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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maret kids need a practice. Outrageous— my parents pay taxes just like others so it’s reasonable to get field space—- just like any other school!!!!

You and all your exclamation points are ridiculous. Go away. The adults are talking.

You can have field access equal to what Hardy gets. Fair?

That would require that Hardy + DCPS contract with DPR for a permit to use the fields. Have they done this? And has the BGC requested a permit (even one that starts at say 5 pm). Don’t most people realize that the majority of permitted field use at Jelleff is for private organizations. It’s not a public place - it’s quasi-public and has been for the past decade. For crying out loud, it’s the hardest field to get on - you can’t just walk up and use it.

And remember, there are children involved here and you may not like how this has unfolded but leave the kids out of this and don’t dare tell the Maret kid who lives in SE and is on full financial aid and out there for practice one hour a day he or she is privileged.

How typical. Use Maret's handful of underprivileged students as human shields...so that's you're plan, huh? You are gross. Any reasonable person who has even a moderate handle on the facts in the case can see that the 10 year (well, 20 actually) deal with Maret is fraught with ethical dilemma. It was all done in secret. There needs to be an investigation, not only of the recent re-upping of the contract but how the original one 10 years ago came about. Do we really think that it's a coincidence that DC/DPR bought the property only to immediately lease it out to Maret. And yes, Maret put down a nice turf field and put up a nice fence, but they did that for....MARET. It was NOT a service project. And Maret benefited from it for a decade. The city is absolutely capable of taking the reigns and allowing children who are immediately in the vicinity (aftercare at Jelleff and Hardy for two) to use it when they NEED it. But go ahead, keep trying to justify something that is unjustifiable. This story is perfect for the likes of ProPublica and I'm going to encourage the to investigate.

And your plan is to make anonymous postings on the internet and call people names.

Huh? I think the plan described is getting an investigative media group interested in the story. There are lots to try:

Center for Investigative Reporting
ProPublica
Institute for Nonprofit News
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Center for Public Integrity
Frontline
Mother Jones
The Intercept
Real Clear Investigations
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)

I'm sure one of them would love to take on this story. It has so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret kids need a practice. Outrageous— my parents pay taxes just like others so it’s reasonable to get field space—- just like any other school!!!!

You and all your exclamation points are ridiculous. Go away. The adults are talking.

You can have field access equal to what Hardy gets. Fair?

That would require that Hardy + DCPS contract with DPR for a permit to use the fields. Have they done this? And has the BGC requested a permit (even one that starts at say 5 pm). Don’t most people realize that the majority of permitted field use at Jelleff is for private organizations. It’s not a public place - it’s quasi-public and has been for the past decade. For crying out loud, it’s the hardest field to get on - you can’t just walk up and use it.

And remember, there are children involved here and you may not like how this has unfolded but leave the kids out of this and don’t dare tell the Maret kid who lives in SE and is on full financial aid and out there for practice one hour a day he or she is privileged.

Maret doesn’t have a permit for the space; it has a lease. Go to DPR’s website and see if you can find the information and form where you apply for the kind of ‘permit’ Maret has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret kids need a practice. Outrageous— my parents pay taxes just like others so it’s reasonable to get field space—- just like any other school!!!!

You and all your exclamation points are ridiculous. Go away. The adults are talking.

You can have field access equal to what Hardy gets. Fair?

That would require that Hardy + DCPS contract with DPR for a permit to use the fields. Have they done this? And has the BGC requested a permit (even one that starts at say 5 pm). Don’t most people realize that the majority of permitted field use at Jelleff is for private organizations. It’s not a public place - it’s quasi-public and has been for the past decade. For crying out loud, it’s the hardest field to get on - you can’t just walk up and use it.

And remember, there are children involved here and you may not like how this has unfolded but leave the kids out of this and don’t dare tell the Maret kid who lives in SE and is on full financial aid and out there for practice one hour a day he or she is privileged.

Maret doesn’t have a permit for the space; it has a lease. Go to DPR’s website and see if you can find the information and form where you apply for the kind
of ‘permit’ Maret has.

Right. It has a “lease” permitting it to use the field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret kids need a practice. Outrageous— my parents pay taxes just like others so it’s reasonable to get field space—- just like any other school!!!!

You and all your exclamation points are ridiculous. Go away. The adults are talking.

You can have field access equal to what Hardy gets. Fair?

That would require that Hardy + DCPS contract with DPR for a permit to use the fields. Have they done this? And has the BGC requested a permit (even one that starts at say 5 pm). Don’t most people realize that the majority of permitted field use at Jelleff is for private organizations. It’s not a public place - it’s quasi-public and has been for the past decade. For crying out loud, it’s the hardest field to get on - you can’t just walk up and use it.

And remember, there are children involved here and you may not like how this has unfolded but leave the kids out of this and don’t dare tell the Maret kid who lives in SE and is on full financial aid and out there for practice one hour a day he or she is privileged.

Maret doesn’t have a permit for the space; it has a lease. Go to DPR’s website and see if you can find the information and form where you apply for the kind
of ‘permit’ Maret has.

Right. It has a “lease” permitting it to use the field.

