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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hearst would just have to stop accepting out of boundary students. Without out of boundary, it has lots of capacity. It should serve as a neighborhood school. If people around Hearst don't want a pool, the homeless shelter for families is the next most appropriate use, if a shelter has to go somewhere in Ward 3. Then the pool can go in the park next to the police station.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I seriously don't understand why Hearst was not considered for the homeless shelter. There are only a handful of kids at the school there relative to most other elementary schools in upper nw dc. Hearst could easily absorb the extra students, and there is plenty of extra space there nominally for recreation. Has this been raised with Cheh?

Surprise: Hearst ES is at capacity.  And, the shelter is not within the Hearst ES boundaries.  Using your logic, should the kids who live in the new buildings being built in Tenleytown not attend their neighborhood schoo. (Janney).

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You think having a recreation facility full of kids adjacent to a police station where perpetrators are regularly brought is a good idea? On more than one occasion I've seen guys just released from the precinct holding cell sitting on the curb putting their shoe laces back in. You would endorse this idea over upgrading a park that is currently a dust bowl doggy toilet? Please, please, please publically suggest this idea so everyone can laugh at you.

Signed,
Entitled Ward 3 resident who is actually worried about homeless kids dipping their toes in the same pool as her over-protected upper caucasian toddler. [/quote]

uh...actually, the Mayor's proposal would put 50 families (as many as 100+ kids) in residence next to the police station and the existing park grounds. If it's appropriate to live next to, and appropriate to garden next to, and appropriate to play next to, why shouldn't it be appropriate to swim next to?

And by the way, have you seen the land on which the park sits? MUCH HUUUGER than Hearst. Why not put a pool there? There are a slew of gardens that are ? leased ? to private individuals in a very sunny area. This would be a perfect spot for a pool. Why was this spot not considered?[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

Is it funny at all to throw one group of kids (oob) under the bus for another (homeless)? The mini shelters were a terrible idea to begin with. How bout no mini shelters and a big, nice full service shelter somewhere that does not negatively impact the neighborhood? And bus the kids to school. These are supposed to be 120 day dwellings, not a permanent home .[/quote]

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