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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that some just don't like the Maret deal but the concerns about Hardy space are solvable even if the contract remains in place (not advocating it should or should not).  Looking at satellite images of Hardy -- DCPS/DPR should expand the Hardy field by eliminating the tennis court and track.  Hardy students could walk to use the track at Duke Ellington for spring track.  Why have Hardy parents not advocated for expansion of their field to its maximum?  Still doesn't solve the aftercare kid concern but the fact that DPR hasn't sought to solve that problem in 10 years is on them.  [b]They could take the kids up the street to the Glover park off Wisconsin. [/b] It has nice equipment and is shaded.  [/quote]

The kids suffer because the DC government won't take action on their behalf. But the DC government is perfectly happy to take action to benefit rich kids, many of whom don't even live in DC. That's the reason this story is so infuriating. [/quote]

There are other examples of DPR space being used by DCPS schools and this arrangement is atypical.  Watkins and Sherwood fields are  both DPR facilities adjacent to elementary schools and utilized primarily but not exclusively by DCPS during school hours.  However, after school programming provides no preference, let alone exclusivity for the schools or anyone else. [b]The fields are a shared public resource.[/b][/quote]

They are not a shared public resource when one private school gets priority use for 20 (!) years.[/quote]

Yes -- that's exactly the point I made above.  It's an unusual arrangement.  Can anyone find an arrangement similar to Maret exclusivity at Jelleff?[/quote]

NP here.  Re the bolded language above.  That is the "home" field for Georgetown University Womens Softball![/quote]

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