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I, personally, was a kid who preferred walking/hiking to sports, but I want my children to have options. [/quote]

Thats great you want that, but I don't think DC is going to build a brand new neighborhood school in W3 to accommodate that, when there are more pressing needs across the city, and Hardy is rapidly turning into a neighborhood school.

Look, it's a CITY, and its going to have middle schools that don't have room for outdoor organized athletics.  If you can afford to live in W3, you can probably afford to move either to a suburb, or inzone to one of projected new EOTP middle schools that likely will have the athletic facilities you want. [/quote]

I don't understand the importance of team athletics in middle school, or even high school.  It's not like a kid has a good chance of going "pro" anyway, and the purpose of school is to learn.  Play sports on your own friggin' time, after school, if it's that big of a deal, and your kid can do that other than homework if you'd rather develop muscles over brains.  Or, if "teamwork" is the main concern, then do chess club or debate team or jazz band or any other number of collaborative activities.  Go watch re-runs of "Friday Night Lights" if you doubt how sucktastic sports culture is in this country.  Do your kid a favor and tap out.[/quote]

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