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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again but calling this situation ‘extremely inconvenient’ is an indication of how truly lucky you are in life.  Please take in that fact.  I can give you a lot of other scenarios that are actually ‘extremely inconvenient’ as a comparison.[/quote]

Seriously.  My kids' ward 5 charter is 15 minutes away from my home so I spend an hour a day driving my kids there and picking them up.  And I'm quite grateful for the privilege since my zoned school is one of the worst in the city.

I certainly don't consider the driving I do "extremely inconvenient."  I'm grateful to do it because my previous drive to an inferior charter was 25 minutes each way.

The way I see it, Bowser caters far too much to the WOTP crowd.  Not too little.

Look at their streets compared to the ones in my neighborhood.  
Their policing.  
Trash pick up at the Rec centers on that side of the park.  
Maintenance of the swimming pools WOTP vs EOTP.  The list goes on.

I'm all for Bowser calling out the casual racism that rules the thoughts of many WOTP.  
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Please stop conflating racism with classicism.   Also not racism: (1) preferring not be inconvenienced ([b]pretty sure the reaction would have been the same if they were offered a building in the palisades or kent[/b]). (2) not wanting additional kids in an already overcrowded school.  [/quote]

Please stop pretending that classism (not classicism, FYI) is not profoundly intertwined with racism, particularly in the DC public school system.  And also, to the bolded: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  The privileged twit upthread is already on record that the problem isn't the distance, it's driving the "wrong way" across town.  I'm sure she'd shuttle Avery to Kent without a whimper.[/quote]

I'm the PP you're referring to and there is absolutely no chance in hell I'd commute to Palisades or Kent for school, for the same reason I don't want to go across the park: it's inconvenient (even more so, actually - I'd much rather go to Military Rd than either of the above). I have three kids, an extremely demanding job, and a partner who travels for work every week. I need my mornings to be as easy and streamlined as possible. As I have acknowledged, it's certainly a privileged perspective, but it has nothing to do with classism or racism. [/quote]

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