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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eaton was fully renovated in the early 80s, not fifty years ago.[/quote]

If that's true, then Marion Barry must have managed the construction himself  because it has not worn well at all.  The common spaces in particular are tired, dark and uninviting.  Janney has had like three renovations in 10 years, Mann and Hearst are new, Lafayette and Murch are in process.  And what about Eaton?  [/quote]

The eaton hsa raised the money and paid for it.[/quote]

Wow!  You're saying that the HSA had to self-finance the renovations to Eaton 35 years ago?!  DC sure was a sorry "Dysfunctional City" back then.  If true, therefore Eaton has gotten virtually no taxpayer support for capital improvements in many decades.  How does it get a modest piece of the pie now?[/quote]

That's how it was explained to me as a student. Whenever a kid disrespected the property we'd get a lecture from there a her on how hard the hsa moms worked to raise money for renovations.[/quote]

It was almost the same with the playground.  John Eaton used to have terrible little playground, all asphalt. The HSA expected it would take years for them to raise the money themselves for a better playground, because DCPS wouldn't give Eaton any money.  When parents read that H. Mann was getting several hundred thousand dollars from the DC government for a second playground re-do, Eaton finally got some extra funding (from the council) for its playground.[/quote]

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