not a public road.

Which is especially ridiculous since the school petitioned DC to close the road and let them turn it into a private driveway, and the request was rejected.

The takeaway here should be that the DC schools and their parents rarely adhere to the traffic management plans they submit and agree to. And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.

GDS parents are on 42nd St since they are not allowed to use Chesapeake. Remember COVID, friends? Children are not vaccinated. GDS buses are running at less than half capacity, carpools with other families are not an option (no way to distance) and most people are not comfortable with their unvaccinated children taking public transport. So, yes, there are more cars than there would otherwise be since so families must now drive their kids.

42nd St southbound is 2 lanes to allow traffic to flow while cars wait in whatever pick up /car pool line there is. So it’s just entitled families who can’t figure out how to keep their car in one lane that is the problem.

42nd between Van Ness and Chesapeake is NOT two lanes going in each direction. One lane going in each direction with parked cars on either side which makes the road into one and a half lanes. No one is entitled here. We already have 12 schools and day care centers and a lot of people in giant SUVs who zoom around acting entitled when they drive their rich kids into a neighborhood they don't live in and don't care if it is unsafe for our kids but g-dforbid we drive like that in their posh neighborhoods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:River's already been at two community meetings. I saw video on Facebook somewhere for it. The second time they gave River's HoS a midnight speaking slot, and most people had already left by that point. Now it looks like they're doing an independent town hall rather than waiting on the sufferance of the neighborhood association to give them a chance to present their plan?

that is not true.they had one meeting with a small group of peoplewhoown houses near the property and then snuck into an and meeting without it being on the public agenda so no neighbors could go

so you are not correct

there is no neighborhood association. this is not Maryland

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC does not have plenty of housing. There is currently a 20,000 unit shortfall and a need for at least 2,000 units, just in Ward 3.

What does that even mean? Meaningless.

Meaningless says the person living in their multi-thousand almost million dollar home nice and comfy without a worry on where they are going to lay their head tonight. Gross.

I have also lived in the proverbial English basement in DC with spouse and child. 1 bedroom. There is housing in DC--it's just not socialist/Communist built and distributed blocs (yet).

Past tense - lived? Nothing wrong with at all with the scenario you presented. You are right, that is housing. Socialist/Communist society now? What part of DC are you living in because pretty sure that is not one in the same. Are you going to show us a venn diagram now where they intersect? Get out of here with your Daily Affirmations, Stuart Smalley.

I'm pretty sure the smug feel-good socialism that the GGW crowd wraps itself in is about as phony and misguided as most communist "sells".

[Anonymous]

I'm not a resident of the Ward and basically have no knowledge of what the usual process is for communicating with neighborhoods in the area. I can't find the link for the neighborhood meetings, but GDS was also presenting in one of them, so I assume it's pretty normal for the local schools to use that particular association as a forum.

[Anonymous]

Any update on the River School meeting today? I live in the neighborhood but couldn’t make the meeting

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Anonymous wrote:Any update on the River School meeting today? I live in the neighborhood but couldn’t make the meeting

It was pretty useless. Basically, they said that traffic issues will be examined in their transportation study, which will be conducted after construction is complete. Other potential impacts to the neighborhood will “bare out in real time.” Cool, cool.

The session was recorded but when someone asked where they could find it after the fact, the River folks said they’d put it on the “project website” - “when it’s established.” So for specifics, you’ll need to check the nonexistent website at a time that’s yet to be determined or announced.

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Anonymous wrote:Any update on the River School meeting today? I live in the neighborhood but couldn’t make the meeting

It was pretty useless. Basically, they said that traffic issues will be examined in their transportation study, which will be conducted after construction is complete. Other potential impacts to the neighborhood will “bare out in real time.” Cool, cool.

The session was recorded but when someone asked where they could find it after the fact, the River folks said they’d put it on the “project website” - “when it’s established.” So for specifics, you’ll need to check the nonexistent website at a time that’s yet to be determined or announced.

Pretty great to be recorded and not send out the information right away. If you are going to take additional questions by email after the fact you should be able to send the recording by email too. Zoom produces the recording of the meetings from the Zoom cloud in minutes, as most of us know that use this feature. Very slippery and not forthcoming at all.

[Anonymous]

Very unfortunate that River School is playing these games. Looks like they are determined to jam themselves into the neighborhood regardless of any adverse impacts on the community.