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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Maret is trying to get fields in Chevy Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/maret-sports-dc-playing-fields-equity-chevy-chase/2021/11/24/0fabcde6-4bbb-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html

I respect their political acumen. First get the sleazy deal for Jelleff, then renew it before opposition could coalesce enough. However, they obviously realize there's little chance the current ripoff is going to continue past the current 9 year contract. Since the contract was signed in... 2019 or 20, that gives them some time to find new fields, and build their sports palace in Chevy Chase.

It is shrewd, but it also ensures that Maret has turned itself into a four-letter word for a good chunk of NW DC. Parents of Hardy students who were shafted out of playing fields will never forgive them and neither now will residents of Cleveland Park for ruining a nice bit of greenspace. Can't they just suck it up and move to the suburbs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Maret is trying to get fields in Chevy Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/maret-sports-dc-playing-fields-equity-chevy-chase/2021/11/24/0fabcde6-4bbb-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html

I respect their political acumen. First get the sleazy deal for Jelleff, then renew it before opposition could coalesce enough. However, they obviously realize there's little chance the current ripoff is going to continue past the current 9 year contract. Since the contract was signed in... 2019 or 20, that gives them some time to find new fields, and build their sports palace in Chevy Chase.

It is shrewd, but it also ensures that Maret has turned itself into a four-letter word for a good chunk of NW DC. Parents of Hardy students who were shafted out of playing fields will never forgive them and neither now will residents of Cleveland Park for ruining a nice bit of greenspace. Can't they just suck it up and move to the suburbs?

I think you mean Chevy Chase, not Cleveland Park. There are ZERO neighbors impacted as the green space is not usable or accessible to the public currently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, Maret is trying to get fields in Chevy Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/maret-sports-dc-playing-fields-equity-chevy-chase/2021/11/24/0fabcde6-4bbb-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html

I respect their political acumen. First get the sleazy deal for Jelleff, then renew it before opposition could coalesce enough. However, they obviously realize there's little chance the current ripoff is going to continue past the current 9 year contract. Since the contract was signed in... 2019 or 20, that gives them some time to find new fields, and build their sports palace in Chevy Chase.

It is shrewd, but it also ensures that Maret has turned itself into a four-letter word for a good chunk of NW DC. Parents of Hardy students who were shafted out of playing fields will never forgive them and neither now will residents of Cleveland Park for ruining a nice bit of greenspace. Can't they just suck it up and move to the suburbs?

I think you mean Chevy Chase, not Cleveland Park. There are ZERO neighbors impacted as the green space is not usable or accessible to the public currently.

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Per an e-mail from Kishan Putta to the 'hood 'servs, DCPS will allow Hardy (and other DCPS schools) to use the fields at the MacArthur HS campus "for now".

There was word a year or two ago that the Maret administration had finally figured out that stealing a playing field from public school kids wasn't a great look for them and had actually managed to find another (non-public) field to make use of.

Maybe related to this, Kishan also talks of Maret "building a new field" in Chevy Chase. This would seem to imply that Maret vacating Jelleff is at least a few years off. Anyone have more intel?

Its the Episcopal Center in CCDC. Quite the trek from Maret, so surprised the plan was to vacate Jelleff altoghether, but perhaps when you are on a bus already it doesn't matter how far you drive.

According to Google Maps Episcopal Center is 12 minutes from Maret and Jelleff is 8 minutes.

Well, its about twice as far, and that distance will be variable on times of day. I'm not a Maret parent, so I have no idea what's really going on, but If I had to pick up a kid at Maret and then a kid at a sports field, I'd want it to be the one that's closer.

I’m thrilled with the location.

