Mary Cheh not running for re-election?

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Anonymous wrote:And....no one know who she is.

I've lived in DC proper for 29 years and W3 for nine. The only person I've heard of among those who allegedly are running is Frumin.

That’s only because he has name recognition as a serial losing candidate.

He's also been pushing DCPS to do something -- anything -- about DCPS overcrowding in Ward 3, going to back to before the Ellington renovation when he pushed DCPS to move it to a more logical, central location and reopen that building as a general high school.

That's going to go a long way with W3 voters, many of whom are DCPS parents.

Can't agree with the last sentence. Overall DC has a rather small proportion of families with children, which is one of the reasons DCPS can get away with being so mismanaged. Ward 3 has the highest percentage of kids in private school, about 50%. While parents of DCPS kids are organized and vocal they are few in number.

Citation needed.

The number of Ward 3 kids who attend DCPS grew by 25 percent between 2014-15 to 2018-19, the largest increase in the city. Ward 3 also had the largest increase in students attending a DCPS high school over that span, growing by 33 percent. Hence we have schools that are overcrowded.

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/State-of-DC-Schools-2018-19-web-res.pdf

If you think that public schools will not be an issue in the Ward 3 primary -- and maybe *the* issue -- you are hopelessly clueless about Ward 3 politics.

I would also wager that, even if a sizable number of Ward 3 kids go to private schools, Ward 3 public school parents are much more likely to vote in the primary and thus are a much more powerful constituency than the Ward 3 private school parents, many of whom I'd wager are Republicans who cannot vote in the Democratic primary and thus will have zero say in who is elected (the Republican candidate, whoever it is, has no hope of winning in the general election).

Most of the kids who attend DCPS Ward 3 schools don't live in Ward 3. Yes, in elementary most of the kids are in-boundary, and the boundaries don't cross ward lines except for Lafayette. But Deal and Wilson comprise a substantial portion of the kids in Ward 3 schools, their boundaries cross ward lines, and both still have a substantial number of OOB kids. You add it all up and the non-Ward 3 kids are a slight majority.

Source?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And....no one know who she is.

I've lived in DC proper for 29 years and W3 for nine. The only person I've heard of among those who allegedly are running is Frumin.

That’s only because he has name recognition as a serial losing candidate.

He's also been pushing DCPS to do something -- anything -- about DCPS overcrowding in Ward 3, going to back to before the Ellington renovation when he pushed DCPS to move it to a more logical, central location and reopen that building as a general high school.

That's going to go a long way with W3 voters, many of whom are DCPS parents.

Can't agree with the last sentence. Overall DC has a rather small proportion of families with children, which is one of the reasons DCPS can get away with being so mismanaged. Ward 3 has the highest percentage of kids in private school, about 50%. While parents of DCPS kids are organized and vocal they are few in number.

Citation needed.

The number of Ward 3 kids who attend DCPS grew by 25 percent between 2014-15 to 2018-19, the largest increase in the city. Ward 3 also had the largest increase in students attending a DCPS high school over that span, growing by 33 percent. Hence we have schools that are overcrowded.

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/State-of-DC-Schools-2018-19-web-res.pdf

If you think that public schools will not be an issue in the Ward 3 primary -- and maybe *the* issue -- you are hopelessly clueless about Ward 3 politics.

I would also wager that, even if a sizable number of Ward 3 kids go to private schools, Ward 3 public school parents are much more likely to vote in the primary and thus are a much more powerful constituency than the Ward 3 private school parents, many of whom I'd wager are Republicans who cannot vote in the Democratic primary and thus will have zero say in who is elected (the Republican candidate, whoever it is, has no hope of winning in the general election).

Most of the kids who attend DCPS Ward 3 schools don't live in Ward 3. Yes, in elementary most of the kids are in-boundary, and the boundaries don't cross ward lines except for Lafayette. But Deal and Wilson comprise a substantial portion of the kids in Ward 3 schools, their boundaries cross ward lines, and both still have a substantial number of OOB kids. You add it all up and the non-Ward 3 kids are a slight majority.

Source?

In the Master Facilities Plan OSSE released documents showing each school's enrollment by planning cluster. I mapped planning clusters to wards and summed up each Ward 3 school. I was part of the Crowding Working Group that DC did a few years ago. You can see the data graphically here:
http://edu.codefordc.org/#!/school/463

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And....no one know who she is.

I've lived in DC proper for 29 years and W3 for nine. The only person I've heard of among those who allegedly are running is Frumin.

That’s only because he has name recognition as a serial losing candidate.

He's also been pushing DCPS to do something -- anything -- about DCPS overcrowding in Ward 3, going to back to before the Ellington renovation when he pushed DCPS to move it to a more logical, central location and reopen that building as a general high school.

That's going to go a long way with W3 voters, many of whom are DCPS parents.

