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

[Anonymous]

Sorry to ask this -- but can some one tell us the state of play with the mayor and council taking action to correct the problem? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to ask this -- but can some one tell us the state of play with the mayor and council taking action to correct the problem? Thanks!

Nothing is happening. But Jack Evans was one of the few people on the record as supporting this deal, and he was just forced to resign due to his corruption, so maybe with him gone, better policymaking can prevail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

DC doesn’t necessarily need more tax revenue. It need to spend money more wisely. Too much is wasted on DCPS fluff like “esteem specialists” and “diversity advocates” and sole-source consulting agreements with mayoral cronies.

Do you mean sole source contracts like the one Dc has with Maret and mayoral crony Jack Evans? Yes fully agreed that the contract was improperly done and should be reversed. Can you tell marge Talbott and Ian Cameron?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to ask this -- but can some one tell us the state of play with the mayor and council taking action to correct the problem? Thanks!

Nothing is happening. But Jack Evans was one of the few people on the record as supporting this deal, and he was just forced to resign due to his corruption, so maybe with him gone, better policymaking can prevail.

Hopefully the Maret deal will be reconsidered with Evans out. I would think that if you only can push a deal through by dealing with a corrupt politician and giving admission for his kids then your contract should be examined and thrown out if found illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Evan's has resigned.

Will the Maret head of school be next to walk the plank?

The Washington Post has a huge list of Jack Evans corrupt actions. In the same year he did the Jelleff deal, he was criticized for using 115,000$ in funds to help needy constituents with things like paying their electricity bill to buy sports tickets. #Maretvalues

These have nothing to do with Maret. It's just a couple of Hardy activists venting. #Hardyfailingurbanschool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to ask this -- but can some one tell us the state of play with the mayor and council taking action to correct the problem? Thanks!

Nothing is happening. But Jack Evans was one of the few people on the record as supporting this deal, and he was just forced to resign due to his corruption, so maybe with him gone, better policymaking can prevail.

Hopefully the Maret deal will be reconsidered with Evans out. I would think that if you only can push a deal through by dealing with a corrupt politician and giving admission for his kids then your contract should be examined and thrown out if found illegal.

Yup this. This is the type of deal that makes dC look like it isn’t capable of governing in a competent way. Maret is being penny wise and pound foolish because it’s losing its reputation even if it’s getting a deal by paying only $95,000/year for a DC park when other Dc privates are spending millions to enhance their infrastructure.

[Anonymous]

Bowser is ready to “turn the page” on Jack Evans. Now that he’s gone, I bet she doesn’t fight tooth and nail to save Jelleff for Maret anymore.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wtop.com/dc/2020/01/dc-mayor-bowser-ready-to-turn-the-page-after-jack-evans-announces-resignation/amp/
As the federal investigation into D.C. Council member Jack Evans continues, Mayor Muriel Bowser made it clear Wednesday that she does not want it to serve as a distraction from the work ahead in the District.

“I’m obviously very sad that a public servant who had dedicated his career to improving the District made some very significant mistakes and he’s reaping the consequences now, but I think like most people, I’m ready to turn the page and focus on the business of the District of Columbia,” she said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Evan's has resigned.

Will the Maret head of school be next to walk the plank?

The Washington Post has a huge list of Jack Evans corrupt actions. In the same year he did the Jelleff deal, he was criticized for using 115,000$ in funds to help needy constituents with things like paying their electricity bill to buy sports tickets. #Maretvalues

These have nothing to do with Maret. It's just a couple of Hardy activists venting. #Hardyfailingurbanschool

#LaunchPersonalAttacksWhenNoFactsSupportYourPosition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Evan's has resigned.

Will the Maret head of school be next to walk the plank?

The Washington Post has a huge list of Jack Evans corrupt actions. In the same year he did the Jelleff deal, he was criticized for using 115,000$ in funds to help needy constituents with things like paying their electricity bill to buy sports tickets. #Maretvalues

These have nothing to do with Maret. It's just a couple of Hardy activists venting. #Hardyfailingurbanschool

#LaunchPersonalAttacksWhenNoFactsSupportYourPosition

+1. It’s easier for Maret to pretend that only 1 person cares that they are monopolizing a public asset at a below market rate then to admit that thousands of DC residents think what they are doing is wrong.

[Anonymous]

More Maret Jelleff in the news with respect to the school having tainted the debate around Ellington. I wonder how Maret feels being a case study in mismanagement of public land.

www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/dc/nw-dc-residents-voice-concerns-over-future-of-recreational-field/65-0b73471d-bb32-42c7-80cd-0733a2c8e531

[Anonymous]

Walked by Jelleff this afternoon and saw the field is being torn up and hauled away with a sign saying it’s closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More Maret Jelleff in the news with respect to the school having tainted the debate around Ellington. I wonder how Maret feels being a case study in mismanagement of public land.

www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/dc/nw-dc-residents-voice-concerns-over-future-of-recreational-field/65-0b73471d-bb32-42c7-80cd-0733a2c8e531

Tommie Jones, DPR's Chief of External Affairs, said the agency would put language into its transfer agreement with DCPS that would ensure Duke Ellington School for the Arts, Hardy Middle School and the School Without Walls would have "first priority access for school-related events" at the field.

How would the schools use the field in ways that weren't "school-related"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Walked by Jelleff this afternoon and saw the field is being torn up and hauled away with a sign saying it’s closed.

The sign should say "Maret dollars at work."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More Maret Jelleff in the news with respect to the school having tainted the debate around Ellington. I wonder how Maret feels being a case study in mismanagement of public land.

www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/dc/nw-dc-residents-voice-concerns-over-future-of-recreational-field/65-0b73471d-bb32-42c7-80cd-0733a2c8e531

Ellington -- with its reputation for humungous cost overruns, funds "shrinkage", residency fraud, mismanagement and lack of accountability -- leaves behind a rather strong taint of its own.

[Anonymous]

Maret parents spending all that money for a third-tier private school not even close to the level of others in its backyard. Sad.