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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think River School is feeling pressured as other schools like Sidwell and GDS have recently acquired property and expanded. River School’s crappy building is holding it back. [/quote]

Suppose to feel bad because the really wonderful private school is having a hard time keeping up with the Joneses??? It wants to push its way it to a residential neighborhood (its first attempt since its other three attempts at commercial sites didn't work out), so lets just totally disrupt people's way of living and AGING IN PLACE so they can keep up and release the "pressure".  Just kill me now why don't you. [/quote]

geez, that’s a bit hysterical. you don’t own the streets - nobody does. anti-school nimbyism based on parking is just another level. as the mom of a SN kid who couldn’t consider River due to its location, I think it’s great it is trying to find a more centrally accessible location to expand to. [/quote]

What is hysterical is you throwing around NIMBYism and acting like parking and local safety are not a concern. They are a MAJOR concern for those of us that have lived here for over 25+ years and have raised our own kids and now grandkids on these streets. Not having adequate parking for the hundreds of cars that will be coming into the area and adding to the congestion due to the River School's lack of planning and communication is a problem. How you handle your families needs is on you. Are you suddenly going to take the metro or bus with your kid now that the school is considering this centrally accessible location and it wants to expand? This is a residential lot they are trying to get special exception for; this is a private school that is coming from Ward 3 moving to Ward 3. Do not fool yourself. 
Where did you end up sending your kid that was better located and did you use public transportation?[/quote]

DP...you are hysterical. None of these nightmare scenarios ever come to fruition. They said the same thing when GDS opened its high school, when NCRC expanded, when Sidwell did its renovation, etc. We live in a city, the streets do not belong only to you.[/quote]

Wanting safer streets for all those in the neighborhood and for those that walk, bike and travel on them daily means I am claiming ownership over them? Wanting safer streets is NEVER wrong.  Maybe you should want them too, if not for yourself or your own family then for others.  Maybe you should try and explain why safer streets are not needed to the poor young man's family who just got tragically struck and killed on Mass Ave. while riding his bike TO DINNER.  Safer intersections and roadways are a must. There is no plan for the cars and congestion associated with this school moving here. [/quote]

Ok, right, opening this school will lead to death. great argument. [/quote]

That is not even funny. It would be horrible if something happen to a young kid because there is no parking or traffic. This is something we should all consider and the fact that you even mock someone poor young man's death is disturbing. [/quote]

It's absurd to claim that a minimal increase in traffic is going to lead to unsafe streets.  It's also really morbid to claim that the bike accident on Mass Ave -- a notoriously dangerous place to bike and a crazy traffic pattern - has anything at all to do with the school.  [/quote]

It is NOT A MINIMAL INCREASE. Did you even read their proposal? Adding that many cars without a proper way to funnel them into the campus/neighborhood is unsafe and a hazard. That IS causing a crazy traffic pattern. The school is not taking into account the safety of the neighborhood or those that live and work in the area and that is a horrible, selfish thought.  You are right. The River School is WRONG. [/quote]

300 cars is minimal. It’s not a backwater road; it’s a road that already handles a fair amount of volume. You sound very anxious. [/quote]

DP. Volume that depends on unimpeded traffic flow during high volumes periods, not a ten car back up every morning at drop off time. [/quote]

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