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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/ricebilldc/status/1529081012361232384?s=21&t=WBVfy_5xI8BjHbiREst9mg[/twitter]

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Seems like the Palisades NIMBYs are very scared of a Duncan victory due to her unwavering support for building a new school at Hardy Park. Goulet and Frumin have both cratered to pandering to this group during their events and social media posts. I don’t know if what Frumin has told NIMBYs about his apprehension for the new schools is what he actually believes or is just a play to get elected, but Tricia is by far the most pro-building (of both schools and housing) of the leading three candidates in this race. Ward 3 has serious issues with our overcrowding, and she is the only of the three candidates who has refused to yield on the issue of new schools.

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This. Is. Amazing.

"With funding secured, the next challenge came from residents of Foxhall Village on October 7th who decided that the location of the school should be moved back to Reservoir Road, expressing concern that the school’s playground would “attract an undesirable class of children which live[d] near the village but not in it,” resulting in a feared depreciation of real estate values. The Foxhall Village Citizens’ Association supported the residents and went on record October 12th urging that the location of the school be changed."

“Foxhall Village School Opposed.” The Evening Star, October 7, 1932, p. A11.

[url]https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Rose%20Hardy%20School%20Nomination_0.pdf[/url], page 11 of a document written by Robert Avery and the FCCA Board.

THESE PEOPLE WANT TO ELECT JIM CROW. [/quote]

I remember going to a FCCA meeting about five years ago where the president spoke passionately about what a catastrophe for the neighborhood a public school would be. The two principal arguments were that it would attract students from other parts of the city, and that, unlike a private school it wouldn't be subject to a zoning variance so the FCCA wouldn't be able to dictate terms.  That's what drove their support of the Old Hardy lease and historic designation. [/quote]

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