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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]when I read the post on Murch's website I was really confused. if the NPS is going to veto any construction on the land it owns (hill, playground and area where the Kaufman building is), if the DC Historic Preservation Review Board is going to veto any change to the main building, then how the heck is the school going to be renovated in a way that can accommodate the children? the only way would be to go underground, building a nice one or two floors underground, no windows, artificial lights, really great.  I am all for historic preservation but come on, this is just a red brick building built in the 20's of last century, not the coliseum. the rationale (we preserve because it is the only school of that era that has not been changed) is frankly insulting - because your school is the only one that has never been renovated, now we force you to keep it like this (while the ones that got renovations in the past can keep renovating). also, the   NPS would veto any building on the site of the Kaufman wing? so we can have a decade old "temporary" building there but not a real, renovated building? [/quote]

This +1000.

It infuriates me that our building is deemed historic simply because they have never gotten around to renovating/updating it.  It is simply neglected.  And while I love the building and wish that we could restore it - I'd much rather have a functioning school that works for our students and our teachers.  Something that has been left out in this whole thread is how much of a drain having to deal with this cramped and dysfunctional building places on the teachers and staff at Murch.   We have a offices in bathrooms and in the gym.  They do a wonderful job.  But, I'd much rather they focus on teaching not trying to find a working outlet/copier and wondering if the WiFi will be up today.

I'm seriously convinced that someone at Murch really pissed someone off at DCPS central admin at some point in the past.  It really is the only thing that makes sense about the way this school is treated. 
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Not to mention the amount of extra supervision that goes with not having a cafeteria and the kids eating in classrooms and having to have indoor recess in the classrooms. Instead of staffing these periods with 3 or 4 staff, you need 30 (one in every classroom). Teachers never have time to do their work. And I hear some of the other elementary schools have refused to play the scheduled basketball games at Murch because it isn't safe and there is no room for parents to watch.[/quote]

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