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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anonymous wrote:
About 10 years ago, Murch had quite a (sort of deserved) reputation for having extremely difficult, unreasonable, and vocal parents. Not that it's right, but perhaps that has something to do with it? You need an ally to get things done at DCPS.

Yes, of course, it is all the parents' fault.

No, and not a fair response - that post didn't say it was the only reason, so don't suggest that it did.  It may have been part of it, though.  Murch needs to be renovated; I think we can all agree on that.  That has nothing to do with whether it is located in Ward 3, has nice parents, was active in boundary discussions, or is located near Janney.  But, wondering why it's being pushed back?  Could be many reasons - and one of them might be a decades old reputation.  Silly, maybe, given the positive efforts of so many there, but it may be.  This City jumps to all sorts of conclusions about people, many of which are unfair and frankly untrue (75% of DCUM responses are like this), and it's almost impossible to change someone's mind.

Good luck, Murch.  I know you all have worked tirelessly on this for years.  I hope, in the end, you get the renovation you desperately need.[/quote]

I think the frustration is that so many of the comments focus on what Murch parents should be doing, or haven't done, or did 10 years ago. Parents are considered too political and too much of a pain if they push it. If they don't push and fight, the school shouldn't except to get what it needs. The point is, parents shouldn't have to anything. Instead of asking what parents should be doing, we should all be asking why DC leaders aren't doing what they should be. We should all be angry that the system is so broken. We should all be furious that kids are caught in the middle of ridiculous adult battles instead of having their safety and educations compromised.

While I appreciate you posting on DCUM that you hope Murch gets the renovation it needs (let's face it, DCPS reads this), I wish everyone who reads this thread and finds the situation ridiculous would just take a moment to email their Councilmember or Mayor Bowser after the first of the year to tell them the school modernization process is broken and they need to make modernizing crumbling schools a top priority. They need to put kids first.[/quote]

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