Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:50     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.


Duncan actually was one of the leading public school advocates who lobbied for years to have that building returned to the city to use as an elementary school! Then the city government amended the expiring lease from Lab School while avoiding council review, behind the backs of CM Cheh and community advocates like Duncan.

I agree with that being the best solution, but unless the Mayor changes her mind (not sure if it's even possible to walk back the lease extension), this is what we have right now. Maybe we can convert the Lab campus into a new middle school after it expires again.


Honestly Frumin (who original wanted Ellington/Western to be the HS) and Duncan (who wanted Lab to be the ES) were right, but they currently have very little to no say in DCPS politics. Hope one of the two win, I really wish there was ranked choice here. Honestly the old Western would be a great site for the HS and Lab would perfect for the ES and Ellington should've been located downtown near transit (or on a damn metro line!) to be accessible to more families through DC.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:49     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:
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?


A white enclave? Replacing GDS with a public school does create a white enclave, it supplants it. You all cannot have it both ways. The reason you don't want it is because you fear the black kids, but you want to claim the schools will be white enclaves just to get your way. Please, try a real argument and stop being so transparently hypocritical.


Sorry, does NOT create one...
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:49     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.


I hold out hope for world peace. The city signed a contract. The AG - at the request of Cheh - reviewed the legality of that contract and found no issues with it. LAB got a super sweet deal on the building and are not going to walk away from it. Candidates like Frumin that suggest that they somehow will be able to get the contract cancelled or convince LAB to move are peddling a total fantasy.


At this point "clawed back" probably isn't going to happen. But they could be bought out. The city could probably pay $10 million for the building and come out ahead. The political difficulty is it would show how dumb that deal was.


That would depend on what LAB would ask for in return for walking away. They have such a sweet deal - and apparently love that building so much - that they would inevitably ask for the moon. Unless the city offered them an ever better property (which doesn't exist) or alternately threatened - mafia-style - to do a deal or suffer ruin, it's very unlikely to happen for a figure the city would consider reasonable.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:48     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
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?


A white enclave? Replacing GDS with a public school does create a white enclave, it supplants it. You all cannot have it both ways. The reason you don't want it is because you fear the black kids, but you want to claim the schools will be white enclaves just to get your way. Please, try a real argument and stop being so transparently hypocritical.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:47     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.


I hold out hope for world peace. The city signed a contract. The AG - at the request of Cheh - reviewed the legality of that contract and found no issues with it. LAB got a super sweet deal on the building and are not going to walk away from it. Candidates like Frumin that suggest that they somehow will be able to get the contract cancelled or convince LAB to move are peddling a total fantasy.


At this point "clawed back" probably isn't going to happen. But they could be bought out. The city could probably pay $10 million for the building and come out ahead. The political difficulty is it would show how dumb that deal was.


Depends on how good the lab finance person is and how incompetent the city is in negotiations. I can see the city stupidly overpaying, since they aren't great with money.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:46     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.


Duncan actually was one of the leading public school advocates who lobbied for years to have that building returned to the city to use as an elementary school! Then the city government amended the expiring lease from Lab School while avoiding council review, behind the backs of CM Cheh and community advocates like Duncan.

I agree with that being the best solution, but unless the Mayor changes her mind (not sure if it's even possible to walk back the lease extension), this is what we have right now. Maybe we can convert the Lab campus into a new middle school after it expires again.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:45     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.


I hold out hope for world peace. The city signed a contract. The AG - at the request of Cheh - reviewed the legality of that contract and found no issues with it. LAB got a super sweet deal on the building and are not going to walk away from it. Candidates like Frumin that suggest that they somehow will be able to get the contract cancelled or convince LAB to move are peddling a total fantasy.


At this point "clawed back" probably isn't going to happen. But they could be bought out. The city could probably pay $10 million for the building and come out ahead. The political difficulty is it would show how dumb that deal was.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 18:37     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
Anonymous wrote:I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.


I hold out hope for world peace. The city signed a contract. The AG - at the request of Cheh - reviewed the legality of that contract and found no issues with it. LAB got a super sweet deal on the building and are not going to walk away from it. Candidates like Frumin that suggest that they somehow will be able to get the contract cancelled or convince LAB to move are peddling a total fantasy.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 16:34     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
I still hold out hope that the old Hardy school will be clawed back from Lab. It's infinitely more rational than building a new ES next door.

Any candidate with that position has my vote.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2022 16:29     Subject: Mary Cheh backs Tricia Duncan for Ward 3 Councilmember
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?


Love, FCCA