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Why does the Lab school need to spend a bunch of money building a huge, state-of-the-art theater (and, in the process, destroying one of the few pools in NW DC)?  Is that also DCPS's fault?  Lab is the problem here, not DCPS.[/quote]

Actually, community access to the pool was a quid pro quo with the now deceased founder of the school and as to now unnamed DC public officials and Palisades residents. Nobody in their right mind these days would claim a pool is an effective learning tool for language-based learning disabilities.

Post-founder, Lab leadership turned the school back to it's original purpose of using visual and performing arts as a means to demonstrate learning, improve language-related challenges, and build on the strengths of the high percentage of people with LD who excel in creative arts. It's not "just a theater." It was designed purposefully to promote interdisciplinary learning opportunities that public schools don't have the curricular flexibility or expertise to do.

They raised the money themselves to invest in resources to benefit their own students on property they own.

The school doesn't owe the city a damn thing if the city won't fund DC kids to go there.

Lab doesn't own the Foxhall building. If DCPS sold it to them or any other private school, the owners could do pretty much what they want.

Again, the problem isn't Lab School or any other potential tenant of Old Hardy. [b]DCPS [/b]needs to fix overcrowding in ward 3 and effective facilities citywide.

If you're so enraged by Lab School, fine. Pressure the mayor, who's in charge of the lease btw, to let the lease runout and watch the building sit empty until DCPS gets its s--t together.

Would that solve the problem? Or should you focus your energy on the bigger issue?
Focus, people.[/quote]

Why does Lab use some of that money it raised to pay a market price on the property it’s using? Or better yet, it should be the winning bidder when the property is opened up to competition.[/quote]

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