GDS admissions

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, does the ANC have similar agreements with all the other schools in the area? There are a bunch of other schools near GDS, including most notably Jackson-Reed. Does the ANC have an agreement with Jackson-Reed on where kids can and can't be dropped off?

Jackson Reed is a public school with no enrollment cap.

What does that have to do with where kids can be dropped off?

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Elected ANC reps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, does the ANC have similar agreements with all the other schools in the area? There are a bunch of other schools near GDS, including most notably Jackson-Reed. Does the ANC have an agreement with Jackson-Reed on where kids can and can't be dropped off?

Jackson Reed is a public school with no enrollment cap.

What does that have to do with where kids can be dropped off?

There’s no MOU with Jackson Reed. GDS has an MOU with the BZA because the land it built on was not zoned for a school. Jackson Reed is there by right as opposed to GDS which is not.

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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.

Not so. The agreement only forbids dropoffs on the immediately adjacent streets -- nothing else for parents. Stop lying.

That’s what I said - streets nearest the school. East of Wisconsin is fair game and there are many, many students being dropped off there. And students, by their own admission, parking on neighborhood streets all day which is illegal and against the agreement.

That's NOT in the MOU, and moreover, anyone with a shred of common sense would realize what an impractical idea this is. Does Sidwell, NCS, or St. Albans monitor drop offs on the other side of Wisconsin Avenue? On the other side of Mass Ave? Wisconisn Avenue is a six lane major artery running through the city. And how would you distinguish between GDS, Jackson-Reed, and Deal families?

You're arguing with someone who agrees with you.

Ooops. Sorry about that. Glad we are on the same page. And YES to the PP who was frustrated that no one from GDS pointed out the language of the MOU! Why didn't Russell, Jeff, Barbara, or Tim point out that the language of the final MOU that everyone signed, and the corresponding map, left Wisconsin Ave and the east side of Wisconsin unmonitored? Why did they let Jonathan Bender go on and on when his assertions about GDS were based on a completely false representation of the MOU? Did no one from GDS review the MOU before the meeting? Did no one have the MOU handy?

Thanks, I appreciate it a lot. They really, because they were under so much pressure from the ANC, threw some GDS parents under the bus. They could have said two things that are true -- 1) GDS has done nothing other than push families hard to use public transport, the bus, or carpool but (2) the truth is that they also understand that some families have to drive and that the map is accurate and parents are following the mpa, which they have every right to do.

[Anonymous]

Here's a link to the Comprehensive Travel Review that GDS submitted to DDOT and the BZA with its promises about how it would handle pickup-dropoff. https://app.dcoz.dc.gov/Exhibits/2010/BZA/19599/Exhibit31.pdf

On page 56 it goes into detail about how pickup-dropoff will take place on campus and to leave no doubt says

e. Under no circumstances will drop-off/pick-up be permitted on public streets.

f. All parents who must leave their vehicle to drop-off/pick up students during
regular drop-off/pick-up times, must park in a designated, on-campus parking
space. Parents using the drop-off/pick-up lanes must remain in their vehicles
and will drop-off/pick-up their student(s) when they stop in front of the school


Why didn't the HoS tell parents that that's the promise GDS made?

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so ANC didn’t notice for two years and no problems? Also why isn’t ANC addressing the rampant crime? Also is this the ANC that was photographed sticking a middle finger at a community business. Just shut up.

The ANC is saying it was duped. It is a ridiculous assertion. The ANC knows how to read agreements that have been filed. If they say they are being duped, it's because those idiots don't even read their own agreements.

It is the school’s responsibility, acc to the agreement they signed with the city, to report.

To report what? To report an agreement that both parties signed and filed???? The ANC has that report already. It had it years ago.

Have you read it?

Every line. The ANC is trying to fool everyone with threatening language abiut violations. Total BS. Go read it.

[Anonymous]

If parents have an exemption from carpooling they can drop off on campus without problem. You and other posters are saying the quiet part out loud. Many GDS parents do the right thing. GDS knows many think doing the right thing is for saps and maintains a separate system for them to cheat.

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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.

Not so. The agreement only forbids dropoffs on the immediately adjacent streets -- nothing else for parents. Stop lying.

That’s what I said - streets nearest the school. East of Wisconsin is fair game and there are many, many students being dropped off there. And students, by their own admission, parking on neighborhood streets all day which is illegal and against the agreement.

