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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PK3

Stevens Early Learning Center - #60
Thomson Elementary School - #16

These are near our offices, so that's why we like them. We live in-bounds for Hyde-Addison, majorly annoyed they removed PK3 right when we needed it  :cry:

Matched at Meridian PCS. Still waiting to hear back from Communikids, Rosemount, and Kiddie Academy on their separate lotteries.[/quote]

If you live IB for Hyde-Addison you don't need free PK (you want it), meanwhile you have matched for preK in a neighborhood where more kids actually need it.  :roll: [/quote]

This isn't a thread for being judgey-judys. [/quote]

NP. Perhaps not but this is such a permanent pet peeve of mine in these lottery threads that I personally support the call out. No one feels sorry for people like this and they need to learn to stop trying to seek sympathy on these boards for this situation. It's so tiresome. Universal PK was not adopted in DC in order to make sure families IB for Hyde-Addison would have an easy commute for free PK. This is not a real problem, just an inconvenience for people who can afford to pay to make inconveniences go away.[/quote]

I've paid $120K+ in city taxes over the past 12 years to the District. GTFOOH for trying to shame any of us from using a very valuable service - pre-K - offered by our city government. Should I not use municipal sanitation? Should I not call the police or fire department? What about speech therapy offered by the District to my toddler? Should we be forced to avoid the public parks and programming? Can I not use the public pool if I can afford a private pool club in the suburbs?

Please list out the services and income thresholds for various services offered by the District, to ensure I don't run afoul of your views. Thx![/quote]

People like you should stop trying to "help". Your arguments are weak and you come off like an entitled d-bag. And that's coming from someone who in part agrees with you!

*The amount of money you pay in taxes has nothing to do with the quality of city services you [i]personally[/i] receive. That line is straight out of the "HOw to be a d-bag book, Chapter 1"

*Your analogs are nonsense and red herrings. No one said don't use sanitation, they said you get what the city provides. If you want garbage picked up daily that's something you have to pay for. You get the fire department when you call 911, but you don't have a right to a firehouse next door and you don't get to prioritize your access over your neighbors. You get to call 911 and ask for the police. But if you want 24/7/365 security on your own terms that's going to be on your dime. You can of course use the public pool, but you wait in line on busy days just like everyone else and you don't have a right to a public pool on your block. I could go on and on tearing apart your silly analogs but you get the point, I think.[/quote]

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