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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does MacArthur have as the disciplinary issues of Deal and J-R that can spill out into the neighborhood?

Why is the neighborhood so up in arms over a neighborhood school? [/quote]

First off, it’s not the neighborhood so much as not more than half a dozen retired folk who live in the neighborhood. These folk dominate the Foxhall Citizens Community Association and, on that basis, make baseless claims to represent the neighborhood. None of the officers are actually elected by the residents of the neighborhood and in reality they represent no one other than themselves.

It’s no exaggeration to say that they welcome wealthy private schools with open arms but yet virulently oppose proposals to locate public schools in their neighborhood. They have supported the LAB School, which occupies the publicly-owned Old Hardy building in Foxhall, on numerous occasions. They were instrumental, for instance, in getting the Old Hardy building designated as a historic building, which complicated the process of using it to house a public school again. They also testified in favor of extending LAB’s lease of Old Hardy, which was opposed by the ANC.

As to why they are this way, we can only speculate. They claim that LAB has been a “good neighbor” with the implication that a public school wouldn’t be. LAB - and GDS, which previously occupied the MacArthur HS campus - obviously have strikingly different demographics than public schools. Maybe that’s what’s going on. Others believe that they have a degree of control over private schools that they do not over public schools. In any case, they are not nice people and have spread a lot of half-truths in order to get what they want.[/quote]

You sound ageist.[/quote]

What? Because the post notes that the leadership of the FCCA is comprised of retired folk? That’s not ageist at all. It is relevant, though.[/quote]

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