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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy's limits to the use of the Jelleff field are less stringent than those applied by private schools.

Even at the most expensive and fancy private schools, sports facilities are available to students during restricted hours. Since maintenance costs are high (and many schools are operated on a for profit basis) ALL private schools lease out to private users and teams their fields and facilities, including during school hours.

For instance, the Field School, St Albans/National Cathedral, Burke etc lease their school swimming pool to private swim teams (see NCAP website under training hours and facilities), or for individual club members on a fee basis. For a fee of about $120/month , you can have access to the St Alban pool or Field School pool, everyday at set times. Of course pool is off-limits to students during those hours.

The limits of Hardy's access to Jelleff is a false argument, given that it only applies to 2 hours/day and 6 months/year, and that the fields are for Hardy students during all school hours, everyday.

Moreover, students at all schools, even the most expensive ones, do not have 100% availability of theirs sport fields and facilities, as these are leased out for several hours a day to private users, to make up for mainteinance costs and profits.
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Burke doesn't have a swimming pool. The Burke listed there is not the private school, it is Burke Racket and Swim in Burke, VA. Neither St. Albans nor Field is listed on the NCAP website. Burke (the school), Field and St. Albans all have zoning orders limiting their ability to rent to outside groups, it's on the DC Office of Zoning website.

If Hardy chooses not to use the Jelleff field -- and they don't -- why does it matter what their reason is?  As a practical matter the students don't get to use the field.[/quote]

St Albans / National Cathedral pool is reserved for swimming classes and private club access for outsiders (non-students) for several hours a day. During these hours, students cannot access the pool.

http://www.stalbansschool.org/swimclub

I do not know why PP is challenging this argument. Private school sports facilities are known to be available to students on a limited schedule.

The kids of the family next door, National Cathedral + St Albans students and member of the school swimming clubs, complains all the time about the young kids private swimming lessons in the early afternoon, the mess they leave in the changing rooms and restrooms, the overcrowding in the changing rooms around 3:00, when the private outsiders have to leave, and the students finally get to use the pool.

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