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Anonymous wrote:As a GDS parent I am beyond pissed that the school did not notify the ANC that it was overenrolled. I doubt it was some nefarious plot- worse it's more of GDS lack of organization on big issues. But it's wrong and looks entitled and tone-deaf.

I am also mad because I CAN ASSURE YOU- the school are up our butts about drop off and pick up. My child drives several kids to school. They park and CANNOT LEAVE AND COME BACK-EVER. Not even for a doctor's appointment. They write the kids up for any infraction and will take kids parking permits away- which is appropriate for rule breaking.

So the school takes going and coming from the campus VERY seriously and punishes children and parents who make any mistakes- but then they can't do their own part of the agreement???!!!!

That said, the ANC meeting was over-the-top crazy. The attacks on GDS were ridiculous.

Folks we live in a city. The highest and best use of land in urban envirnonments is more density. I believe the neighbors will rue the day they didn't let GDS do a small development in the old Volvo space. When the school eventually sells it- I guarantee what a builder brings in with more money and legal firepower will be worse in terms of traffic and increased density.

We are not directly in the GDS neighborhood but are adjacent to another private school and we deal with what that brings. Having a school does increase traffic but in other ways GDS is an asset- would you rather have the wasteland of a few blocks north, or the construction site that is Friendship heights or Bethesda? No? I fear it's coming no matter how many temper tantrums the ANC throws. Its the nature of urbanization in the DC area.

Identical view as you. Also a GDS parent of a high schooler who drives 3-4 kids into school daily. I'm really annoyed that the school failed to report its enrollment numbers to the ANC/city. I mean WTF guys....how did you miss this? And how did you over-enroll 2 years in a row. In some sense it's very GDS - they get lots of things right, their intent is great, but they often mess up or don't communicate on the one key item

I also agree that they are VERY hard on the parents and kids who drive to school and are very tight on policing the driving in and around campus.

The Wisconsin dropoffs are not goverened by any agreement I saw - its' a major city street so I have no idea what ANC was saying

Issue us that GDS now has given ample reason for ANC and the city to be ALL over them because of the enrollment cap violations. I have a feeling this ends in some sort of city sanctions on the school and limits the school's right to develop the metro chiller property they just bought next to campus. I think that is off the table entirely now

And yes, these ANC members want the wasteland of Friendship. That was very clear in watching the video of the attack (which GDS clearly armed them on by their stupidity on not reporting)

If GDS wants to come down hard on families not abiding by the agreement, they should just stand at the garage opening on River during a rainy morning and afternoon, and take names. I've seen the same car drop of a single student multiple times in the LMS parking garage drop-off line, with one of the principals just standing there. I'm glad that the admin is doing something, but it could be doing so much more. I get that the ANC and some neighbors may be over the top on this issue, but the GDS community's actions allow them to be.

Families that live far away from the school where there is no bus stop or metro access are permitted to drop their single child off. How do you know that the same car dropping off their single child are violating the rules? Do you know who is exempt from carpool/ bus?

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Anonymous wrote:I hear they are accepting about 1/2 the usual class at K. Then plan on adding kids in then next 2-4 years to get to a “normal” class size by grade 4. By then then, they should be at the 1075 cap and class size back to desired size. The kids graduating will ease some of the numbers but they are also, as others have said, taking less at 9th as well as it’s a major entry year. Nothing they can do about the oversized classes at grade 10,11 as the students are already enrolled. It’s not like the school can ask so many to leave? So the entry year grades have to suffer.

GDS parent here. Who did you hear this from? School hasn't shared this.

GDS sent this text in the newsletter this weekend

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Anonymous wrote:As a GDS parent I am beyond pissed that the school did not notify the ANC that it was overenrolled. I doubt it was some nefarious plot- worse it's more of GDS lack of organization on big issues. But it's wrong and looks entitled and tone-deaf.

I am also mad because I CAN ASSURE YOU- the school are up our butts about drop off and pick up. My child drives several kids to school. They park and CANNOT LEAVE AND COME BACK-EVER. Not even for a doctor's appointment. They write the kids up for any infraction and will take kids parking permits away- which is appropriate for rule breaking.

