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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP... tongue in cheek comments aside, it really is true that GDS has handled their expansion/consolidation in a much more community friendly way than Sidwell. If you've followed the respective ANC processes, you know this is true. I think this is why so many people refer to GDS as the most authentically "Quaker" school in DC.[/quote]

This is not exactly true.  When Sidwell got permission from the BZA a few years ago for the original campus plan (lower school moving to Washington home), it was an uncontested proceeding.  No one filed or testified in opposition to Sidwell before the BZA.  Anyone who is familiar with private schools and other institutions getting special exceptions to operate in residential areas knows how very unusual an uncontested proceeding is.  GDS, on the other hand, engendered ill will and neighborhood opposition with its plans both to expand the campus and build a “planned unit development.”  [/quote]
That's mostly because the original GDS plan had a wider redevelopment that drew more public attention, and it's a different ANC with a different footprint. It doesn't change the fact that GDS has actually taken real steps to reduce the carbon footprint and congestion caused by their commuting, while Sidwell has not.[/quote]

What real steps? What are they doing to alleviate the imminent increased burden on the immediate community?  [/quote]

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