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[quote=Anonymous]OK, there's some semantics here and I think people have been talking past each other. I'll start off by saying that I'm pro-school so you know where I'm coming from.

DCPS has been talking about a tall, narrow building. I'm expecting a three story building with a footprint in the 25,000-30,000 square foot range. They can use 20% of the Old Hardy/Lab lot, which according to the DC Atlas is 49,877 square feet, so that's 10,000 SF. The rec center lot is 204,910 square feet and they've said they're going to use 5% of that, which is another 10,000 SF. So either they need to go to four stories or the footprint is going to be a little bigger than they've let on.

Now, schools use more land than just the footprint of the school building. I expect the school will want to use the playing field and the playground for recess and PE. And if other DCPS schools are any guide, those areas will be closed to the public when school is in session, and open when the school is closed.

So the use of those areas will change. Will you still be able to let your dog off leash on the playing field at noon on a weekday? Probably not. But will the park be "razed," "bulldozed," or "destroyed" as some opponents of the school would have you believe? No, it will still be there, there will just be different people using it, some of the time.

It's very normal in DC for DCPS and DPR facilities to be co-located. Since most DPR facilities are lightly used during school hours it's a way of getting more use out of expensive facilities. People who live near these schools don't consider them burdens, they consider them amenities.

In fact, that's how Hardy operated for over 60 years. [/quote]

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