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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't common sense and a spirit of compromise work in the Bancroft situation---

1.  Unllike almost every other city neighborhood, MtP has no DPR park for toddlers and smaller kids---nor do the houses in MtP have sizeable yards.

2.  Why can't Bancroft allow children under the age of 6 ---who are accompanied by and supervised by an adult---come onto the playground to use the toddler playground (there are actually three separate playground areas at Bancroft---so it actually wouldn't be too difficult to cordon off one portion of the playground for neighborhood use).  It's really the toddlers we're talking about here---elementary school age kids are usually off at activities or doing homework.

It is an example of Bancroft (which is majority OOB)---not being very welcoming to IB parents of smaller kids who might very well consider sending their kids there.  If Bancroft's PTA and administration want the surrounding MtP neighborhood to buy their Christmas trees and clean up their playground (and donate money and labor for its upkeep), then maybe they need to demonstrate some understanding regarding the use of it.

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Look, I'm a Bancroft parent and I can tell you that it would not work to cordon off the lower toddler playground for the community. As the weather gets warmer, there will be something like 60+ preschoolers and kindergarteners in aftercare racing around on the playgrounds. They aren't old enough for homework and in nice weather they should be outside. The upper playground would not hold them all.

Also, the days of the wood chip toddler area built with help from the community are long gone. As far as I know, we don't have many community members donating money and labor for upkeep (except perhaps for the DCPS-wide spruce up day in August and the gardening program). [/quote]

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