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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure why it is so hard for some people to understand that the job of public schools -- while first and foremost is to educate its current students -- is also to be a resource for the broader community.

Throughout my whole adult life, my voting place has been a public school.  Community meetings are typically held at the local school.  Some public schools house adult education classes in the evenings.  Others host youth baseball and soccer leagues.  When a disaster strikes, local governments use public schools as staging grounds to provide aid.

When I lived in Columbia Heights, I'd use the Cardozo track in the morning and I'd see a diverse group of people in the neighborhood getting exercise, which was an obvious public health benefit.

Public schools have an obligation to the public.  If you don't want the public to use your school, send your kid to a private school.

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Times have changed, community organizations cannot just book a room in a DCPS school, security has to be paid for, we now have metal detectors everywhere, and I live right next to Eastern and can't use it's track. Public Schools are schools not community centers, I don't think you get it... Use of any facility means that folks have to pay to keep it clean, undamaged, and safe...yes that grounds that your taxes paid for need money to keep them sinking into disrepair and so that your children can use them, nothing is free anymore...[/quote]

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