That's NOT in the MOU, and moreover, anyone with a shred of common sense would realize what an impractical idea this is. Does Sidwell, NCS, or St. Albans monitor drop offs on the other side of Wisconsin Avenue? On the other side of Mass Ave? Wisconisn Avenue is a six lane major artery running through the city. And how would you distinguish between GDS, Jackson-Reed, and Deal families?

You're arguing with someone who agrees with you.

Ooops. Sorry about that. Glad we are on the same page. And YES to the PP who was frustrated that no one from GDS pointed out the language of the MOU! Why didn't Russell, Jeff, Barbara, or Tim point out that the language of the final MOU that everyone signed, and the corresponding map, left Wisconsin Ave and the east side of Wisconsin unmonitored? Why did they let Jonathan Bender go on and on when his assertions about GDS were based on a completely false representation of the MOU? Did no one from GDS review the MOU before the meeting? Did no one have the MOU handy?

Thanks, I appreciate it a lot. They really, because they were under so much pressure from the ANC, threw some GDS parents under the bus. They could have said two things that are true -- 1) GDS has done nothing other than push families hard to use public transport, the bus, or carpool but (2) the truth is that they also understand that some families have to drive and that the map is accurate and parents are following the mpa, which they have every right to do.

[Anonymous]

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Elected ANC reps.

Yeah, they look really serious and threatening

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to the Comprehensive Travel Review that GDS submitted to DDOT and the BZA with its promises about how it would handle pickup-dropoff. https://app.dcoz.dc.gov/Exhibits/2010/BZA/19599/Exhibit31.pdf

On page 56 it goes into detail about how pickup-dropoff will take place on campus and to leave no doubt says

e. Under no circumstances will drop-off/pick-up be permitted on public streets.

f. All parents who must leave their vehicle to drop-off/pick up students during
regular drop-off/pick-up times, must park in a designated, on-campus parking
space. Parents using the drop-off/pick-up lanes must remain in their vehicles
and will drop-off/pick-up their student(s) when they stop in front of the school


Why didn't the HoS tell parents that that's the promise GDS made?


Umm, just to state the obvious, neither GDS nor the ANC, nor DC can tell peoeple that they cannot drop off or pick up on any public street. Just step back and think about that. It is ludicrous on its face.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so ANC didn’t notice for two years and no problems? Also why isn’t ANC addressing the rampant crime? Also is this the ANC that was photographed sticking a middle finger at a community business. Just shut up.

The ANC is saying it was duped. It is a ridiculous assertion. The ANC knows how to read agreements that have been filed. If they say they are being duped, it's because those idiots don't even read their own agreements.

It is the school’s responsibility, acc to the agreement they signed with the city, to report.

To report what? To report an agreement that both parties signed and filed???? The ANC has that report already. It had it years ago.

Have you read it?

Every line. The ANC is trying to fool everyone with threatening language abiut violations. Total BS. Go read it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Elected ANC reps.

Yeah, they look really serious and threatening

This is the ANC for Cleveland Park, not Tenleytown.

[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.

Oh you do not know DC. They can do it but the ANC can not

[Anonymous]

Umm, just to state the obvious, neither GDS nor the ANC, nor DC can tell people that they cannot drop off or pick up on any public street. Just step back and think about that. It is ludicrous on its face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Elected ANC reps.

Yeah, they look really serious and threatening

This is the ANC for Cleveland Park, not Tenleytown.

Yeah same pond different bait

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, does the ANC have similar agreements with all the other schools in the area? There are a bunch of other schools near GDS, including most notably Jackson-Reed. Does the ANC have an agreement with Jackson-Reed on where kids can and can't be dropped off?

Jackson Reed is a public school with no enrollment cap.

What does that have to do with where kids can be dropped off?

There’s no MOU with Jackson Reed. GDS has an MOU with the BZA because the land it built on was not zoned for a school. Jackson Reed is there by right as opposed to GDS which is not.

DCPS schools are essentially exempt from zoning, so the BZA and ANCs can't pull this kind of crap with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Elected ANC reps.

Yeah, they look really serious and threatening

This is the ANC for Cleveland Park, not Tenleytown.

Yeah same pond different bait

Nice try. At least try not to get caught lying so easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Elected ANC reps.

Yeah, they look really serious and threatening

This is the ANC for Cleveland Park, not Tenleytown.

Yeah same pond different bait

Nice try. At least try not to get caught lying so easily.

Thanks, Jon. At least everyone now knows that you did not read your own agreement before attacking GDS and all of its families.