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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]so doing the right thing doesn't factor in. got it. [/quote]

What is the right thing?  The field doesn't belong to the school, it's a public field.  The school didn't offer to lease it the way Maret has.  And the school has access to a field, just not that one.  [/quote]

Do you think it’s right for middle school students to have long daily commutes just to participate on their school sports team?

Do you think it’s right for [b]exclusive use of public facilities be auctioned off to[/b] the highest (or [b]most connected) bidder?[/b]  Is the purpose of having public facilities just to generate rental income?  Funny, but that sounds like a business more appropriate for the private sector.
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That's precisely what you are suggesting - that exclusive use of the DPR facilities be auctioned off to the most connected (DCPS).  [/quote]

Wow. Sounds like some Maret parents got wind of this thread and are making crazy arguments to support their position. I suddenly have a lot less respect for this school's admin and parents.[/quote]

I'm not a Maret parent.  I'm just a person who doesn't understand why a school thinks it should have rights to a rec center, purely because of proximity.  [/quote]

Let's say it again one time louder for the people in the back:  PUBLIC DC LANDS SHOULD GO TO PUBLIC DC PURPOSES FIRST.  [/quote]

PP here.  Number of DC residents:  700,000  Number of DCPS students:  48,000

DPR and the rec center is concerned with a lot more of the DC public than just students.  [/quote]

But, but, but . . . the kids!

They have nowhere else to play soccer!

Wait . . . that's not true, is it?

It's helpful to remember that the complaint here isn't that Hardy kids can't play soccer at all, it's that this field is more convenient than the one they currently use.  Poor little darlings.  [/quote]

So have Maret rent a field farther away. Or would that be too difficult for the poor darlings?[/quote]

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