Can't agree with the last sentence. Overall DC has a rather small proportion of families with children, which is one of the reasons DCPS can get away with being so mismanaged. Ward 3 has the highest percentage of kids in private school, about 50%. While parents of DCPS kids are organized and vocal they are few in number.

Citation needed.

The number of Ward 3 kids who attend DCPS grew by 25 percent between 2014-15 to 2018-19, the largest increase in the city. Ward 3 also had the largest increase in students attending a DCPS high school over that span, growing by 33 percent. Hence we have schools that are overcrowded.

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/State-of-DC-Schools-2018-19-web-res.pdf

If you think that public schools will not be an issue in the Ward 3 primary -- and maybe *the* issue -- you are hopelessly clueless about Ward 3 politics.

I would also wager that, even if a sizable number of Ward 3 kids go to private schools, Ward 3 public school parents are much more likely to vote in the primary and thus are a much more powerful constituency than the Ward 3 private school parents, many of whom I'd wager are Republicans who cannot vote in the Democratic primary and thus will have zero say in who is elected (the Republican candidate, whoever it is, has no hope of winning in the general election).

Most of the kids who attend DCPS Ward 3 schools don't live in Ward 3. Yes, in elementary most of the kids are in-boundary, and the boundaries don't cross ward lines except for Lafayette. But Deal and Wilson comprise a substantial portion of the kids in Ward 3 schools, their boundaries cross ward lines, and both still have a substantial number of OOB kids. You add it all up and the non-Ward 3 kids are a slight majority.

Source?

In the Master Facilities Plan OSSE released documents showing each school's enrollment by planning cluster. I mapped planning clusters to wards and summed up each Ward 3 school. I was part of the Crowding Working Group that DC did a few years ago. You can see the data graphically here:
http://edu.codefordc.org/#!/school/463

So W3 voters don't care about public school issues? Got it.

[Anonymous]

I disagree with the notion. There are large numbers of Ward 3 residents who send their kids to local public schools, particularly the elementary and Deal parts. Yes, many go on to private and parochial schools, but many go on to Wilson, Walls etc.

It is a huge issue and just as critical for Ward 3 voters as it is for Montgomery County and other voters.

[Anonymous]

Interesting thread:

So one candidate re-hashes the platitudes and another candidate literally wrote a similar op-ed months ago and has been dealing with the issues directly through organizations.

In other words, one of these two candidates has experience and the other is not ready for prime time.

[Anonymous]

Interesting piece from the AU Eagle

https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2022/02/mary-cheh-ends-reelection-bid-as-dc-council-hopefuls-jockey-for-position

[Anonymous]

Mary Cheh is old and out of touch. I hope she is replaced by someone half her age who is engaged in the 21st century version of Washington DC.

[Anonymous]

My prayer was answered.

Mary Cheh will literally leave you on the the street to die. She'll step right on you and keep moving on her way.

She was supposed to be " the educated one" , "the qualified one." Maybe she is, but she's too lazy and corrupt to stand up against lawlessness. I'm also not the right demographic.

[Anonymous]

Corrupt? What corruption has she ever been accused of?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corrupt? What corruption has she ever been accused of?

I guarantee the person who wrote that is a.) over 75 years old; and b.) is a frequent poster on either the CCDC or Cleveland Park listservs. The old bags who live in those neighborhoods absolutely despise her, but that means nothing when Cheh has won elections with like 75 percent of the vote.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Corrupt? What corruption has she ever been accused of?

I guarantee the person who wrote that is a.) over 75 years old; and b.) is a frequent poster on either the CCDC or Cleveland Park listservs. The old bags who live in those neighborhoods absolutely despise her, but that means nothing when Cheh has won elections with like 75 percent of the vote.

NP-When you are no longer pimply-faced, greasy haired, self-absorbed and looking head-on at 70 or 80, I hope you have some more awareness and compassion. You and your friends and I too will be “old bags” someday. Your ageism is not becoming.

[Anonymous]

Ward 3ers absolutely care about schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3ers absolutely care about schools.

+1

Crazy to suggest otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Mary Cheh was about the worst thing that ever happened to Ward 3. She didn't defend it or work for it. She exploited it. Her ideas about growth were a failure and put developers in the drivers seat. She worked for her friends and shut everyone else out. She pretended to listen to others, but never, ever adapted to change. That's why you can't have really old people in office, they become rigid and dogmatic and think they know what is best for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mary Cheh was about the worst thing that ever happened to Ward 3. She didn't defend it or work for it. She exploited it. Her ideas about growth were a failure and put developers in the drivers seat. She worked for her friends and shut everyone else out. She pretended to listen to others, but never, ever adapted to change. That's why you can't have really old people in office, they become rigid and dogmatic and think they know what is best for everyone.

Considering the massive margins of her election victories, your view is decidedly in the minority.