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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I walk my DCPS elementary school kid along River Road each morning and then home again. Several times a week I watch cars entering and exiting GDS from River Road in ways that put pedestrians in danger and/or block the traffic on River Road. This is why the ANCs are so rigid about their relationships with private schools in their neighborhoods: it has a real impact on our safety. More students = more cars impacting our neighborhoods. FWIW, I also have a child in private school outside of our neighborhood and our school is very diligent about warning parents not to violate our agreements with the ANC and sending security guards out to enforce during drop off and pickup. Private schools are a part of their geographic community and they need to act like it! [/quote]

I drive by there on my way to NPS.  Maybe it’s just when I go, but the Janney parents seem to clog up that area with weird driving and lingering as they say hi to people from their cars, or walkers on the crosswalk needing to strut slowly as they walk multiple dogs to drop their kids off.  GDS parents get on with it.[/quote]

Private school and public school have different zoning requirements. GDS parents are required to get on with it.[/quote]

Janney parents... Such a nightmare. Talk about privileged. [/quote]

First, this isn't about Janney, which is a school attended entirely by DC taxpaying families with no enrollment cap and no traffic requirement other than those at law generally. Not a part of this conversation.

Second, for the privilege of paying no DC taxes while educating numerous children from MD and VA, GDS must adhere to a few simple rules to lessen the burden on the residential part of the neighborhood. Hardly too much of the DC government to ask of an entity that pays nothing to the DC coffers, while occupying land that could be occupied by prime DC revenue generating commercial entities.[/quote]

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