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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

So if Maret’s facilities are insufficient why doesn’t it move? GDS has.  Sidwell has.  Only Maret wants to stay in its same place while expecting DC taxpayers to pay for its students (nearly half of whom aren’t even DC residents) to play on a big field while many other public schools can’t have the same because Maret won’t share. [/quote]

I’m sure that if you know of a bigger campus available in Northwest you will let Ms. Talbott know.

As for DC resident students, as you note more than half of Maret students live on the District.  But given non-District residents who falsely claim DC residency to attend Hardy or Ellington (as well as official non-DC resident tuition payers at the latter), what’s your point ?  One is reminded of the old people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones admonition.  At least DC taxpayers aren’t paying to educate nonresident students - or any student for that matter — at Maret.  DC taxpayers are paying to operate Hardy, Ellington and any number of schools where students mostly from MD are fraudulently (or in a few cases, transparently) enrolled. [/quote]

Again, you try to focus the argument on Ellington which is irrelevant to the Jelleff issue and on Hardy which is only part of the larger picture.

Why does Maret refuse to share?  [/quote]

It is not Maret's decision on who uses and doesn't use Jelleff, with one exception.  Even though Maret is entitled to use the field on Wednesday's during peak sports season, they have made the field available to Hardy on that day.  DPR is responsible for scheduling of the field outside of Maret's limited hours.

Thousands of public school students, Boys and Girls club participants, Stoddert soccer league participants and others have shared in and benefitted from the turf field and other capital improvements, including to the swimming pool, that Maret has funded.

DCPS, DPR and several council members are working on an arrangement to give Hardy reserved priority at the Ellington field, which is playable now but is slated for improvement.[/quote]

Bull. If Maret were to call Delano Hunter tomorrow and say they want out of the deal that would be the end of it. It's not like the city is making Maret do this against their will. If it weren't for the Maret deal DPR would follow their priority process and a DCPS school would get use of the field.

This is why the pressure is on Maret. This deal is only happening because Maret is making it happen. [/quote]

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