Murch- Getting screwed again?

[Anonymous]

A link to the video should be sent to the Washington post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Leave the race/income obsessed PP alone -- she won't be satisfied unless her slide rule says the "poor" schools and the "rich" schools have equally divided fruit.

PP here. I would be satisfied if Ward 3 parents stopped trying to pretend their schools were somehow getting discriminated against in favor of poor children. But yes, equitable distribution of modernization funds would be nice. I will take an underground parking lot too, please.

I think the feeling is that the modernization of funds needs to meet the needs kids in the schools -- all the kids. There appears to be a double standard for projects like Duke Ellington that smack of cronyism and corruption. So while DE educates 300 kids and gets $200 million in funding and Dunbar educats 600 and went 33% over budget to $122 million, Murch kids are still in rat-infested classrooms and leaking trailers.

Shouldn't DCPS provide the best for Maryland kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A link to the video should be sent to the Washington post.

Bowser doesn't care. Ellington matters more to her base. Murch, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's where DC's school renovation dollars are going. See the video about the lavish Duke Ellington project.

https://vimeo.com/105009485

I don't think that DCPS will have much to put in a film about Murch!

MY fancy upper east side Manahattan private school wasn't that nice. On the plus side, I figured out how solve the city's financial problems. I could easily cut about $50 million in scope out of there and still give them performance space and all that. It just won't look as pretty... wah wah.
I'd like to see the council put a nice STOP WORK ORDER on that project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's where DC's school renovation dollars are going. See the video about the lavish Duke Ellington project.

https://vimeo.com/105009485

I don't think that DCPS will have much to put in a film about Murch!

MY fancy upper east side Manahattan private school wasn't that nice. On the plus side, I figured out how solve the city's financial problems. I could easily cut about $50 million in scope out of there and still give them performance space and all that. It just won't look as pretty... wah wah.
I'd like to see the council put a nice STOP WORK ORDER on that project.

Unlikely. At least one council member has a kid at Ellington. Not to mention that Peggy Cooper Cafritz would cut off the council members' genitalia with a serrated knife.

[Anonymous]

Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

[Anonymous]

$1000 per square foot. That's Trumpesque.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

Ah. Knowing that, I feel better already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

Ah. Knowing that, I feel better already.

Agree. The contracts were all let under Mayor Grey. At this point they ahve to finish.

I think some of the designs have been scaled back - which is appropriate.

As for Mendelsohn's daughter, she is in 10th grade. At this rate she'll never attend a class in the new building. So he may be as angry as anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

Ah. Knowing that, I feel better already.

Agree. The contracts were all let under Mayor Grey. At this point they ahve to finish.

I think some of the designs have been scaled back - which is appropriate.

As for Mendelsohn's daughter, she is in 10th grade. At this rate she'll never attend a class in the new building. So he may be as angry as anyone.

Contracts can be cancelled. It's not too late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

Ah. Knowing that, I feel better already.

Agree. The contracts were all let under Mayor Grey. At this point they ahve to finish.

I think some of the designs have been scaled back - which is appropriate.

As for Mendelsohn's daughter, she is in 10th grade. At this rate she'll never attend a class in the new building. So he may be as angry as anyone.

Contracts can be cancelled. It's not too late.

I'm sure the contractors have provisions in there to get paid even if the project is cancelled.

The students are commuting daily between 2 campuses - the school needs to be finished and put back together - literally.

[Anonymous]

$200 million and climbing is a pretty sweet deal for a school of 300-some students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

Ah. Knowing that, I feel better already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there not reason for an investigation at they very least and a public accounting for the spending? This feels like developers stealing from DC taxpayers in plain sight.

There was one by the DC auditor last year. And it found problems, lack of controls. So because of that DGS now has to report to DCPS.

Ah. Knowing that, I feel better already.

Agree. The contracts were all let under Mayor Grey. At this point they ahve to finish.

I think some of the designs have been scaled back - which is appropriate.

As for Mendelsohn's daughter, she is in 10th grade. At this rate she'll never attend a class in the new building. So he may be as angry as anyone.

Contracts can be cancelled. It's not too late.

I'm sure the contractors have provisions in there to get paid even if the project is cancelled.

The students are commuting daily between 2 campuses - the school needs to be finished and put back together - literally.

The contractors get paid for their actual costs (well padded, I'm sure). But I bet that's a lot less than the unnecessary scope that's being stolen from other DCPS. Or how about MD and VA kick in some funds to cover their students? About $500,000 per student would do it.