GDS admissions

[Anonymous]

Under your theory, a trip is one that ends a mile from the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Correct re WI Avenue. And that is exactly how it should be. WI is an immensely busy street and people have the right to drive on it and drop off where the City permits it. There are literally thousands of cars driving up WI every morning -- you are losing all sense of proportion.

You’re all missing the fact that there are GDS parents standing in illegal spots everyday during pick up. There’s only 1 legal spot on Wisconsin in front of the gas station not 3, and there are no legal spots between Ellicott and 42nd street on Wisconsin any time of day.

[Anonymous]

I drop there. There are many other spots on WI. And I have never ever seen a backup of cars trying to drop or pick up. It is not true.

[Anonymous]

Why should anybody believe that a councilman on the board of a private school his kids attend doesn't use his influence to protect the school's interests?

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Anonymous wrote:How is a city council member allowed to be on the board of a private school that is regulated by the city?

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Anonymous wrote:You are right. McDuffie is the co-chair of GDS board.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.

I have been following this thread and was also a bit surprised, because I haven't seen any congestion. I live in the neighborhood, a block down. What is the big fuss about?

Its nothing. GDS has increased their enrollment for the past few years with no problems. They will continue this till they reach their enrollment goals which is higher vs what it is now. The agreement with the ANC is not worth the paper it is written on. There is no way for the ANC to enforce anything. It is a mystery why GDS released their enrollment figures.

Ahh, yes, but they released their enrollment saying that they were perfectly within their limits. Just check NAIS data. Disingenuous, what?

GDS may release the numbers in 5 years but why do it. What’s the ANC going to do? I know maybe the ANC can send a complaint to Kenyan McDuffie office(lol)! The school can easily accommodate 1900. They plan to hit that number. They have the demand, it will take some pressure out JR and they can make more money.

The “enrollment letter” GDS sent out was just something to “show” a paper trail and get people upset with The ANC. It most likely something Kenyan McDuffie‘s staff wrote for GDS. This is good for McDuffie he can get in a fight with all the rich neighbors.

That’s interesting since McDuffie actually represents the residents of Ward 3, including neighbors of the school.

His children attend the school. When he joined the Board he was the Ward 5 CM. I'm sure other CMs are involved with their children's schools in different capacities as well.

[Anonymous]

What's so hard about telling parents they have to drop off their kids on campus?

Anonymous wrote:Under your theory, a trip is one that ends a mile from the school.

[Anonymous]

Why isn't this discussion on the local listservs? Then everybody could post under their real names and the neighborhood could judge for itself. Somebody should post about this there.

[Anonymous]

There isn’t a reasonable way to count someone dropping off a mile away, and no parent would ever do that anyways. The agreement of tying enrollment to trip counts only weeks if everyone drops off on campus, so it’s flawed.

[Anonymous]

The only way to drop on campus is via carpool, per the ANC restrictions. Not every one has been able to find carpools or lives in areas where that is feasible. Believe me, for many, if they could drop at school, they would. But that is precisely what the ANC wants to control.

At bottom, it seems to me that there is a lot of lack of clarity in the agreement regarding the trip counts. It seems reasonable to try to come to clarity on that for the future. In the meantime, the ANC should admit that its own negotiated documents do not forbid what they say they now do. They have lied for their own purposes.

It also seems reasonable to have a reasonable, short distance perimeter around the school for no drop offs in residential areas. So Wisconsin cannot be part of that. And there is no interest in restricting Wisconsin given that it's basically a stop and go highway now and has been for years, other than trying to punish GDS families -- and only them.

People should figure out a way to find a satellite location where GDS permissibly can drop off their kids -- one that is very close to the school but has little or no routing on residential streets. That would meet everyone's needs. But that location should be close to the school to meet family needs, too, not just the demands of angry neighbors. GDS families need a place to safely drop their children and one that is close and allows their kids to get into school on time. Some people drive a long way to get there, and through a lot of traffic. Some also, especially in the HS, have a ton of gear to carry.

[Anonymous]

The school told the community that everybody would be able to pick up and drop off on campus but they needed two no entrances on Ellicott Street and River Road. They got the new entrances.

This poster gets to the heart of the matter. Parents refuse to carpool and want to have a place where they can drop off kids without getting caught. GDS wants to accommodate these parents.

Anonymous wrote:The only way to drop on campus is via carpool, per the ANC restrictions. Not every one has been able to find carpools or lives in areas where that is feasible. Believe me, for many, if they could drop at school, they would. But that is precisely what the ANC wants to control.