So the school takes going and coming from the campus VERY seriously and punishes children and parents who make any mistakes- but then they can't do their own part of the agreement???!!!!

That said, the ANC meeting was over-the-top crazy. The attacks on GDS were ridiculous.

Folks we live in a city. The highest and best use of land in urban envirnonments is more density. I believe the neighbors will rue the day they didn't let GDS do a small development in the old Volvo space. When the school eventually sells it- I guarantee what a builder brings in with more money and legal firepower will be worse in terms of traffic and increased density.

We are not directly in the GDS neighborhood but are adjacent to another private school and we deal with what that brings. Having a school does increase traffic but in other ways GDS is an asset- would you rather have the wasteland of a few blocks north, or the construction site that is Friendship heights or Bethesda? No? I fear it's coming no matter how many temper tantrums the ANC throws. Its the nature of urbanization in the DC area.

Identical view as you. Also a GDS parent of a high schooler who drives 3-4 kids into school daily. I'm really annoyed that the school failed to report its enrollment numbers to the ANC/city. I mean WTF guys....how did you miss this? And how did you over-enroll 2 years in a row. In some sense it's very GDS - they get lots of things right, their intent is great, but they often mess up or don't communicate on the one key item

I also agree that they are VERY hard on the parents and kids who drive to school and are very tight on policing the driving in and around campus.

The Wisconsin dropoffs are not goverened by any agreement I saw - its' a major city street so I have no idea what ANC was saying

Issue us that GDS now has given ample reason for ANC and the city to be ALL over them because of the enrollment cap violations. I have a feeling this ends in some sort of city sanctions on the school and limits the school's right to develop the metro chiller property they just bought next to campus. I think that is off the table entirely now

And yes, these ANC members want the wasteland of Friendship. That was very clear in watching the video of the attack (which GDS clearly armed them on by their stupidity on not reporting)

If GDS wants to come down hard on families not abiding by the agreement, they should just stand at the garage opening on River during a rainy morning and afternoon, and take names. I've seen the same car drop of a single student multiple times in the LMS parking garage drop-off line, with one of the principals just standing there. I'm glad that the admin is doing something, but it could be doing so much more. I get that the ANC and some neighbors may be over the top on this issue, but the GDS community's actions allow them to be.

Families that live far away from the school where there is no bus stop or metro access are permitted to drop their single child off. How do you know that the same car dropping off their single child are violating the rules? Do you know who is exempt from carpool/ bus?

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Are you being willfully obtuse or do you seriously just lack the intelligence to comprehend that according to the language of the MOU, GDS would not have to monitor GDS drop offs and pick ups on Wisconsin. They are responsible for monitoring the named streets (43rd Place, Ellicott, Fessenden, etc.), but why in the world would GDS monitor drop offs and pick ups along Wisconsin--where is the language in the MOU that states specifically the stretch of Wisconsin Ave. that GDS parents are not allowed to use?

Of course not. DC law says GDS parents are not allowed to drop off in front of the school on Wisconsin (west side) in the morning. It’s actually illegal. Do DC DDOT and the zoning board have to tell GDS families to abide by the laws already on the books? Smells like entitlement to me.

Yeah. Complete a-holes preaching equity, equality, blah blah blah. It’s me first, everyone else second attitude BS of this school that is pissing off all the neighbors.

Forget about white privelage, white supremacy, It’s more about Private School Privilege and Private school supremacy. If they really want equity, maybe they should open up their campus for the kids in the neighborhood who can’t afford private school. Give them the same equity to use their beautiful artifial fields and grounds???

Oh yes I am crying for all the poor disadvantaged neighbors living in their one and two million dollar craftsman bungalows. Anyhow GDS does let people use the playground so get you facts straight.

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Anonymous wrote:As a GDS parent I am beyond pissed that the school did not notify the ANC that it was overenrolled. I doubt it was some nefarious plot- worse it's more of GDS lack of organization on big issues. But it's wrong and looks entitled and tone-deaf.

I am also mad because I CAN ASSURE YOU- the school are up our butts about drop off and pick up. My child drives several kids to school. They park and CANNOT LEAVE AND COME BACK-EVER. Not even for a doctor's appointment. They write the kids up for any infraction and will take kids parking permits away- which is appropriate for rule breaking.

