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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls. [/quote]

Other schools and clubs use Jelleff as well. Walls has to compete for space with all of those groups.[/quote]

Two points:

First, Google "Jelleff and Maret" to learn about what's going on there. In particular anything by Dave McKenna, including this story: https://deadspin.com/private-school-that-pocketed-public-rec-center-is-tired-1839260457

With this gem:

[quote]“No one ever explained why public school students couldn’t use the public field across the street from us,” a former Hardy Middle School student told the council, according to the Post’s story. “To allow a private school five days a week at the prime time is the epitome of private-school privilege.”

That testimony surely hurt the feelings of Ian Cameron, head of the school’s board of trustees. Cameron, a father of Maret students, told the hearing about how since news of the sweetheart deal broke, he’s endured accusations that the elite private school only got preferential treatment because of the money and clout of the parents who send their kids there.

“They accused our children of being the, quote, ‘Children of the powerful,’” Cameron whined.

Cameron’s wife, Susan Rice, the former National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration, was unable to testify at the hearing. As Cameron was singing the rich man’s blues, Rice was speaking at a gathering sponsored by Fortune magazine called, ahem, The Most Powerful Women Summit.[/quote]

Second, the Council passed a law saying that DPR has to give priority to DCPS sports at DPR facilities, the only activity that can have higher priority is DPR's own programming. DPR has just refused to follow that law. This isn't about Jelleff, it's city-wide. [/quote]

One of these days, Hardy Middle School teams should just walk over to Jellef, start practicing and force the city to try to arrest them for trespassing.  It'll be a good look when a bunch of private schoolers are trying to call the cops on public school kids using a park across the street from their school.  Then do it again the next day.  And the next day.  And the next day.  I'm not a student, but i'll sure be sitting in the bleachers cheering for them.[/quote]

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