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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Burleith Citizens Association annual meeting is tonight at Washington International School (lower campus, 36th Street between S and Reservoir).

Jack Evans will be there to give his Ward 2 report from 7:35-7:45pm. Come prepared to ask questions about Jelleff and his recent corruption findings.

Tommy Jones from DPR will be giving an update on the transfer of Ellington Field from 8:05-8:15pm.

Anyone can attend. [/quote]

I hope someone goes on behalf of the 100 kids without any outdoor space to play.[/quote]

I’d love to see someone from the Washington Teachers Union announce their they will voluntarily give up their free Hardy on-site parking lot.  On behalf of the kids who have no place to play.  Of course they would.[/quote]

The kids with no outdoor play space are at Jelleff after-school, not Hardy.  And as been explained here multiple times, the parking is a red herring.[/quote]

Really?  Then so is the notion that the poor Hardy students are being denied a place to play.  The selfishness of the Hardy staff is appalling.[/quote]

:roll: [/quote]

How about the Maret staff give up their parking and build a baseball field on their campus. Or Maret could use their resources to rent, buy or build another field - for their private school.

Seriously, you're attacking public school teachers and low-income student attending Jellef afterschool programs. (and the parking lot at Hardy isn't even the size of a soccer field) Your targets are misguided. Back off.

People just want a way for the community to access a public field in their neighborhoods without it being bought out from underneath them in a backroom deal.

We get Maret wants a field too - they could then go through the normal permitting and allocation processes with all of the other groups vying for use of fields. This was because they were going around the system and using extra $ and back-room methods to buy their way to an exclusive deal.

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Hardy has a history of selfish, troublesome staff.  It historically has had one of the most militant WTU groups.  Notoriously it was a Hardy English teacher and WTU shop steward who led the resistance to Chancellor Rhee’s plan to diversify Hardy by adding more Upper Northwest students to the school.  That was really pro-student of her.  But now the Hardy community is quick to hurl around references to equity, inclusion, class and even race over a couple of hours of sports practice?!  GMAFB.[/quote]

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