GDS admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Using mental health issues to mock people is insensitive, to say the least.

It’s the GDS way!

[Anonymous]

Bender is a self-serving lunatic. GDS messed up snd should have let the ANC they were overenrolled and need to address any existing traffic low issues.
Both can be simultaneously true.

Just watch the video and see what you think. Even if you think GDS is a bunch of entitled liberal jerks, the ANC behavior was legit insane, and I don't mean that in a way that casts aspersions on people with legitimate mental health issues. I don't know what else to call the infantile and non productive antics by the ANC in that meeting. Even if you hate GDS, the way the ANC behaved makes them look like rational, cooperative community members in contrast to the lunacy of the Bender and the other ANC people. I feel sorry for the community members they are supposed to serve.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe a word of advice...if the ANC people are truly unhinged AND are commenting on / reading these posts...then perhaps you shouldn't disparage them so much?

How will it help GDS to now have a written record of 100+ disparaging comments on the ANC? I get they are anonymous but it is clear GDS parents are commenting quite a bit.

Stop the gaslighting.

Calling a spade a spade is never going to get someone in trouble.
ANC doesn’t like feedback on its theatrics, poor civil service, tone and how it misconducts meetings? It’s feedback.

Calling out poor verbal and slanderous behaviors, esp a pattern of behaviors is needed. I certainly like to see who my neighbors elected and what they are cognitively capable of. Or incapable of.

For the umpteenth time...many (dare say most) ANC members run unopposed. Maybe GDS should find someone to run in the next election...but the job really stinks and is thankless, so they better be prepared for all the unpleasantries of the job.

first, you’re proposing that gds orchestrate a coup to install friendly commissioners, which is just on its face crazy. second, you want people to feel sympathy for these power tripping commissioners? they signed and ran. they did not have to. is it too much to ask for people to behave professionally?

the EXACT same could be said about you, GDS parent. Just do what you are suppose to. Is that so hard in your woke world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bender is a self-serving lunatic. GDS messed up snd should have let the ANC they were overenrolled and need to address any existing traffic low issues.
Both can be simultaneously true.

Just watch the video and see what you think. Even if you think GDS is a bunch of entitled liberal jerks, the ANC behavior was legit insane, and I don't mean that in a way that casts aspersions on people with legitimate mental health issues. I don't know what else to call the infantile and non productive antics by the ANC in that meeting. Even if you hate GDS, the way the ANC behaved makes them look like rational, cooperative community members in contrast to the lunacy of the Bender and the other ANC people. I feel sorry for the community members they are supposed to serve.

GDS caused all these problems. What school does not try to work with the neighborhood? Look at the GDS supporters on this thread. They insane. I can see why the ANC reacted they way they did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. There are a lot of places incl on the east aide of WI where cars are permitted to park or stop during rush hour.

This shows how truly out of touch and clueless this ANC is. They are total idiots on so many levels it is hard to know where to start. Their assertions about violations is patently absurd. It is the government's burden to show a violation. But there is no violation kf anything on WI Avenue or east of that. It is a house of cards. As many others have said here, they have overreached in the most absurd and unlawful of ways.

By the way, Jon is indee on here as are other ANC members. They are government officials in hiding, which just demonstrates how truly juvenile they are.

are you serious? you too are on here doing the same thing. fool.

[Anonymous]

How are a few extra kids bothering anyone? Piss off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS is dedicated to providing a supportive educational atmosphere in which teachers challenge the intellectual, creative, and physical abilities of our students and foster strength of character and concern for others.

Lol what a lie.

total joke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. There are a lot of places incl on the east aide of WI where cars are permitted to park or stop during rush hour.

This shows how truly out of touch and clueless this ANC is. They are total idiots on so many levels it is hard to know where to start. Their assertions about violations is patently absurd. It is the government's burden to show a violation. But there is no violation kf anything on WI Avenue or east of that. It is a house of cards. As many others have said here, they have overreached in the most absurd and unlawful of ways.

By the way, Jon is indee on here as are other ANC members. They are government officials in hiding, which just demonstrates how truly juvenile they are.

are you serious? you too are on here doing the same thing. fool.

Uh, no, fool. I am not a government official trying to accuse a school and its community of doing that violated anything, and trying to use my government position to punish a community that has done nothing wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS is dedicated to providing a supportive educational atmosphere in which teachers challenge the intellectual, creative, and physical abilities of our students and foster strength of character and concern for others.

Lol what a lie.

Physical abilities - NO

[Anonymous]

Hi -- I wanted to write in with some information. We are GDS parents, DC residents, and consider ourselves to care a lot about both GDS and Tenley town. Not that this should matter, but we're not wealthy, and we don't drive around in an expensive car. I wanted to put in some facts I found a short while ago about the Board Adjustment. I have had no involvement in this issue at GDS, I just got frustrated with the conversation and wanted to find source materials myself.

I found the zoning adjustment. You can, too. Google Georgetown Day School Zoning adjustment. You will find a DC regulatory publication that is 600 pages long. Then just search the school name and you'll find it very easily.

