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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that this is what you do when you don't have land.  What I don't understand is why, when the school does have land, it hands it over to a developer rather than uses it for educational facilities.

I could understand a self-protective land-banking strategy with temporary commercial uses.  (e.g. School wants control over adjacent properties for long-term use, and this is the window of opportunity for land acquisition but school can't currently afford or doesn't currently need the space, so it builds something that it owns/controls/has the right to remove but that yields revenue in the meanwhile).

But doing what GDS is proposing suggests screwed-up priorities and/or a toxic mix of conflicts-of-interest and naïveté.[/quote]

Or a school that recognizes that 6% tuition increases each year is not ideal to keep a mix of low, moderate, and high income families and is trying to work creatively to come up with a sustainable solution.  You know what my priorities are in educating my kids: 1) a safe learning environment where they are happy; 2) top notch teachers and a strong curriculum; and 3) an environment that breeds tolerance and will empower my kid to do something to make the world a better place.  You know what my priorities aren't: great athletics.  As long as my kids get an opportunity to run around and play outside, I could care less whether there is an Olympic sized swimming pool, multiple fields, and country club style facilities.  This is probably why I chose a school like GDS.  If your priorities are different, you should feel free to choose another school - there are many options in DC with these types of facilities.  [/quote]

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