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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The posters on the Chevy Chase Listserv come off as so rude and entitled.  They're embarrassing themselves with their selfishness and their "my school", "my park", "my community" attitude.  How they determined that the Murch community and Lafayette communities are separate is beyond me - I never saw that division until now, and all of a sudden we're like Israel and Palestine.

As the previous poster said - tone down the rhetoric.  Murch parents don't want to swing off site, but they cannot realistically and safely remain at Murch through the renovation.  The swing options are minimal and the trailers are already at Lafayette.  If Murch swung to Lafayette, the density on the Lafayette site would arguably still be lower than that of Murch now (pre-renovation).

[b]This NIMBY crew was happy to see Deal and Wilson neighbors live through multiple renovations[/b].  Again, the selfishness and entitlement of the posters is unlike anything I've seen within this "community" - even during the contentious boundary debacle.  How about we all stand back and look at what makes the most sense from safety, learning and financial perspectives.  And happy holidays![/quote]

Sorry but you really can't compare the Deal and Wilson renovations to what DGS is proposing in this immediate instance.  Are you familiar with the neighborhood surrounding Lafayette?  The school is surrounded on all sides by homes where people reside 24/7.  Narrow streets are all that separate these homes from Lafayette.  If you are familiar with Deal and Wilson, you know that very few homes had the same type of impact that the Lafayette community is dealing with during the renovation.  Each school had a handful of homes that were likely impacted to the same extent as the numerous homes surrounding Lafayette.  Those people that are most impacted by the renovation and resulting traffic, have been gracious and handled it well.  However, they are now being told that they may have to deal with this for [b]at least [/b][i] another 2 years when they were specifically promised that this would not occur.

Also, what about the Lafayette students?  Neither the Deal nor Wilson students were faced with having another school housed on the property after the renovation was finished.  They were able to enjoy their renovated building and green space without having to share a relatively small park with an additional 600 children.  This proposal would have the effect of subjecting the students and staff to at least 3 years of disruption (one year for the Lafayette renovation and another 2 years for Murch).  What other school has been asked to do this?

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