So the school takes going and coming from the campus VERY seriously and punishes children and parents who make any mistakes- but then they can't do their own part of the agreement???!!!!

That said, the ANC meeting was over-the-top crazy. The attacks on GDS were ridiculous.

Folks we live in a city. The highest and best use of land in urban envirnonments is more density. I believe the neighbors will rue the day they didn't let GDS do a small development in the old Volvo space. When the school eventually sells it- I guarantee what a builder brings in with more money and legal firepower will be worse in terms of traffic and increased density.

We are not directly in the GDS neighborhood but are adjacent to another private school and we deal with what that brings. Having a school does increase traffic but in other ways GDS is an asset- would you rather have the wasteland of a few blocks north, or the construction site that is Friendship heights or Bethesda? No? I fear it's coming no matter how many temper tantrums the ANC throws. Its the nature of urbanization in the DC area.

Identical view as you. Also a GDS parent of a high schooler who drives 3-4 kids into school daily. I'm really annoyed that the school failed to report its enrollment numbers to the ANC/city. I mean WTF guys....how did you miss this? And how did you over-enroll 2 years in a row. In some sense it's very GDS - they get lots of things right, their intent is great, but they often mess up or don't communicate on the one key item

I also agree that they are VERY hard on the parents and kids who drive to school and are very tight on policing the driving in and around campus.

The Wisconsin dropoffs are not goverened by any agreement I saw - its' a major city street so I have no idea what ANC was saying

Issue us that GDS now has given ample reason for ANC and the city to be ALL over them because of the enrollment cap violations. I have a feeling this ends in some sort of city sanctions on the school and limits the school's right to develop the metro chiller property they just bought next to campus. I think that is off the table entirely now

And yes, these ANC members want the wasteland of Friendship. That was very clear in watching the video of the attack (which GDS clearly armed them on by their stupidity on not reporting)

If GDS wants to come down hard on families not abiding by the agreement, they should just stand at the garage opening on River during a rainy morning and afternoon, and take names. I've seen the same car drop of a single student multiple times in the LMS parking garage drop-off line, with one of the principals just standing there. I'm glad that the admin is doing something, but it could be doing so much more. I get that the ANC and some neighbors may be over the top on this issue, but the GDS community's actions allow them to be.

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Are you being willfully obtuse or do you seriously just lack the intelligence to comprehend that according to the language of the MOU, GDS would not have to monitor GDS drop offs and pick ups on Wisconsin. They are responsible for monitoring the named streets (43rd Place, Ellicott, Fessenden, etc.), but why in the world would GDS monitor drop offs and pick ups along Wisconsin--where is the language in the MOU that states specifically the stretch of Wisconsin Ave. that GDS parents are not allowed to use?

Of course not. DC law says GDS parents are not allowed to drop off in front of the school on Wisconsin (west side) in the morning. It’s actually illegal. Do DC DDOT and the zoning board have to tell GDS families to abide by the laws already on the books? Smells like entitlement to me.

Yeah. Complete a-holes preaching equity, equality, blah blah blah. It’s me first, everyone else second attitude BS of this school that is pissing off all the neighbors.

Forget about white privelage, white supremacy, It’s more about Private School Privilege and Private school supremacy. If they really want equity, maybe they should open up their campus for the kids in the neighborhood who can’t afford private school. Give them the same equity to use their beautiful artifial fields and grounds???

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Are you being willfully obtuse or do you seriously just lack the intelligence to comprehend that according to the language of the MOU, GDS would not have to monitor GDS drop offs and pick ups on Wisconsin. They are responsible for monitoring the named streets (43rd Place, Ellicott, Fessenden, etc.), but why in the world would GDS monitor drop offs and pick ups along Wisconsin--where is the language in the MOU that states specifically the stretch of Wisconsin Ave. that GDS parents are not allowed to use?

Of course not. DC law says GDS parents are not allowed to drop off in front of the school on Wisconsin (west side) in the morning. It’s actually illegal. Do DC DDOT and the zoning board have to tell GDS families to abide by the laws already on the books? Smells like entitlement to me.

Yeah. Complete a-holes preaching equity, equality, blah blah blah. It’s me first, everyone else second attitude BS of this school that is pissing off all the neighbors.

