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[quote=Anonymous]If parents have an exemption from carpooling they can drop off on campus without problem. You and other posters are saying the quiet part out loud. Many GDS parents do the right thing. GDS knows many think doing the right thing is for saps and maintains a separate system for them to cheat.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s laughable that anyone in the neighborhood thinks they can legislate where anyone can stop for 5 seconds and let a preteen or teen hope out of thh huh e car. The people that live near Deal know it could be a lot worse.[/quote]

But that is exactly what the school agreed to do, at least regarding the streets nearest the school.  Tons of people drop off east of Wisconsin. And of course, kids park illegally all over the neighborhood.

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Not so.  The agreement only forbids dropoffs on the immediately adjacent streets -- nothing else for parents.  Stop lying.[/quote]

That’s what I said - streets nearest the school.  [b]East of Wisconsin[/b] is fair game and there are many, many students being dropped off there. And students, by their own admission, parking on neighborhood streets all day which is illegal and against the agreement.
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That's NOT in the MOU, and moreover, anyone with a shred of common sense would realize what an impractical idea this is. Does Sidwell, NCS, or St. Albans monitor drop offs on the other side of Wisconsin Avenue? On the other side of Mass Ave? Wisconisn Avenue is a six lane major artery running through the city. And how would you distinguish between GDS, Jackson-Reed, and Deal families?[/quote]

You're arguing with someone who agrees with you.[/quote]

Ooops. Sorry about that. Glad we are on the same page. And YES to the PP who was frustrated that no one from GDS pointed out the language of the MOU! Why didn't Russell, Jeff, Barbara, or Tim point out that the language of the final MOU that everyone signed, and the corresponding map, left Wisconsin Ave and the east side of Wisconsin unmonitored? Why did they let Jonathan Bender go on and on when his assertions about GDS were based on a completely false representation of the MOU? Did no one from GDS review the MOU before the meeting? Did no one have the MOU handy?[/quote]

Thanks, I appreciate it a lot.   They really, because they were under so much pressure from the ANC, threw some GDS parents under the bus.  They could have said two things that are true -- 1) GDS has done nothing other than push families hard to use public transport, the bus, or carpool but (2) the truth is that they also understand that some families have to drive and that the map is accurate and parents are following the mpa, which they have every right to do.[/quote][/quote]

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