At bottom, it seems to me that there is a lot of lack of clarity in the agreement regarding the trip counts. It seems reasonable to try to come to clarity on that for the future. In the meantime, the ANC should admit that its own negotiated documents do not forbid what they say they now do. They have lied for their own purposes.

It also seems reasonable to have a reasonable, short distance perimeter around the school for no drop offs in residential areas. So Wisconsin cannot be part of that. And there is no interest in restricting Wisconsin given that it's basically a stop and go highway now and has been for years, other than trying to punish GDS families -- and only them.

People should figure out a way to find a satellite location where GDS permissibly can drop off their kids -- one that is very close to the school but has little or no routing on residential streets. That would meet everyone's needs. But that location should be close to the school to meet family needs, too, not just the demands of angry neighbors. GDS families need a place to safely drop their children and one that is close and allows their kids to get into school on time. Some people drive a long way to get there, and through a lot of traffic. Some also, especially in the HS, have a ton of gear to carry.

[Anonymous]

It’s laughable that anyone in the neighborhood thinks they can legislate where anyone can stop for 5 seconds and let a preteen or teen hope out of thh huh e car. The people that live near Deal know it could be a lot worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school told the community that everybody would be able to pick up and drop off on campus but they needed two no entrances on Ellicott Street and River Road. They got the new entrances.

This poster gets to the heart of the matter. Parents refuse to carpool and want to have a place where they can drop off kids without getting caught. GDS wants to accommodate these parents.

Anonymous wrote:The only way to drop on campus is via carpool, per the ANC restrictions. Not every one has been able to find carpools or lives in areas where that is feasible. Believe me, for many, if they could drop at school, they would. But that is precisely what the ANC wants to control.

At bottom, it seems to me that there is a lot of lack of clarity in the agreement regarding the trip counts. It seems reasonable to try to come to clarity on that for the future. In the meantime, the ANC should admit that its own negotiated documents do not forbid what they say they now do. They have lied for their own purposes.

It also seems reasonable to have a reasonable, short distance perimeter around the school for no drop offs in residential areas. So Wisconsin cannot be part of that. And there is no interest in restricting Wisconsin given that it's basically a stop and go highway now and has been for years, other than trying to punish GDS families -- and only them.

People should figure out a way to find a satellite location where GDS permissibly can drop off their kids -- one that is very close to the school but has little or no routing on residential streets. That would meet everyone's needs. But that location should be close to the school to meet family needs, too, not just the demands of angry neighbors. GDS families need a place to safely drop their children and one that is close and allows their kids to get into school on time. Some people drive a long way to get there, and through a lot of traffic. Some also, especially in the HS, have a ton of gear to carry.

It is so, so, so bad and evil to get "caught" doing something you are totally entitled to do! I mean, you must be getting caught hundreds of times a day!

So ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is a city council member allowed to be on the board of a private school that is regulated by the city?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are right. McDuffie is the co-chair of GDS board.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.

I have been following this thread and was also a bit surprised, because I haven't seen any congestion. I live in the neighborhood, a block down. What is the big fuss about?

Its nothing. GDS has increased their enrollment for the past few years with no problems. They will continue this till they reach their enrollment goals which is higher vs what it is now. The agreement with the ANC is not worth the paper it is written on. There is no way for the ANC to enforce anything. It is a mystery why GDS released their enrollment figures.

Ahh, yes, but they released their enrollment saying that they were perfectly within their limits. Just check NAIS data. Disingenuous, what?

GDS may release the numbers in 5 years but why do it. What’s the ANC going to do? I know maybe the ANC can send a complaint to Kenyan McDuffie office(lol)! The school can easily accommodate 1900. They plan to hit that number. They have the demand, it will take some pressure out JR and they can make more money.

The “enrollment letter” GDS sent out was just something to “show” a paper trail and get people upset with The ANC. It most likely something Kenyan McDuffie‘s staff wrote for GDS. This is good for McDuffie he can get in a fight with all the rich neighbors.

That’s interesting since McDuffie actually represents the residents of Ward 3, including neighbors of the school.

His children attend the school. When he joined the Board he was the Ward 5 CM. I'm sure other CMs are involved with their children's schools in different capacities as well.

But now he represents W3 residents as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s laughable that anyone in the neighborhood thinks they can legislate where anyone can stop for 5 seconds and let a preteen or teen hope out of thh huh e car. The people that live near Deal know it could be a lot worse.

But that is exactly what the school agreed to do, at least regarding the streets nearest the school. Tons of people drop off east of Wisconsin. And of course, kids park illegally all over the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

If GDS doesn't have to comply with its ANC deal, why would any of the other privates?

[Anonymous]

If GDS signed up for a carpool agreement that they cannot get the parents to comply with, they should admit it and propose something else.