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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I don't expect anything until after the election.  Should be fun to watch the people running for the Ward 3 council seat try to please everyone while saying nothing.[/quote]

On queue with the above prediction, Frumin responded as follows:

“Thank you [name redacted].  See my website here for responses to many of the questions you raise.

In short, I think MacArthur should be renovated promptly in its existing envelope where it likely will serve 700 students and without a 500 seat set aside for citywide seats. The Hardy community and the neighbors should play important roles in shaping the program and how it relates to the fabric of the community.  It can and should be a great school and have the benefit of helping to relieve overcrowding at Wilson which is an urgent priority.

We really need to look for an alternative to Foxhall, not forsake the funding, but the Mayor already is suggesting it will be years before it happens and we should use those years to explore alternatives.  Certainly it should not be 550 seats.

If the relevant funds in the Capital Improvement Plan are not used fully by these two projects, they should be used elsewhere in the Ward to address overcrowding.

And, an urgent priority is to give Stoddert as large of an addition as the community seeks to address overcrowding there.  I know sounds have been made that all that can be done is to take Stoddert to something like 516, but clearly there are ways to add more capacity and if it is needed to fully serve the existing Stoddert boundary, it should be delivered ASAP.

In my blog post, I outline some of the work I have done in this area and how it informs my thinking on these subjects.  Again, see here“[/quote]

That seems like a reasonable response. What is your objection to it?[/quote]

First, he is deliberately not correcting the multiple falsehoods and half-truths that the opponent of the new public schools is propagating. He is more than well informed enough to know that much of what she has written is woefully misleading yet chooses to let it stand because he wants to pander to the FCCA constituency. Not good leadership.

Second, he is proposing a pause on Foxhall ES to “explore alternatives”. The alternatives he mentions have been thoroughly explored and found to be unworkable by both the CWG and those in the community genuinely interested in finding a compromise. (Some of these were kiboshed by close associates of the person he is responding to). Again, he knows all of this and is choosing to peddle infeasible alternatives to broaden his appeal to those who don’t know better.

Will this “pause” in Foxhall ES development pause the demographic boom in the neighborhood? Will it pause kids being educated in the trailers at Key? Will it pause the silent lunches at Key? Will it pause the lack of a walkable neighborhood school for families in Foxhall?

He is trying to come off as someone seeking a compromise but his insincere “plan” will only damage DCPS and stoke further division in the community.[/quote]

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