Forget about white privelage, white supremacy, It’s more about Private School Privilege and Private school supremacy. If they really want equity, maybe they should open up their campus for the kids in the neighborhood who can’t afford private school. Give them the same equity to use their beautiful artifial fields and grounds???

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Are you being willfully obtuse or do you seriously just lack the intelligence to comprehend that according to the language of the MOU, GDS would not have to monitor GDS drop offs and pick ups on Wisconsin. They are responsible for monitoring the named streets (43rd Place, Ellicott, Fessenden, etc.), but why in the world would GDS monitor drop offs and pick ups along Wisconsin--where is the language in the MOU that states specifically the stretch of Wisconsin Ave. that GDS parents are not allowed to use?

Of course not. DC law says GDS parents are not allowed to drop off in front of the school on Wisconsin (west side) in the morning. It’s actually illegal. Do DC DDOT and the zoning board have to tell GDS families to abide by the laws already on the books? Smells like entitlement to me.

Yeah. Complete a-holes preaching equity, equality, blah blah blah. It’s me first, everyone else second attitude BS of this school that is pissing off all the neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Are you being willfully obtuse or do you seriously just lack the intelligence to comprehend that according to the language of the MOU, GDS would not have to monitor GDS drop offs and pick ups on Wisconsin. They are responsible for monitoring the named streets (43rd Place, Ellicott, Fessenden, etc.), but why in the world would GDS monitor drop offs and pick ups along Wisconsin--where is the language in the MOU that states specifically the stretch of Wisconsin Ave. that GDS parents are not allowed to use?

Of course not. DC law says GDS parents are not allowed to drop off in front of the school on Wisconsin (west side) in the morning. It’s actually illegal. Do DC DDOT and the zoning board have to tell GDS families to abide by the laws already on the books? Smells like entitlement to me.

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Are you being willfully obtuse or do you seriously just lack the intelligence to comprehend that according to the language of the MOU, GDS would not have to monitor GDS drop offs and pick ups on Wisconsin. They are responsible for monitoring the named streets (43rd Place, Ellicott, Fessenden, etc.), but why in the world would GDS monitor drop offs and pick ups along Wisconsin--where is the language in the MOU that states specifically the stretch of Wisconsin Ave. that GDS parents are not allowed to use?

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

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Anonymous wrote:The school takes its traffic measurements on school property. If parents can drop off on Wisconsin right in front of the school their cars would not be part of the traffic counts. Sounds like GDS doesn't want its traffic counts to be accurate.

That's because the MOU says nothing about forbidding drop offs/pick ups on Wisconsin Avenue. Apparently the ANC thinks Wisconsin Avenue is off limits, but the MOU states otherwise. Don't be dense.

So the traffic count is a fraud and GDS parents are OK with that?

Anonymous wrote:As a GDS parent I am beyond pissed that the school did not notify the ANC that it was overenrolled. I doubt it was some nefarious plot- worse it's more of GDS lack of organization on big issues. But it's wrong and looks entitled and tone-deaf.

I am also mad because I CAN ASSURE YOU- the school are up our butts about drop off and pick up. My child drives several kids to school. They park and CANNOT LEAVE AND COME BACK-EVER. Not even for a doctor's appointment. They write the kids up for any infraction and will take kids parking permits away- which is appropriate for rule breaking.

So the school takes going and coming from the campus VERY seriously and punishes children and parents who make any mistakes- but then they can't do their own part of the agreement???!!!!

That said, the ANC meeting was over-the-top crazy. The attacks on GDS were ridiculous.

Folks we live in a city. The highest and best use of land in urban envirnonments is more density. I believe the neighbors will rue the day they didn't let GDS do a small development in the old Volvo space. When the school eventually sells it- I guarantee what a builder brings in with more money and legal firepower will be worse in terms of traffic and increased density.

We are not directly in the GDS neighborhood but are adjacent to another private school and we deal with what that brings. Having a school does increase traffic but in other ways GDS is an asset- would you rather have the wasteland of a few blocks north, or the construction site that is Friendship heights or Bethesda? No? I fear it's coming no matter how many temper tantrums the ANC throws. Its the nature of urbanization in the DC area.