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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the silence to the questions we may assume the following:

1.  Hardy doesn’t seem to care whether they use Jelleff field for the physical education needs of its student body and hasn’t bothered to ask.  And if they want to use Jelleff, perhaps the field use by the British School effectively precludes Hardy’s use during the school day.  It’s interesting that the for profit British School is given a complete pass when Jelleff field use during the school day potentially could benefit the entire student body.  Yet Maret is targeted and vilified for their far fewer hours of field use during a time that affects relatively few Hardy students, as compared to phys Ed enrollment.  This whole social media smear campaign seems more and more about hurting Maret than actually benefiting Hardy.

2.  It’s quite likely that the British School pays meaningfully less than Maret for more than twice as many hours and for more weeks, plus the right to park its buses at Jelleff.

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Not sure if you are actually looking for an answer to these questions but the following cover both:  The reason that the Maret deal is harmful to the community and has the attention over the British School is because Maret used the field during the times that are most in demand.  Those times are more valuable.  If Maret wanted to pay what it pays to use the field at 9pm nobody would care and it seems the British school uses it during the day when AFTER-SCHOOL sports are not being played.  It is basic economics.  Maret wants the in-demand hours but its supporters seem incapable of understanding that other kids want the same hours.  (they in fact had some kid testify how important being able to play baseball at Maret was to him.  So now he is being raised to think that it is only what is important to him that matters, and he clearly does not realize that there might be other kids who do not go to Maret who want to play baseball.  The next generation of Maret trustees).  [/quote]

+1  As much as Maret wants to blame others (DPR! the British School! Squirrels!) the fact remains that they should have been planning for a field a decade ago when they signed the first deal and noticed there was community opposition, rather than making their entire athletic program dependent on a public park.   There's something problematic about the way Maret is being run, and it's not surprising they almost closed just a few decades ago due to financial mismanagement. [/quote]

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