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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Won’t impact Maret in the slightest.[/quote]

I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots.  But enjoy leading your social justice crusade from your basement.  My kids don’t go to Maret but they play soccer a lot at Jelleff.  I care more about DC picking up my trash than whether Maret teams can practice for a few hours a week.  Yawn.[/quote]

The problem is not Maret getting to practice; it’s about many other kids not having a place to play. But you know that and just enjoy being a jerk since your kids are all set.[/quote]

Can’t one fairly say that Hardy parents knew that, too.  That they wre signing up for an urban school.  No playing fields.  School uniforms.  Security guards who act like they worked for the Department of Corrections.  School grounds with way more hardscale than grass.  Don’t blame your regrets and suboptimal  choices on Maret kids.  Sheesh.[/quote]

This.[/quote]

Oh my.  Such condescension.  You do realize that private school is not an option for everyone?  Or do you consider you good fortune solely the result of your “optimal choices” and not due in substantial part to luck and other factors beyond your control?  (Research does show that the fortunate tend to misattribute their lot to their own specialness....)

Do you consider Hardy parents — and other community members — speaking up about the corrupt background of the playing field situation another “suboptimal choice”?[/quote]

You do realize, don’t you, that big thanks to Maret and other private school parents that there are still lottery spots into Upper Northwest public schools that feed to Hardy or OOB slots are Hardy itself?  If it weren’t for the, yes, luck and choices of those other parents who are paying private tuition (and DC taxes to fund the public schools also), there would likely be no places for your kids in crowded WOTP schools and your kid’s choices would be a lot more suboptimal than Hardy and Wilson.  So my advice is to get off your limping moral high horse and stop whining.[/quote]

I and my family live in-bounds for NW schools, so that’s a non-issue for me.  But, it’s absurd that you congratulate yourself for your “charity” in not attending DCPS.

And, no, I don’t feel like I need advice on morality from you.[/quote]

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