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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too bad the Hardy student didn't ask why DCPS doesn't make Ellington field available to Hardy ASAP.  Then he might ask his principal and staff why they won't give up their free parking lot so that Hardy's existing kiddie field can be expanded to a proper, on campus field facility.[/quote]

Too bad Maret can't act like a decent private school and puts its parking lot underground like Sidwell did, to make room for a proper athletic field for the good of its students (and the broader DC community who would like its public park back).  Why is Maret so incompetent at planning for infrastructure? 
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Because if you bothered to check, you would see that Maret’s parking area is about 50 feet wide at most, pushed up against the Swiss embassy compound.  Even if the parking were underground, you’d see that a second field wouldn’t fit.  Indeed, if you overlay a regular sized field over the entire front lawn and driveway of Maret, it wouldn’t fit (putting aside slope and historic protections that would preclude a field there even if there were space).  The bottom line is that even if Maret wished to put its parking underground, there is no room on the campus for a second field.

By contrast, a nearly Jelleff-sized field would fit snugly on a north-south orientation covering the present area of the Hardy court and its mini field.  It would of course require moving the court to the area where the parking lot is.  Or, if the staff insisted on free parking over kids’ sports needs, the court could be sacrificed to maintain the staff privileges.  It is noteworthy that the staff parking lot is wider and about as long as the present Hardy mini-field.[/quote]

Seriously?  The inadequacies of the Maret campus are not a problem the kids at the BGCGW need to worry about. Neither should the staff at Hardy need to prioritize the needs of Maret students. If Maret can’t share, they should build their own facilities. [/quote]

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