Thanks for pointing that out PP. it prompted me to go to the DPR permits page and it clearly states that use for DPR purposes is higher priority than any written agreement with a “partner“. So why then, does Maret trump the DPR aftercare program? Why are 100+ aftercare students from local public schools prioritized lower than Maret? https://dpr.dc.gov/page/priority-use
Maret boosters need to shut their traps and wait this thing out. That’s their only chance is this going way. So by that I mean “please, keep talking and twisting yourselves into pretzels to try and justify this slimy deal that reflects so poorly on your school”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Turtle Park (DPR) has a nice field. UDC has a nice soccer field. Both are closer to Maret than Jelleff.

Maret already uses all of UDC facilities too. That's why the Murch (and now Eaton) kids couldn't play there when they were in swing space.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Turtle Park (DPR) has a nice field. UDC has a nice soccer field. Both are closer to Maret than Jelleff.

Maret already uses all of UDC facilities too. That's why the Murch (and now Eaton) kids couldn't play there when they were in swing space.

Geeze. Does Maret think it’s some sort of sporting powerhouse?

[Anonymous]

Let’s get past the complaining and use our political power. Call and email the mayor and your council person. Tell them what you think. I would ask for an explanation, an accounting of all Maret contact with DPR, the Mayor, and the council, and a reversal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It has been for ten years because of the Maret deal. Jelleff Boys & Girls has been waiting ten years to get permission to use that field after school for their kids who are all DC residents from all over the city. Are you really going to argue that these 100 kids should stand outside the fence and watch the private school kids play for the next ten years? Personally, I think Maret has had their time and it’s someone else’s turn.

So why haven’t they received a permit for when after Maret’s time expires? You’ll blame that on Maret too probably.

They haven’t because the time went to Maret. Do you think they weren’t ready to apply when the space became available? But it didn’t.

I don’t blame Maret. They are doing exactly what I would expect them to do - looking out for their own. They are running a business. It’s DPR and the mayor I blame.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It has been for ten years because of the Maret deal. Jelleff Boys & Girls has been waiting ten years to get permission to use that field after school for their kids who are all DC residents from all over the city. Are you really going to argue that these 100 kids should stand outside the fence and watch the private school kids play for the next ten years? Personally, I think Maret has had their time and it’s someone else’s turn.

So why haven’t they received a permit for when after Maret’s time expires? You’ll blame that on Maret too probably.

They haven’t because the time went to Maret. Do you think they weren’t ready to apply when the space became available? But it didn’t.

I don’t blame Maret. They are doing exactly what I would expect them to do - looking out for their own. They are running a business. It’s DPR and the mayor I blame.

The daily time - like 5:30.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Turtle Park (DPR) has a nice field. UDC has a nice soccer field. Both are closer to Maret than Jelleff.

Maret already uses all of UDC facilities too. That's why the Murch (and now Eaton) kids couldn't play there when they were in swing space.

Wow, really?! They seem to be spending a lot of money on leasing public lands...don't they have enough dough to buy themselves a big ole plot of land for sports? Maybe they need to increase tuition some more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s get past the complaining and use our political power. Call and email the mayor and your council person. Tell them what you think. I would ask for an explanation, an accounting of all Maret contact with DPR, the Mayor, and the council, and a reversal.

Yes! This will change when enough people -- or people with enough political power -- care as much as Maret does.

Call and email!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s get past the complaining and use our political power. Call and email the mayor and your council person. Tell them what you think. I would ask for an explanation, an accounting of all Maret contact with DPR, the Mayor, and the council, and a reversal.

And don’t forget to sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-bowser-private-schools-should-not-have-exclusive-rights-to-public-fields-make-jelleff-public?recruiter=1000133193&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=share_petition&recruited_by_id=80a548f0-c78e-11e9-be24-7db67d90b55a&share_bandit_exp=abi-17484774-en-US&share_bandit_var=v0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s get past the complaining and use our political power. Call and email the mayor and your council person. Tell them what you think. I would ask for an explanation, an accounting of all Maret contact with DPR, the Mayor, and the council, and a reversal.

Yes! This will change when enough people -- or people with enough political power -- care as much as Maret does.

Call and email!

Sorry, I don't care enough. And neither does the mayor. Pound sand, over-educated, privileged (but not rich enough!), bastards!!

[Anonymous]

I can't believe how Maret boosters push an edited version of the facts. Yes, Maret paid money 10 years ago for use of the field. That deal never should have happened but it did. Now, lots of folks object to a new deal which will have Maret paying a much smaller sum of money for use of the filed which can be maintained by DC taxpayers so more DC residents can use the field during prime hours. So, DC residents are questioning the motives behind both the original deal and this new deal. Rightly so, given Jack Evans was involved. He has proven himself to be completely self-serving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s get past the complaining and use our political power. Call and email the mayor and your council person. Tell them what you think. I would ask for an explanation, an accounting of all Maret contact with DPR, the Mayor, and the council, and a reversal.

Yes! This will change when enough people -- or people with enough political power -- care as much as Maret does.

Call and email!

Sorry, I don't care enough. And neither does the mayor. Pound sand, over-educated, privileged (but not rich enough!), bastards!!

Oh gawd. The “pound sand” DCUM poster. You are everywhere. Please, pick a new cliche.