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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are ample kids at Hardy - and the B&GC - for which involvement in after-school sports could mark a turning point in their lives away from various forms of delinquency. Maret's use of Jelleff makes it harder - not impossible, but certainly harder - for that to happen. While the use of Jelleff after-school may be important to Maret in many ways, a non-renewal would have been little more than a minor inconvenience that the school's capable administration could have easily worked out. It would have very little impact on Maret's students, almost all of which will enjoy very bright futures regardless of what field they play on. For many Hardy students, not having access to Jelleff could potentially change the rest of their lives.[/quote]

I'm not sure that being forced to use a non-regulation field like Ellington will cause someone to turn to a life of crime.... 
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I dunno.  At least 2 of the athletes (one former, one current) who testified for Maret the other day spoke about having access to Jelleff as being monumentally important to their athletic experience...

(And don’t forget that Ellington provides no solution for the after-school program.  After-school kids can’t be blocks away when their puck-up arrives.)[/quote]

Exactly. and some of that was before Maret renovated the field.  It's almost like a regulation field was incidental. 
Or, maybe talk to the Athletes at Stoddert who would be stealing iPhones if they didn't have a regulation field to play in.
I didn't realize that you were one of the Maret employees who were behind this effort. I mean, how else  would you know that a non-renewal was a minor inconvenience. Stay strong in that den of iniquity.[/quote]

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