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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay so:
1. Landowners rents out/leases land to charter school
2. Landowners wants land back
3. People are upset and say that the charter school needs the land and not the landowner because it is a school and won't you think of the kids?

All of you on DCUM would be up in arms if it was your back yard you leased to your neighbor.  How is this case different?[/quote]

No, you have it wrong. The school has a lease and the landlord os trying to block them from reasonable use of the property. And their contractual rights. The condo association is being selfish and ridiculous - not sure why kids playing during the day os such a huge problem to them anyway. Do they all work fromhme?[/quote]

[b]It sends such a negative signal about how DC is evolving into a city for spoiled rich white folks without kids who care about themselves and maybe their pets, but are hostile to children[/b]. [/quote]

Exactly.  All the residents knew what they were getting into. The kids are outside for a few hours a day.  My daughter went to Apple Tree 5 years ago. We loved that we could walk to school in our neighborhood. [/quote]

This is really the bottom line.  I don't know how long AT has their lease for, but that playground should stay put as long as they do, since it was no doubt part of the understanding of what areas and amenities AT would have access to under the lease.  Once the lease is up though, AT may have a problem and be priced out.  But until then... neighbors cannot expect that another tenant's rights be trampled just because they've decided that they don't like the situation they bought/moved into.[/quote]

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