-CCDC Maret parent

I'm excited by the possiblity of good playing fields nearby!
--CCDC DCPS parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Maret is trying to get fields in Chevy Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/maret-sports-dc-playing-fields-equity-chevy-chase/2021/11/24/0fabcde6-4bbb-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html

I respect their political acumen. First get the sleazy deal for Jelleff, then renew it before opposition could coalesce enough. However, they obviously realize there's little chance the current ripoff is going to continue past the current 9 year contract. Since the contract was signed in... 2019 or 20, that gives them some time to find new fields, and build their sports palace in Chevy Chase.

It is shrewd, but it also ensures that Maret has turned itself into a four-letter word for a good chunk of NW DC. Parents of Hardy students who were shafted out of playing fields will never forgive them and neither now will residents of Cleveland Park for ruining a nice bit of greenspace. Can't they just suck it up and move to the suburbs?

I think you mean Chevy Chase, not Cleveland Park. There are ZERO neighbors impacted as the green space is not usable or accessible to the public currently.

I don't think the neighbors have a right to STOP it but saying they are affected is probably off base- I would assume that there will be increased traffic and noise with having several fields nearby. Again, I don't think this is a reason to stop the use of the space by Maret (I think people who buy a house in a city and expect all land uses nearby to remain exactly the same the entire time they own it are extremely offbasa).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Per an e-mail from Kishan Putta to the 'hood 'servs, DCPS will allow Hardy (and other DCPS schools) to use the fields at the MacArthur HS campus "for now".

There was word a year or two ago that the Maret administration had finally figured out that stealing a playing field from public school kids wasn't a great look for them and had actually managed to find another (non-public) field to make use of.

Maybe related to this, Kishan also talks of Maret "building a new field" in Chevy Chase. This would seem to imply that Maret vacating Jelleff is at least a few years off. Anyone have more intel?

Its the Episcopal Center in CCDC. Quite the trek from Maret, so surprised the plan was to vacate Jelleff altoghether, but perhaps when you are on a bus already it doesn't matter how far you drive.

According to Google Maps Episcopal Center is 12 minutes from Maret and Jelleff is 8 minutes.

Well, its about twice as far, and that distance will be variable on times of day. I'm not a Maret parent, so I have no idea what's really going on, but If I had to pick up a kid at Maret and then a kid at a sports field, I'd want it to be the one that's closer.

I’m thrilled with the location.

-CCDC Maret parent

I'm excited by the possiblity of good playing fields nearby!
--CCDC DCPS parent

Not a Maret parent or anything, but from reading the ANC MOU with Maret, the neighborhood is going to benefit from this agreement because the ECC fields will now be open for community and youth-sports use under the new deal. Previously, they were completely closed to the community.

https://anc3g.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BZA-Application-No.-20643-MOU-Applicant-and-ANC-Final_executed_March-15-2022.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Maret is trying to get fields in Chevy Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/maret-sports-dc-playing-fields-equity-chevy-chase/2021/11/24/0fabcde6-4bbb-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html

I respect their political acumen. First get the sleazy deal for Jelleff, then renew it before opposition could coalesce enough. However, they obviously realize there's little chance the current ripoff is going to continue past the current 9 year contract. Since the contract was signed in... 2019 or 20, that gives them some time to find new fields, and build their sports palace in Chevy Chase.

It is shrewd, but it also ensures that Maret has turned itself into a four-letter word for a good chunk of NW DC. Parents of Hardy students who were shafted out of playing fields will never forgive them and neither now will residents of Cleveland Park for ruining a nice bit of greenspace. Can't they just suck it up and move to the suburbs?

I think you mean Chevy Chase, not Cleveland Park. There are ZERO neighbors impacted as the green space is not usable or accessible to the public currently.

I don't think the neighbors have a right to STOP it but saying they are affected is probably off base- I would assume that there will be increased traffic and noise with having several fields nearby. Again, I don't think this is a reason to stop the use of the space by Maret (I think people who buy a house in a city and expect all land uses nearby to remain exactly the same the entire time they own it are extremely offbasa).

There is not much traffic in that part of the neighborhood and a ton of parking. It will be a non event, really.