Right, an earful of thanks from her ward 3 constituents in AU Park.
Now if she could only get that Palisades Middle School built....

Yes, those schools that are at or over capacity and growing have a ready made argument for new facilities - the kids don't fit and a fix is needed now! Others like Garrison have to fall back on dilapidation, modernization, etc.

And why ahead of schedule, so quickly?

The point is that advocacy at the school level should NOT give one school TWO renovations ahead of other schools. Mary Cheh will get an earful about this.

Anonymous wrote:What is the capacity of your school and how much of it is being used? Start your advocacy there.

What does that mean? All ward 3 schools are at least 100% full and many are still waiting for renovation to even be scheduled. Lafayette, Murch, Eaton-just off the top of my head. Maybe Hyde too?

It just screams of political cowtowing

From today's NW Current:

--The new addition will cost $4.85 million to add 6 classrooms, 5 small group spaces and two sets of bathrooms for EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

--This is in addition to a $30 million renovation that took place LESS THAN 3 years ago.

--Work will START IMMEDIATELY on weekends and holidays and take place during the school day after spring break. Work will continue over summer and be COMPLETED BY AUGUST 15, 2014.

--Principal says enrollment at her school has grown (Yup, across the board all over the city) and will continue to grow so they be over capacity. (Yeah, sucks doesn't it?)

From the commission: "The addition will serve a vital community need…" (Ahem, for just a very small part of the community, your community. Not the DCPS community.)

Quote from neighbor: "..it was really a horrendous project to build that school." "Workers arrived at 5:45. They played their radios in their cars. They woke up our families." (That's not horrendous. You want to know horrendous? My kids school is infested with mice. My kids school hasn't had phone service for two weeks because some of an idiot in DC Central office either screwed up by either not paying the bill or canceling all the 202-282 phone exchange numbers.

What is the capacity of your school and how much of it is being used? Start your advocacy there.

Does Janney have trailers now? Other schools do. Period.

For Pete's sake this second renovation must be frustrating for families who saw their neighborhood school shuttered by dcps.

And they can't whine about over crowding, many schools on both sides of park are in more dire straits than Janney.

If boundaries are being redrawn, seems like poor planning to continue to poor resources in just one school.

Thank you for this thread, OP. Yes, baffling to me too.

Many schools have had their renovation plans "pushed back" because of budget-ours has. I'm talking about schools that haven't been touched since the 70's, that are also packed. Why a newly renovated school gets pushed to the front of the line (again) is mind boggling.

Care to explain JKLMs?

Oh, and please spare me the story about your atrium that isn't a classroom. That is obvious. Great design choice that the rest of us have to pay for.

Isn't garrison in need of some renovations?

Yeah sounds like squeaky wheel getting grease

when other schools around the city are nearly crumbling? My DC goes to school is NW that is long over due for renovation. The boiler works sporadically and the air conditioning is non-existent. Our school is much more overcrowded then Janney. DCPS is so inept and useless. Please remind me (again) why we stay in this god awful system.