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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A community is also the people who slog through nighttime ANC, local association and DC commission meetings, because they get the connections between what happens in a community and the neighborhood school.  These connected issues can be negative -- like the traffic impact of nearby development on the the safety of kids walking to school -- or positive -- like pressuring DDOT to put in traffic calming to enhance student safety or getting Urban Forestry to plant street trees to shade a playground.  These are some of the synergies that result from a strong neighborhood-school orientation.[/quote]

I've attended (and presented at) more ANC meetings in the neighborhood of my OOB boundary school than probably 90% of the IB families at our school. Not sure what your point is. [/quote]

On what kinds of issues?  Or asking for grant money for the school?

The strong neighborhood-school identity and the neighborhood's political focus behind the school are some of the reasons why Janney has gotten multiple renovations in the last decade with amenities like underground parking for their teachers.  How is Eaton's renovation going?[/quote]

[b]No idea. I'm not associated with Eaton[/b]. But it must be torturous and exhausting to be so xenophobic, or exclusionary or whatever you are in your own city. Were you rush chair for your sorority in college? That's the vibe I get.  I think I get it.  It's really about jealousy and having to live with a policy that you don't agree with (which probably preceded your residence in DC). You can't stand that smart, hardworking families like mine wisely bought a house for $200k that has appreciated 4x over and were fortunate enough to have made the lottery process work for us (legally taking advantage of an option offered to us) thus allowing us to have already saved 100% for college and the ability to live comfortably. Nevermind that we also regularly make frugal choices like no cable and driving old cars. I'm sure that would burn me too if I had an $8000 a month mortgage. But I don't think I'd begrudge the families who make my child's school better just because of their address. But I suspect that you somehow think giving my family acceptance and credibility somehow means some of yours is taken away. [/quote]

OK.  [/quote]

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