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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The more facts that come out, the less I believe that Maret was a white knight back in 2008. Even assuming that DC couldn't find the money back then to renovate Jelleff (which I don't believe-DC was only moderately impacted by the Great Recession), how does it make sense to give away a valuable piece of public property for 10 years at a pittance? The rational, reasonable, noncorrupt thing to do in that scenario would have been to put the renovation of Jelleff on hold until the economy recovered.

What really happened, most likely, is that Evans and Maret entered into a cozy little deal, like things have always been done in DC. [b]Back then, Hardy had a school body that was overwhelmingly non-white, and came from out of boundary. Maret and Evans could easily ignore their interests, since their parents didn't have the time or money to organize an effective resistance.[/b]

However, the last 10 years have seen a change in Hardy. There are many more students attending who are from upper-middle class families that have the ability to organize and protect the Hardy student body's interests. Sure, the Maret backers are, on average, richer and better connected. But, as we've seen in their response, they're stunned that someone would push back against them and tell them "no." They've probably never had to care what the less wealthy thought about them before this situation.   [/quote]

Good point.[/quote] Up until recently, few people in the neighborhoods around Hardy cared much about what went on there, so long as the student body didn't cause problems. Georgetowners cared even less about the aftercare program at Jelleff, because none of their kids went there, and they didn't know anybody involved. So, Evans and Maret didn't have to care about the interests of "those people".

But, there's been a change with Hardy, as more and more of the in-boundary kids from schools like Key and Stoddert go there. That's why you have organizations like the Palisades Citizens Association involved in this situation.  This type of pushback is similar to what we've seen with the Old Hardy situation. People in Wards 2 and 3 are sending more and more of their kids to DCPS, and they're getting more involved in how the District runs the schools.

Maret and Evans better hope this doesn't end up in litigation. They certainly don't want to have to open their records about this deal up to discovery, because I doubt that would end well for them. [/quote]

Careful, you're starting to make Hardy PTO/A sound like "White Saviors"[/quote]

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