Here is what I find so frustrating about the ANC, here, based on what I found. I'm focusing on all of the accusations that GDS and its parents are intentionally violating the DC Adjustment. The reality is that they are not.

Read for yourself: the Adjustment lists out the specific streets directly adjacent the school where during prohibited times GDS families cannot drive or park on. The list is very specific. The Adjustment is the result of a negotiated agreement between the ANC and the School.

What you will see is that NOWHERE in the Adjustment is there any mandate regarding Wisconsin Avenue at all. And nowhere in the Adjustment is any street east of Wisconsin Avenue mentioned, either. In other words, anyone -- including a GDS family -- can park or stop anywhere on those streets (assuming they aren't violating any restriction that applies to everyone on those streets). This is a fact -- it cannot be debated.

Yet, a huge amount of time in the hearing was spent with the Chair of the ANC putting up maps issued by GDS regarding the restricted streets. I counted 28 times in 20 minutes where he said that the GDS map demonstrates that bad itent of GDS and its parents. He also focused on streets east of WI, as if anyone from GDS going down them was doing something unlawful. He threatened enforcement actions (a power he does not have). He threatened bar complaints. He attacked the school and its parents, calling people liars and cheats.

You cannot run a government entity like this, make these kinds of accusations, all while not even reading the agreement that your own ANC agreed to. Honestly, I think that that is incredibly misleading. It shows a complete lack of attention to the core agreements at issue. The accusations -- especially the ones about violating the agreement -- are totally and verifiably false. Just read the Adjustment. He may well be frustrated that the ANC did not do a good enough job in the negotiation. He may see problems he now wants to solve. But that is very different from running a hearing, saying over and over that the School violated the Adjustment and must be accountable regarding the trip count and GDS parents driving. It is his fault for not having an agreement that doesn't say what he now wants everyone to believe it says. It is patently and totally false. And you don't need to attack me about it -- just read the documents yourself.

Here is what I wanted to get to. Although the Adjustment was not violated in terms of parent driving and trip counts at all, that doesn't mean that there are no problems to solve. I would think it would be challenging for GDS to know, outside its car pool counts it controls, how many people are driving in the surrounding blocks or dropping students somewhere else. Noticeably, there is no definition of what a trip count actually is in the key documents. So, here again, the ANC is charging GDS with violating the counts, but they can't actually back it up and explain how that could be true. And that is because they didn't build in any definition to the legal documents that defines the term. I think it is reasonable for GDS to assume that a trip for the count is one going onto its actual campus. But I also understand that that could be debated.

What I am driving at here is that, rather than hurl attacks at the GDS community and have an hour long discussion about legal violations and how we have to punish unlawful behavior -- which is totally baseless -- why couldn't the ANC's approach been: dear GDS, although the document is not clear enough to say you are in violation of the trip counts, we still have problems we would like to solve with you. We've seen parents dropping on residential streets. We think these should be counted even if you don't. We understand that the Adjustment is not perfect, and we now have a year or two of learned experience. There are concerned neighbors. Yet we understand that you also have families that have various needs and have their own safety considerations for their kids. So let's come to the table and revisit the issues in light of experience. I truly believe that if the approach were reasonable, reasonable people could write additional agreements that attend to the needs of Tenleytown and the needs of GDS families. In other words, there has been no violation in terms of car traffic at all, so let's work forward together to deal with the concerns of various stakeholders involved. That is a proactive, collaborative approach. It is not an approach of just baselessly castigating people -- indeed, an entire community -- which is what the ANC did.

I do think we should have a fair expectation that government officials will be careful, balanced -- and truthful about the very legal documents they themselves worked on and negotiated. You cannot blame the party across the table for your own mistakes in such negotiations or for your own lack of care or attention to detail. But you can exercise your official capacity to work on new problems that have arisen since the documents were completed. The way to do that is to bring people to the table in partnership.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

What a thoughtful and reasoned comment, and I might add that this is exactly what Russ Shaw suggested: Let’s sit down and talk. The conspiracy theories swirling around GDS’s intent are silly, but also dangerous. I completely believe Mr. Shaw: he comes across to me as full of integrity. If the ANC were serious, it would stop the threats and sit down and find a solution. I do not work for GDS but do live in the District.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi -- I wanted to write in with some information. We are GDS parents, DC residents, and consider ourselves to care a lot about both GDS and Tenley town. Not that this should matter, but we're not wealthy, and we don't drive around in an expensive car. I wanted to put in some facts I found a short while ago about the Board Adjustment. I have had no involvement in this issue at GDS, I just got frustrated with the conversation and wanted to find source materials myself.

I found the zoning adjustment. You can, too. Google Georgetown Day School Zoning adjustment. You will find a DC regulatory publication that is 600 pages long. Then just search the school name and you'll find it very easily.

Here is what I find so frustrating about the ANC, here, based on what I found. I'm focusing on all of the accusations that GDS and its parents are intentionally violating the DC Adjustment. The reality is that they are not.

Read for yourself: the Adjustment lists out the specific streets directly adjacent the school where during prohibited times GDS families cannot drive or park on. The list is very specific. The Adjustment is the result of a negotiated agreement between the ANC and the School.

