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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would find the pearl-clutching gasps of outrage more sympathetic if upper NW (in general) and the Murch community (specifically) showed as much concern for every other school that had facilities issues.

I don't wish ill of anyone at Murch, but the active horror looks a bit like the tail wagging the dog.  You're the not the first school to be screwed over, and others have been harmed more than you.  You just finally care. [/quote]

[B]I am not sure how much of this thread you have read [/B]but I will refer you to another PP upthread who already answered your post:

"I'm not the quoted PP, but I don't know what more you want from the Murch community. They have been doing exactly what you are asking for a very long time: calling for renovating all schools, trying to make sure funding for all these projects is more available, trying to bring attention to the flaws in the process, and demanding changes in the process.

You clearly have read the materials from the Education Committee's work last spring. I applaud that work, and helped with it. Have you studied and visited schools, including Murch? The Committee's analysis was based on the data DCPS and DGS provided, and it was acknowledged that was a big part of the problem. How you measure things can manipulate the results. Murch has pushed to have more accurate, honest assessments, not just because it would benefit Murch. No one at DGS could explain their facility assessment process. And the DCPS figures calculated capacity numbers to include all trailers, so they showed Murch as undercapacity. Anyone who has been to Murch knows that is a joke.

We can all continue to work on these issues citywide (and the problems are massive from facilities assessment to contracting to community engagement), but don't ask Murch to deny or sacrifice the needs of their own school in the process. Murch did that decades ago when they helped file the lawsuit to get DC to renovate and then sat waiting for their turn. They did that when they received a grant to figure out how to handle the historic preservation of Murch and turned it over to allow a citywide analysis of the issue. Now it is time to get Murch done and use its issues to inform city leaders of the massive flaws in the entire process. If you can't see and accept that, then I think the person that isn't willing to look at the issue citywide may be you."[/quote]

I have read the entire thread.  I genuinely feel for Murch.  I just need more clarification on why this is more tragic than any of the many schools in more dire straights.[/quote]

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