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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just FYI:

The DGS ppt for the Lafayette SIT mtg this week is up on the DGS site.  Not much to it.

Also, a story has been posted on the Washington Post web site about the Tuesday mtg at Lafayette.[/quote]

It would have been nice if they had interviewed at least one parent from Murch - the school that is actually most affected by this debate. But everyone seems to have forgotten that.[/quote]

It's like what matters is JKLM .... and then comes M.[/quote]

It was a Lafayette meeting focused on Lafayette issues. SHe actually did approach a couple of Murch parents; they didn't want to be quoted. She'll be at tomorrow's meeting, too, which will focus on Murch.[/quote]

Oh please. I know very well it was a Lafayette meeting about Lafayette issues. But the article never makes that clear. It covers the background on the Murch modernization without citing anyone from Murch. It states that parents from both schools find the proposal not feasilble without citing a source from Murch. And I somehow doubt their coverage of a second meeting on this is going to nearly as extensive. [/quote]

The article does make that clear--it says it was a meeting at Lafayette and that there would be another at Murch this week.

I was there, I'm from Murch, and I think the reporter did a good job of representing what happened. It's slow news times right now, so I'm guessing there will be a story about the Murch meeting tomorrow.

That said...the PP who said the reporter is missing the real story, which is the interagency turf battle playing out at the expense of school communities, is right on the nose. Not just that, but the fact that DCPS is getting basically NO scrutiny. DCPS is forcing Lafayette to bat down this terrible idea rather than just elminating it themselves. They had to know that the idea was going to provoke this sort of response. So what's the point other than to put on a show and cover their own asses? It's really disgraceful. A waste of time and energy when there is so much to do to keep both of these modernizations on track.[/quote]

Then I hope you come to the meeting at Murch tonight and listen carefully to the other options. They may have known the Lafayette idea would provoke this response, but the reality is they don't have any other good options and are running out of time. People say they do not want to delay the Murch modernization, but for it to go forward they have to have a place to put the kids. They have looked for a place for more than 3 years and haven't found one. So batting this down just because it isn't popular at Lafayette would take yet another of some mighty slim options off the table.[/quote]

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