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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls. [/quote]

I don’t think there’s a baseball field there, so it might not have seemed relevant to the story. But I agree that it should have been referenced as an example of DCPS priorities and precedents.[/quote]

There isn't a dedicated baseball field there, but the Maret baseball team practices on it (which pushes back use of the field by other D.C. organizations who pay to rent the space...). They have portable turf pitchers' mound that they bring on.[/quote]if DCPS kids really cared, they’d go to Maret  games and practices and disrupt them to they point that the fields are untenable. [/quote]

I’m black and have never understood the frame that white people should be rightfully denied certain things on account of being white, but this seems to be view that is coming up AMONG white folks more often.  I’ve never heard this kind of thinking from black folks.  In fact, we’d prefer if if the white kids got their field because then it strengthens the argument that (all) “our” kids should get one. The concept that UMC white kids should be denied seems to accept a reality when all of us are denied better lest we can afford Maret, etc.  That is not striking a blow for equity.  [/quote]

+100. All DCPS kids should have reasonable access to sports and other extracurriculars. It is obviously more of a challenge in the city than in the suburbs but it is shameful that DPR favors private schools over DCPS and charter schools. I’m guessing DPR is quietly told what to do by Bowser who has a lot of wealthy supporters. The Wilson pool is a similar story. I wish this Post reporter would do a story on that. It has been closed for several months due to maintenance issues but even when it was open, JR swim team got very little time. Private schools like Burke practice there and pick up all the most convenient times.

DCPS is one outrage after another [/quote]

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