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[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]

And I fail to see why a school thinks it should have rights just because they have money.  [/quote]

I really don't understand the beef with Maret here.  The school sought to extend an arrangement that had been in place for 10 years; it's using a program that is widely used by other organizations in the city, and DPR agreed to it.  If you must, complain about DPR (though I think that's misplaced) or DCPS.  But the complaints about Maret sound a lot like people who just don't like private schools in general, or this one in particular.  And no, I'm not a Maret parent - my kids go to a DCPCS.  (But, do charter schools get first crack at DPR facilities as well, under your world view?)  [/quote]

And that’s why I said complaining to Maret won’t do any good. They don’t care.

And yes, a DC public school - charters are public schools, are they not? - should get first crack at public rec spaces, especially those closest to their location.

Are you saying private school student should have priority over public school students to the exclusion of those public school students for ten years?[/quote]

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