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[quote=Anonymous]The Georgetowner reports on the Maret contract.

https://georgetowner.com/articles/2019/09/03/jelleff-contract-concluded-still-contentious/
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A nine-year extension to a 10-year agreement between the District Department of Parks and Recreation and Maret School for maintenance and some exclusive usage of the playing field at the Jelleff Recreation Center, located at 3265 S St. NW, was concluded on July 30 with few changes. The original 2009 agreement was up for renewal this year.

Maret, a private, co-ed K-12 school with about 650 students, will continue to finance repairs and maintenance of the playing field and fences surrounding the property at an estimated cost of $750,000. In addition, Maret, located at 3000 Cathedral Ave. NW, will contribute $250,000 to refurbish the Jelleff Center, adding to the $7 million already dedicated to the project by the city.

In exchange, the school will continue to have exclusive use of the playing field on school weekdays between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. in the fall and spring.  A separate agreement made last year with Hardy Middle School to use the field every Wednesday between 4 and 5:30 p.m. will also be continued, according to Maret officials.

But all these arrangements have become increasingly contentious.

Since January, parents of Georgetown public school students — particularly those whose children attend Hardy, across Wisconsin Avenue from the field — and community leaders have demanded that the contract process be transparent and that a deal allowing for expanded use by community and school sports teams and players be considered. But that didn’t happen, according to Elizabeth Miller, the Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission member for the Jelleff area. [/quote][/quote]

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