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Anonymous wrote:"fixing overcrowding" by jamming two new schools within a block of each other with no viable public transportation both will create a traffic nightmare in an area that is already bad and also create a white enclave set of schools that fails the equity test in a huge way.

I can see why people who chose to live on the island known as Palisades would prefer that solution.

Why not call it what it is?

Also very insincere. One of the new local public schools replaces an existing private school of similar size to which students were almost exclusively driven from all over the region. The other school is a neighborhood elementary school to which students would mostly walk or bike (as in Glover Park). Anyone who claims that these schools would create a "traffic nightmare" (or worsen the situation relative to what it was pre-pandemic) either lacks basic reasoning skills or has ulterior motives.

Public transportation is also not static. New bus lines can and will be created to serve MacArthur HS.

Anonymous wrote:"fixing overcrowding" by jamming two new schools within a block of each other with no viable public transportation both will create a traffic nightmare in an area that is already bad and also create a white enclave set of schools that fails the equity test in a huge way.

I can see why people who chose to live on the island known as Palisades would prefer that solution.

Why not call it what it is?

Anonymous wrote:"fixing overcrowding" by jamming two new schools within a block of each other with no viable public transportation both will create a traffic nightmare in an area that is already bad and also create a white enclave set of schools that fails the equity test in a huge way.

I can see why people who chose to live on the island known as Palisades would prefer that solution.

Why not call it what it is?

Anonymous wrote:"fixing overcrowding" by jamming two new schools within a block of each other with no viable public transportation both will create a traffic nightmare in an area that is already bad and also create a white enclave set of schools that fails the equity test in a huge way.

I can see why people who chose to live on the island known as Palisades would prefer that solution.

Why not call it what it is?

Anonymous wrote:i am not an FCCA person and have almost no vested interest in the DCPS issues, but for me, that isn't the driving force for my vote.

Duncan has zero experience and if her temperment is anything like Cheh's then there is no way I am voting for her.

I have been less than impressed with her showing in the online forums.

Anonymous wrote:i am not an FCCA person and have almost no vested interest in the DCPS issues, but for me, that isn't the driving force for my vote.

Duncan has zero experience and if her temperment is anything like Cheh's then there is no way I am voting for her.

I have been less than impressed with her showing in the online forums.

Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of the FCCA gang flooding local
List serves with their messages. It’s a constant stream of misinformation by the same 4 or 5 elder residents. You almost only hear their opinions, which probably reflect the views of senior residents in the area. Nobody from the other camp is engaging with them anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Mary’s endorsement seems to have sent the NIMBYs into a panic. I’m seeing their “Save Hardy Park. No to Tricia Duncan” up on NE Ave and the partner of the FCCA President is sending ridiculous three-page accounts detailing her interactions with Tricia to all of the local listserves. They sure know how to get someone elected!

I am going to presume that Cheh gave her the kiss of death on purpose.

Any action that causes the likes of the FCCA to start a negative campaign against a candidate is greatly beneficial to that candidate, especially in a crowded field. DC has by far the greatest concentration of political strategists in the entire world and yet you have the likes of the FCCA doing insanely boneheaded things.

Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of the FCCA gang flooding local
List serves with their messages. It’s a constant stream of misinformation by the same 4 or 5 elder residents. You almost only hear their opinions, which probably reflect the views of senior residents in the area. Nobody from the other camp is engaging with them anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Has Frumin said he doesn’t support the new high school?

He's said he wants to "tap the brakes" and look for other sites

That’s Goulet, I think. But who knows? Frumin’s position statements resemble a freely spinning compass. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say on the NIMBYs’ front lawn next Sunday. If he had any principles, he’d insist that it be a joint event with Tricia, but I guess that’s not how politics works.

Are you able to read? Frumin has had his position on the new schools up on his website since before the race was serious.
https://fruminforward3.com/food-for-thought-new-schools/
He also responds to emailed questions, unlike some other candidates.

This article utterly fails in taking a position on the schools. For Foxhall ES, he calls for looking at other options like expanding current schools (we have been doing that for decades in Ward 3 and we still need a new ES). For the high school in Palisades, he calls for engaging "the Hardy community and neighbors in the planning for how the school will work both programmatically and as part of the fabric of the community" before opening the school and allowing children to attend.

Community input is good. But we have had that for years on this issue, and this was the solution that the community came up with. This is our best shot at tackling overcrowding at Wilson and other schools in the ward, and it would be insane to walk it back now or wait any longer for more "input."

“ Could it make sense to build additions at Key and Stoddert or an addition at Stoddert and a small school, like Ross in Dupont Circle or the Old Hardy, on the Foxhall site? Might it be possible to persuade the Lab School to take over the River School site on MacArthur if it vacates and properly cede Old Hardy to serve the lower Key area? Or might there be a way to buy back the Lab school lease of Old Hardy?”

And after finding a miraculous solution that placates all warring parties in the battle of Hardy Park - a solution that had eluded an 18-year incumbent, a community working group, dozens upon dozens of concerned parents and residents, and the city’s public school infrastructure - Frumin will travel to Eastern Europe, where he will forge a truce between Zelensky and Putin, bringing an end that intractable conflict. After then, he will head to Jerusalem to make peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Once that’s done, he will suck up all the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, reversing global warming . . .

Anonymous wrote:The more I hear about the other candidates, the more I want to vote for Tricia Duncan. Phil Thomas seems nice, he knocked on my door, and we had a good conversation, but I'm not really sure he has a shot here. We need someone to beat Goulet. Tricia and Frumin are the only ones who seem capable of doing that, but Frumin's lack of support for the new elementary and high schools in Ward 3 makes me want to vote for Duncan.

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Anonymous wrote:Has Frumin said he doesn’t support the new high school?

He's said he wants to "tap the brakes" and look for other sites

That’s Goulet, I think. But who knows? Frumin’s position statements resemble a freely spinning compass. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say on the NIMBYs’ front lawn next Sunday. If he had any principles, he’d insist that it be a joint event with Tricia, but I guess that’s not how politics works.

Are you able to read? Frumin has had his position on the new schools up on his website since before the race was serious.
https://fruminforward3.com/food-for-thought-new-schools/
He also responds to emailed questions, unlike some other candidates.

This article utterly fails in taking a position on the schools. For Foxhall ES, he calls for looking at other options like expanding current schools (we have been doing that for decades in Ward 3 and we still need a new ES). For the high school in Palisades, he calls for engaging "the Hardy community and neighbors in the planning for how the school will work both programmatically and as part of the fabric of the community" before opening the school and allowing children to attend.

Community input is good. But we have had that for years on this issue, and this was the solution that the community came up with. This is our best shot at tackling overcrowding at Wilson and other schools in the ward, and it would be insane to walk it back now or wait any longer for more "input."