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Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Too bad the DC kids in the basement can’t have nice city-owned athletic fields for even one day per month right after school like the affluent Maret kids.

You mean the poor kids who live in Georgetown and Palisades who’s parents want to take a DPR property for their solo use? Hardy’s PTA should just raise the money to improve Hardy.

The parents will never do it. They are lazy and expect everyone else to do something for their kids. They’d be delighted to have their kids play on Jelleff field that somebody else paid for.

DC taxpayers paid for that field-$15 mn for that land and $7 min has been allocated to renovate the rec center. The money Maret is providing (95k/year) is peanuts. Maybe you should talk to Jack Evans, Maret parent and soon to be convicted felon, about how the city is now flush with taxpayer cash.

+1. Will this Maret deal be part of the federal investigations into the Jack Evans corruption case?

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Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Too bad the DC kids in the basement can’t have nice city-owned athletic fields for even one day per month right after school like the affluent Maret kids.

You mean the poor kids who live in Georgetown and Palisades who’s parents want to take a DPR property for their solo use? Hardy’s PTA should just raise the money to improve Hardy.

The parents will never do it. They are lazy and expect everyone else to do something for their kids. They’d be delighted to have their kids play on Jelleff field that somebody else paid for.

DC taxpayers paid for that field-$15 mn for that land and $7 min has been allocated to renovate the rec center. The money Maret is providing (95k/year) is peanuts. Maybe you should talk to Jack Evans, Maret parent and soon to be convicted felon, about how the city is now flush with taxpayer cash.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Maret bussing kids to Jelleff? Can’t they afford space closer to their campus? And then the parents have to drive to pick them up. So wasteful.

+1. The community objected (much less vociferously) to the Maret Jelleff deal in 2010. Why was no one in
Maret prepared for a backup plan 10 years later rather than seeking below market rent at a public facility? The 95k Maret is paying for exclusive afterschool use of a 22 mn$ DC facility is insulting considering its head of school is paid $400k/year.

And your point is? The former head of Ellington was paid a lot more than that, for a school of less than 500 students. Why doesn’t Ellington fix up its decrepit field for the community, including Hardy, to use?

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Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Too bad the DC kids in the basement can’t have nice city-owned athletic fields for even one day per month right after school like the affluent Maret kids.

You mean the poor kids who live in Georgetown and Palisades who’s parents want to take a DPR property for their solo use? Hardy’s PTA should just raise the money to improve Hardy.

The parents will never do it. They are lazy and expect everyone else to do something for their kids. They’d be delighted to have their kids play on Jelleff field that somebody else paid for.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Maret bussing kids to Jelleff? Can’t they afford space closer to their campus? And then the parents have to drive to pick them up. So wasteful.

+1. The community objected (much less vociferously) to the Maret Jelleff deal in 2010. Why was no one in
Maret prepared for a backup plan 10 years later rather than seeking below market rent at a public facility? The 95k Maret is paying for exclusive afterschool use of a 22 mn$ DC facility is insulting considering its head of school is paid $400k/year.

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Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Too bad the DC kids in the basement can’t have nice city-owned athletic fields for even one day per month right after school like the affluent Maret kids.

You mean the poor kids who live in Georgetown and Palisades who’s parents want to take a DPR property for their solo use? Hardy’s PTA should just raise the money to improve Hardy.

Anonymous wrote:Why is Maret bussing kids to Jelleff? Can’t they afford space closer to their campus? And then the parents have to drive to pick them up. So wasteful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Too bad the DC kids in the basement can’t have nice city-owned athletic fields for even one day per month right after school like the affluent Maret kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Too bad the DC kids in the basement can’t have nice city-owned athletic fields for even one day per month right after school like the affluent Maret kids.

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Hardy can’t have nice things like Alice Deal.

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Anonymous wrote:So why shouldn’t Hardy get its act together and try to get DD build a school field? They could start by telling the staff that starting next school year they can use their discounted Metro passes because the parking is being repurposed to the kids. And, as you readily point out, DPR is a separate agency (and Ellington is... well, an entity that seems unaccountable to anyone). Public school students don’t have a special claim on DPR facilities any more than other kids, and Hardy is just another institution in DC. Many Maret students live in the District, Maret is a DC institution and is a substantial employer. (Maret employs more staff than Hardy, many of whom live in DC.). Maret students have just as much right to use Jelleff, particularly when it has paid substantially for the privilege.

Thanks also for your lesson on how DC public schools, namely that the school administration doesn’t really listen to the parents. The fact that DCPS priorities start first to serve the staff with parents and the students being an afterthought no doubt is why many DC parents who want more voice and accountability choose independent schools if they can.

The bolded is just wrong. It's DC law, passed by the Council, the at DCPS and Public Charter School programs have priority to use DPR facilities.

Under the DPR priority system Maret has absolutely the lowest priority. They don't principally serve DC ("principally" being defined in the DC Code as at least 75%) so they are put behind all other users.

Maret "paid substantially for the privilege" for 2009 to 2019. Their ten years are up. That was the deal that Maret willingly and knowingly entered into. For the years 2020-2029 they are paying a pittance.