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[quote=Anonymous]OP mislead many of you by dangling the idea of a secret giveaway conspiracy.

-This has been dragging on for YEARS and IN PUBLIC. You can see the hearings on the council website. There are many threads about this on DCUM in the Special Needs

-OP does not speak for the entire community. If the majority, not a vocal minority, wanted to stop the lease, it would have happened years ago. The naysayers are dragging it out in some reason. For a while it was Stoddert Soccer.

-No commercial developer, or charter operator, in their right mind would try to use that space. Why? Parking. Lab has very strict agreements in place about traffic, parking, use of field. Neighbors know that Lab is the least intrusive option for that space.

-It's not as great a spot as it looks. DCPS does not want it. The building and lot is tiny and kids are packed in as it is. No gym or cafeteria. Limited use of the DPR park. It has to have fixed capacity.

-Did OP forget to mention the park and playground are part of DPR, not DCPS? A DCPS school would have to apply for use like everybody else.

-The real reason DCPS doesn't want it anytime soon is Hardy Middle School. The crowded feeder schools only make up 20% percent of the Hardy population. DCPS has no interest in dealing with hassle of the Foxhall space when so few kids end up at Hardy. I don't fully agree with their logic, but DCPS is the real barrier. The council can't force DCPS to use the space.

Save your outrage for Fillmore and Ellington and special education for all kids. There's no need to self-investigate Lab for underground tunnels.

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