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It's pretty clear that the decision on Jelleff came from the very top - aka The Mayor's office. This is why Delano was so evasive - he had "internal conversations" with his boss (Muriel) before coming to a decision.

Bowser has a lot of campaign contributors at Maret. In addition, a lot of wealthy African-American families go to Maret as it's one of the more diverse and supposedly "progressive" independent schools in the DC area. This is Bowser's social circle calling in a favor at the expense of poor black kids who would utilize Jelleff through the BGC or Hardy athletics.

This is all about the African-American elites of DC putting their foot down on the necks of poorer African-Americans who are in DC Public/Charter Schools. That's the subtext of the entire fight but no one is willing to discuss. This has been a recurring battle in DC for generations. [/quote]

This is exactly it. Excellent summary.[/quote]

Stop blaming black folks. I agree that the agreement should be rescinded. I don’t think there is one black kid on the baseball team. I think there was one last year. AA elites are not spending political clout for Maret baseball, I can assure you of that. Blame this on plain rich folks and leave AAs out of this. Muriel accosts money no matter the skin color.[/quote]

Fair enough. Some people who objected to the agreement tried to play identity politics, which is almost always a mistake and particularly so in this case as it gave Maret an opportunity to take the focus off the class issue (they tried to push back on that too but were much less successful). [/quote]

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