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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think River School is feeling pressured as other schools like Sidwell and GDS have recently acquired property and expanded. River School’s crappy building is holding it back. [/quote]

Suppose to feel bad because the really wonderful private school is having a hard time keeping up with the Joneses??? It wants to push its way it to a residential neighborhood (its first attempt since its other three attempts at commercial sites didn't work out), so lets just totally disrupt people's way of living and AGING IN PLACE so they can keep up and release the "pressure".  Just kill me now why don't you. [/quote]

geez, that’s a bit hysterical. you don’t own the streets - nobody does. anti-school nimbyism based on parking is just another level. as the mom of a SN kid who couldn’t consider River due to its location, I think it’s great it is trying to find a more centrally accessible location to expand to. [/quote]

What is hysterical is you throwing around NIMBYism and acting like parking and local safety are not a concern. They are a MAJOR concern for those of us that have lived here for over 25+ years and have raised our own kids and now grandkids on these streets. Not having adequate parking for the hundreds of cars that will be coming into the area and adding to the congestion due to the River School's lack of planning and communication is a problem. How you handle your families needs is on you. Are you suddenly going to take the metro or bus with your kid now that the school is considering this centrally accessible location and it wants to expand? This is a residential lot they are trying to get special exception for; this is a private school that is coming from Ward 3 moving to Ward 3. Do not fool yourself. 
Where did you end up sending your kid that was better located and did you use public transportation?[/quote]

DP...you are hysterical. None of these nightmare scenarios ever come to fruition. They said the same thing when GDS opened its high school, when NCRC expanded, when Sidwell did its renovation, etc. We live in a city, the streets do not belong only to you.[/quote]

Wanting safer streets for all those in the neighborhood and for those that walk, bike and travel on them daily means I am claiming ownership over them? Wanting safer streets is NEVER wrong.  Maybe you should want them too, if not for yourself or your own family then for others.  Maybe you should try and explain why safer streets are not needed to the poor young man's family who just got tragically struck and killed on Mass Ave. while riding his bike TO DINNER.  Safer intersections and roadways are a must. There is no plan for the cars and congestion associated with this school moving here. [/quote]

So in your world, this is a mess because there will be more traffic, but more traffic means slower streets, which is actually safer. So which is it?

And if the streets aren't safe, that is a design issue, and I fully agree, DDOT should make them safer.[/quote]

that is laughable. you think DDOT will come in and make things safer? the slow streets initiative has been a disaster and made those streets like a massive Frogger game for pedestrians trying to avoid speeding weaving cars during back and forth to avoid the gates. Or the ridiculous mini circles they put around town that cars drive the wrong way around because of how annoying they are which then endangers pedestrians and bikers who assume drivers will be smart.  Yeah, those are really helpful. Yeah, lets ask DDOT for help on this????? Not.[/quote]

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