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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS' listening session tonight is a shocking display of NIMBY-ism on the part of the Foxhall community.[/quote]

I was sick to my stomach.

Summary: “I value diversity BUT I value my ability to picnic outside more”

Bravo to the Hispanic/Jewish gentlemen that spoke up.[/quote]

Your post is inaccurate and unnecessarily polarizing. Many speakers clearly made the point that the neighborhood values the green space at Hardy Park and they want to preserve it. Why is that so wrong to want to preserve green space in a city and ask questions about other site selection options? And they don't trust DCPS to build out the property in a manner that properly preserves whatever remains of the park. After the Christmas Eve giveaway of the Old Hardy School we should all be skeptical of DC gov/DCPS intentions.

Speakers [u]also[/u] pointed out other key problems with the location of the two new schools and the complete lack of transparency for the selection of the Foxhall site or how these new schools fit into the larger, longterm school facilities plan. Just look at a map, the location of the new schools makes no sense for anything other than a single local elementary school which could be located at the old GDS site. DCPS needs to go back to the drawing board.

As for the gentlemen you mentioned, his assertion that the Foxhall neighborhood is racist was belied by the very large and diverse group of neighbors who spoke out against the flawed DCPS plan.

- Ward 3 parent of two DCPS students who lives nowhere near Foxhall but believes opponents of the Foxhall site made some very thoughtful arguments

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