CCDC Redevelopment Plans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The biggest irony of all is that progressive voices are pushing the "hey its affordable housing" narrative up and down the street even recruiting uninformed clergy into a process that they naively think will result in some kind of fantasized low income haven for the needy when in fact its first and foremost a giveaway of public resources to private interests.

Substance: The proposed buildings are gigantic, 80 feet tall and ugly--and there is no community infrastructure to support or absorb so many people. No planning around congestion, emergency services, utilities, sewage, parking, ( of which there's  practically none proposed) and most importantly schools already are at capacity. 

Process: No one has held the developers to the actual law which designates lower density than proposed, the ANC is without leadership ( the head of the ANC Lisa Gore recently called one of her ANC colleagues "disgusting" in a public forum) and the community feels completely shut out of the process after the majority polled don't want any of it.

The worst was a recent planning meeting for this where one ANC member told two others they couldn't come to the planning meeting unless they were silent and didn't speak -no joke.

Welcome to Chevy Chase where they will win battles and lose wars if they don't get it together fast.

Same ol NIMBY tripe.

the buildings will not increase "congestion" nor will they be a burden on emergency services, utilities, sewage or parking. And the ANC Commissioner confirmed there is plenty of room at Lafayette if schools space is needed. Face it, the PP and people like them simply don't want change, don't want "those people" in their neighborhood and cannot fathom that this is among the best and most efficient use of public space and public dollars.

An example of what PP is talking about.


This is such stunningly brazen mendacity.

[Anonymous]

Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, it's a day that ends in "y" and the NIMBYs are angry about something.

You love to see it.

Unlike the nonstop sniveling and whining from the YImBYs, lmao. Did you get a partial win here, little buddy?

How’s that missing middle housing going for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

Building capacity from 10 years ago vs student population now? What's your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

Building capacity from 10 years ago vs student population now? What's your point?

Do you have kids at Lafayette? We do and it is overcapacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

Building capacity from 10 years ago vs student population now? What's your point?

Building capacity doesn't change without new construction. There hasn't been new construction since that modernization project was completed.

The simple incontravertible fact is that the school building itself is currently well over capacity. Almost 20% above capacity to be specific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The biggest irony of all is that progressive voices are pushing the "hey its affordable housing" narrative up and down the street even recruiting uninformed clergy into a process that they naively think will result in some kind of fantasized low income haven for the needy when in fact its first and foremost a giveaway of public resources to private interests.

Substance: The proposed buildings are gigantic, 80 feet tall and ugly--and there is no community infrastructure to support or absorb so many people. No planning around congestion, emergency services, utilities, sewage, parking, ( of which there's  practically none proposed) and most importantly schools already are at capacity. 

Process: No one has held the developers to the actual law which designates lower density than proposed, the ANC is without leadership ( the head of the ANC Lisa Gore recently called one of her ANC colleagues "disgusting" in a public forum) and the community feels completely shut out of the process after the majority polled don't want any of it.

The worst was a recent planning meeting for this where one ANC member told two others they couldn't come to the planning meeting unless they were silent and didn't speak -no joke.

Welcome to Chevy Chase where they will win battles and lose wars if they don't get it together fast.

Same ol NIMBY tripe.

the buildings will not increase "congestion" nor will they be a burden on emergency services, utilities, sewage or parking. And the ANC Commissioner confirmed there is plenty of room at Lafayette if schools space is needed. Face it, the PP and people like them simply don't want change, don't want "those people" in their neighborhood and cannot fathom that this is among the best and most efficient use of public space and public dollars.

An example of what PP is talking about.


This is such stunningly brazen mendacity.

Facts, in fact, matter. There is zero evidence of claims around overcrowding, overtaxing of infrastructure or car congestion. None. That is standard NIMBY playbook that has been used in countless cases in DC and thousands across the country where the fearmongering issues simply never materialized. Is parking harder in Tenleytown because there is one building that doesn't have underground parking? Is Cleveland Park doomed because of Cathedral Commons? Is Idaho Avenue wrought because of the shelter next to the police station? Case after case where Ward 3 NIMBYs fought the fight and development progressed and basically nothing changed.

So keep on with the handwringing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

The head of the school said the school is not overcrwoded. I will pay attention to the primary source of the experts on the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

The head of the school said the school is not overcrwoded. I will pay attention to the primary source of the experts on the ground.

You don't seem to understand what a primary source document is because that's what those two things are. The official building capacity and the official student population.

There is no factual question regarding whether or not the school is overcapacity. It is. By almost 20%. There is nothing subjective or opinionated about those two numbers.

That you're willing to aggressively lie about something so basic, straight forward, and objectively true speaks volumes about your integrity.

[Anonymous]

If Lafayette isn't overcrowded, then why did DCPS try to move its PK4 out of the building to the Military Road ELC a few years ago (this was after the renovation), and then warn the Lafayette community that it risked losing PK4 altogether because of overcrowding if it didn't agree to the move?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

The head of the school said the school is not overcrwoded. I will pay attention to the primary source of the experts on the ground.

You don't seem to understand what a primary source document is because that's what those two things are. The official building capacity and the official student population.

There is no factual question regarding whether or not the school is overcapacity. It is. By almost 20%. There is nothing subjective or opinionated about those two numbers.

That you're willing to aggressively lie about something so basic, straight forward, and objectively true speaks volumes about your integrity.

I spoke with the head of the school who said plainly that the school is NOT overcrowded. Go ask yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette building capacity is 805.
https://dgs.dc.gov/page/lafayette-elementary-school-project-0

Lafayette student population (2023-2024) is 933.
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/57

The head of the school said the school is not overcrwoded. I will pay attention to the primary source of the experts on the ground.

You don't seem to understand what a primary source document is because that's what those two things are. The official building capacity and the official student population.

There is no factual question regarding whether or not the school is overcapacity. It is. By almost 20%. There is nothing subjective or opinionated about those two numbers.

That you're willing to aggressively lie about something so basic, straight forward, and objectively true speaks volumes about your integrity.

I understand what a primary source document is. I also understand talking first hand to the person on the ground who would know and would be able to manage if there were some more residents in the neighborhood who wanted to enroll at her school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Lafayette isn't overcrowded, then why did DCPS try to move its PK4 out of the building to the Military Road ELC a few years ago (this was after the renovation), and then warn the Lafayette community that it risked losing PK4 altogether because of overcrowding if it didn't agree to the move?

Please provide link and source, This is very interesting