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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can see why Chen is retiring. The rezoning of stoddert will cause lots of problems for her. There is a new boundary map released by the city. Everything south of Benton Street will be forced to go to the new fox hall elementary school. I guess there are not enough school age kids in the Fox Hall?

Imagine buying a home that is a two minute walk to the school and now you can’t go to that school. Your elementary age kid has a 25 minutes walk cutting through the woods. I guess most will drive? I wonder how much this will impact property values? [/quote]

This is absolute unadulterated horseshit. Written most probably not by someone in Glover Park but rather one of the classist racist clowns in Foxhall that shudder at the thought of public school children entering their  neighborhood.[/quote]

You are the lying racist. I have lived in Glover Park for over 20 years. It is on the Listserv idiot. It was part of a presentation about new school zoning given by the city. I guess you missed that because you do not even live in ward 3? So you can count on strong opposition to this hair brain plan to build an elementary school for the one or two people who have an elementary age kid in Fox Hall. I look forwards to facing off against at the meetings.

This is a total sh#t show. The only reason to split Glover Park in 1/2 is because the crowding is at Stoddert. The new school location does not have enough population to justify a school. In fact the area is classified as rural because the population density is so low. Look at the map it’s mostly park land, Georgetown University & Hospital, GW Mary Mount Campus, St Patrick, Field School and Lab School, old GDS campus, Georgetown reservoir,  Krueger Museum and the Germany Embassy. The traffic will be a nightmare on Reservoir Road with all the stop lights and the people who decide to park before 9:30. I know maybe people cut through Wesley Heights. I am sure those people will want that!

The only workable option is to cancel the Fox Hall school, spend the money to expand Stoddert and force Fox Hall’s few kids to go to Stoddert. [/quote]

For those who like to maintain a relationship with reality, see the statement below from the DCPS School Planning Team about the boundaries of the new school and the effect on Stoddert. This was also posted to the Glover Park listserv this morning.

"Final decision: We are very pleased that Mayor Bowser announced in March that she wants to invest in DCPS opening a new elementary school on Foxhall Rd NW in SY2025-2026. To your point, no decision has been made on how to redraw elementary school boundaries to accommodate the new school. DCPS will engage the community before the shape of the boundary is determined. One element of that engagement will be a community working group (CWG) focused on Foxhall beginning in the fall.

Image 2: Example Map: The Image 2 map you shared really is, as noted on the slide, an example. It was produced by the School Planning team and shared at a meeting of the Foxhall and MacArthur CWG in March 2021 to help that group think about the potential impact of opening a new PK-5 elementary school vs. a grade 3-5 campus. It was not meant to be a holistic review of all options. (Interested individuals can find the full presentation on the DCPS School Planning blog: https://dcpsplanning.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/foxhall-macarthur-community-working-group-recommendations/)

Need for data: I’d also like to express my strong enthusiasm for your interest in real data. I have a background in spatial data and am looking forward to discussing potential boundary shapes and land transport distances. (I do apologize if this seems vague. While I cannot share new boundary options with you immediately, we are committed to returning to consideration of the new Foxhall boundary in the fall.)"[/quote]

I am not the person you're replying to, but wanted to add another rational response.

It is 100% true that there is no final map -- DCPS is not dumb enough to propose a map until the last minute.  I don't know what that says either way.  It's obvious from the planned size of the school (and the non-expansion of Stoddert) and the aim of DCPS that there's no way to fill Foxhall without splitting Stoddert.  I'm sure I'll have to pay taxes next year without being ordered by the IRS, and I'm sure Stoddert will be split even without an official map from DCPS.

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/keep-glover-park-stoddert-together[/quote]

So you've made up your mind and little things like "facts" aren't going to change it. [/quote]

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