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Do you realize Jelleff is not a DCPS facility? Its a DPR. The mission statement for DPR is not to provide DCPS recreation facilities. DPR already priorities use of facilities for DC residents through a fee structure. If Hardy is going to take over Jelleff, the school system should pay for improvements and maintenance for the facility out of Hardy’s budget.

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Do you realize that Hardy teams now play and practice at DPR fields? Jelleff just happens to be across the street instead of across the city. [/quote]

Why doesn't Hardy just use Ellington field?  I drive by it a lot and never see anyone playing on it much during school days or after school.  It's a short walk away, and then you wouldn't have to whine about poor Hardy for 165+ pages.[/quote]

That's what the city is trying to do now -- shift management of the Ellington field to DPR from DCPS, and it would be used by Hardy and Ellington, and the rest of the community. However, the idea has run into vocal objections from Burleith neighbors who say that if it is used for recreation by sports leagues and the like (when it isn't being used by one of the schools) it would bring too many cars to their streets. So the proposal is stalled.[/quote]

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