What you will see is that NOWHERE in the Adjustment is there any mandate regarding Wisconsin Avenue at all. And nowhere in the Adjustment is any street east of Wisconsin Avenue mentioned, either. In other words, anyone -- including a GDS family -- can park or stop anywhere on those streets (assuming they aren't violating any restriction that applies to everyone on those streets). This is a fact -- it cannot be debated.

Yet, a huge amount of time in the hearing was spent with the Chair of the ANC putting up maps issued by GDS regarding the restricted streets. I counted 28 times in 20 minutes where he said that the GDS map demonstrates that bad itent of GDS and its parents. He also focused on streets east of WI, as if anyone from GDS going down them was doing something unlawful. He threatened enforcement actions (a power he does not have). He threatened bar complaints. He attacked the school and its parents, calling people liars and cheats.

You cannot run a government entity like this, make these kinds of accusations, all while not even reading the agreement that your own ANC agreed to. Honestly, I think that that is incredibly misleading. It shows a complete lack of attention to the core agreements at issue. The accusations -- especially the ones about violating the agreement -- are totally and verifiably false. Just read the Adjustment. He may well be frustrated that the ANC did not do a good enough job in the negotiation. He may see problems he now wants to solve. But that is very different from running a hearing, saying over and over that the School violated the Adjustment and must be accountable regarding the trip count and GDS parents driving. It is his fault for not having an agreement that doesn't say what he now wants everyone to believe it says. It is patently and totally false. And you don't need to attack me about it -- just read the documents yourself.

Here is what I wanted to get to. Although the Adjustment was not violated in terms of parent driving and trip counts at all, that doesn't mean that there are no problems to solve. I would think it would be challenging for GDS to know, outside its car pool counts it controls, how many people are driving in the surrounding blocks or dropping students somewhere else. Noticeably, there is no definition of what a trip count actually is in the key documents. So, here again, the ANC is charging GDS with violating the counts, but they can't actually back it up and explain how that could be true. And that is because they didn't build in any definition to the legal documents that defines the term. I think it is reasonable for GDS to assume that a trip for the count is one going onto its actual campus. But I also understand that that could be debated.

What I am driving at here is that, rather than hurl attacks at the GDS community and have an hour long discussion about legal violations and how we have to punish unlawful behavior -- which is totally baseless -- why couldn't the ANC's approach been: dear GDS, although the document is not clear enough to say you are in violation of the trip counts, we still have problems we would like to solve with you. We've seen parents dropping on residential streets. We think these should be counted even if you don't. We understand that the Adjustment is not perfect, and we now have a year or two of learned experience. There are concerned neighbors. Yet we understand that you also have families that have various needs and have their own safety considerations for their kids. So let's come to the table and revisit the issues in light of experience. I truly believe that if the approach were reasonable, reasonable people could write additional agreements that attend to the needs of Tenleytown and the needs of GDS families. In other words, there has been no violation in terms of car traffic at all, so let's work forward together to deal with the concerns of various stakeholders involved. That is a proactive, collaborative approach. It is not an approach of just baselessly castigating people -- indeed, an entire community -- which is what the ANC did.

I do think we should have a fair expectation that government officials will be careful, balanced -- and truthful about the very legal documents they themselves worked on and negotiated. You cannot blame the party across the table for your own mistakes in such negotiations or for your own lack of care or attention to detail. But you can exercise your official capacity to work on new problems that have arisen since the documents were completed. The way to do that is to bring people to the table in partnership.

Thank you.

This.

[Anonymous]

TLDR and stopped at Tenley town.

[Anonymous]

While I have appreciated this thread for entertainment value, I have not taken it very seriously except in so far as the only important outcome is that 50 fewer kids can attend a school next year that has the space to accommodate them and for which their families are willing to pay.

What had made this thread so entertaining is the over top behavior of the ANC, particularly their inference of a grand conspiracy that includes a city councilmember who sits in the GDS board about school attendance. It’s really funny and not a serious argument that is worthwhile to seriously entertain.

What is not disputable and the reason why no one needs to do any research or write article length analyses of any documents is that the ANC has no formal enforcement powers and GDS is capable and has the resources to properly defend themselves. In other words, this episode has accomplished nothing but hurt the public standing of the ANC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. There are a lot of places incl on the east aide of WI where cars are permitted to park or stop during rush hour.

This shows how truly out of touch and clueless this ANC is. They are total idiots on so many levels it is hard to know where to start. Their assertions about violations is patently absurd. It is the government's burden to show a violation. But there is no violation kf anything on WI Avenue or east of that. It is a house of cards. As many others have said here, they have overreached in the most absurd and unlawful of ways.

By the way, Jon is indee on here as are other ANC members. They are government officials in hiding, which just demonstrates how truly juvenile they are.

In the morning, no parking on the west side. In the evening, no parking on the east. Park on the east side in the morning and walk across the street. This is not hard to understand.

The signs say no parking or standing. They do not forbid stopping for purpose of picking up or dropping off. That should be obvious, otherwise the Meteobus would be breaking the law at every stop. Any GDS parent who drops off in the morning in the curb lane on Wisconsin is following both the zoning order and the law.