Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to Hoawrd Law lately? But more importantly do you know where the Banneker site sits in relation to Howard University?

There's nothing racist in wondering whether Howard U might covet land directly across the street from it more than land in the backwaters of Van Ness. Did you even think your rant through before you jumped to your conclusions?


But yes, UDC can't be moved for a whole host of political and perception reasons - but there's nicer ways to tell people that, because if you haven't noticed, a lot of people here are relatively new to the city and don't know the local history.

Black schools are not chess pieces for white DC to move around to satisfy our every whim. If Howard or UDC think moves are in their best interests, presumably they’ll pursue them. Don’t insult us by suggesting that you have their best interests at heart.

Why aren’t we speculating on whether, say, Burke might want to relocate? They have a beautiful building that would be great for a DCPS! And what about Maret, so close to the metro, on all of that beautiful land. Perfect for a charter school! Maybe Georgetown Law would want to move out of their space near Union Station to be closer to the main campus....

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I'll treat your ideas with the respect and consideration any conversation occurs. Don't worry, I assume it's not going to be reciprocated.

1. Burke has no field or parking lot, was just renovated, is accessible solely by a single neighborhood street, and fills up every square inch of land they own. The site itself would not be able to meet the needs of a high school large enough to incorporate underserved areas to the east.

2. Maret - DCPS does not own the fields next to Banneker. As I'm sure you would agree, there is not a chance in hell that DC would give parks and rec space on Georgia Ave to a rich private school. Therefore Maret wouldn't be int rested because doing so would entail a major downgrade of their facilities.

3. I'm sure Georgetown would absolutely love additional land next to it's main campus. Does DC own any land there?

I don't even care where a location would be. Howard Law was suggested because it's theoretically possible since it's a good sized plot of land (including fields), the buildings are in need of major renovations, and DC/DCPS owns (soon to be) unused land that Howard would likely want more.

I don't have any damn group's interest at heart. All I care about is the City. DC needs a second viable by right high school in order to sustain the growth it has recently achieved. That's not going to happen by either magically forcing traditional Wilson feeder students to attend Coolidge and it's not going to happen by forcing the newer feeder students to attend Cardozo or Roosevelt.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to Hoawrd Law lately? But more importantly do you know where the Banneker site sits in relation to Howard University?

There's nothing racist in wondering whether Howard U might covet land directly across the street from it more than land in the backwaters of Van Ness. Did you even think your rant through before you jumped to your conclusions?


But yes, UDC can't be moved for a whole host of political and perception reasons - but there's nicer ways to tell people that, because if you haven't noticed, a lot of people here are relatively new to the city and don't know the local history.

Black schools are not chess pieces for white DC to move around to satisfy our every whim. If Howard or UDC think moves are in their best interests, presumably they’ll pursue them. Don’t insult us by suggesting that you have their best interests at heart.

Why aren’t we speculating on whether, say, Burke might want to relocate? They have a beautiful building that would be great for a DCPS! And what about Maret, so close to the metro, on all of that beautiful land. Perfect for a charter school! Maybe Georgetown Law would want to move out of their space near Union Station to be closer to the main campus....

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I'll treat your ideas with the respect and consideration any conversation occurs. Don't worry, I assume it's not going to be reciprocated.

1. Burke has no field or parking lot, was just renovated, is accessible solely by a single neighborhood street, and fills up every square inch of land they own. The site itself would not be able to meet the needs of a high school large enough to incorporate underserved areas to the east.

2. Maret - DCPS does not own the fields next to Banneker. As I'm sure you would agree, there is not a chance in hell that DC would give parks and rec space on Georgia Ave to a rich private school. Therefore Maret wouldn't be int rested because doing so would entail a major downgrade of their facilities.

3. I'm sure Georgetown would absolutely love additional land next to it's main campus. Does DC own any land there?

I don't even care where a location would be. Howard Law was suggested because it's theoretically possible since it's a good sized plot of land (including fields), the buildings are in need of major renovations, and DC/DCPS owns (soon to be) unused land that Howard would likely want more.

I don't have any damn group's interest at heart. All I care about is the City. DC needs a second viable by right high school in order to sustain the growth it has recently achieved. That's not going to happen by either magically forcing traditional Wilson feeder students to attend Coolidge and it's not going to happen by forcing the newer feeder students to attend Cardozo or Roosevelt.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to Hoawrd Law lately? But more importantly do you know where the Banneker site sits in relation to Howard University?

There's nothing racist in wondering whether Howard U might covet land directly across the street from it more than land in the backwaters of Van Ness. Did you even think your rant through before you jumped to your conclusions?


But yes, UDC can't be moved for a whole host of political and perception reasons - but there's nicer ways to tell people that, because if you haven't noticed, a lot of people here are relatively new to the city and don't know the local history.

Black schools are not chess pieces for white DC to move around to satisfy our every whim. If Howard or UDC think moves are in their best interests, presumably they’ll pursue them. Don’t insult us by suggesting that you have their best interests at heart.

Why aren’t we speculating on whether, say, Burke might want to relocate? They have a beautiful building that would be great for a DCPS! And what about Maret, so close to the metro, on all of that beautiful land. Perfect for a charter school! Maybe Georgetown Law would want to move out of their space near Union Station to be closer to the main campus....

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I do. Doesn’t make your contribution any more useful than the PP to propose the same thing. Be better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to Hoawrd Law lately? But more importantly do you know where the Banneker site sits in relation to Howard University?

There's nothing racist in wondering whether Howard U might covet land directly across the street from it more than land in the backwaters of Van Ness. Did you even think your rant through before you jumped to your conclusions?


But yes, UDC can't be moved for a whole host of political and perception reasons - but there's nicer ways to tell people that, because if you haven't noticed, a lot of people here are relatively new to the city and don't know the local history.

Black schools are not chess pieces for white DC to move around to satisfy our every whim. If Howard or UDC think moves are in their best interests, presumably they’ll pursue them. Don’t insult us by suggesting that you have their best interests at heart.

Why aren’t we speculating on whether, say, Burke might want to relocate? They have a beautiful building that would be great for a DCPS! And what about Maret, so close to the metro, on all of that beautiful land. Perfect for a charter school! Maybe Georgetown Law would want to move out of their space near Union Station to be closer to the main campus....

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Maybe because all the schools you mention are private schools? How about is this relevant?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to Hoawrd Law lately? But more importantly do you know where the Banneker site sits in relation to Howard University?

There's nothing racist in wondering whether Howard U might covet land directly across the street from it more than land in the backwaters of Van Ness. Did you even think your rant through before you jumped to your conclusions?


But yes, UDC can't be moved for a whole host of political and perception reasons - but there's nicer ways to tell people that, because if you haven't noticed, a lot of people here are relatively new to the city and don't know the local history.

Black schools are not chess pieces for white DC to move around to satisfy our every whim. If Howard or UDC think moves are in their best interests, presumably they’ll pursue them. Don’t insult us by suggesting that you have their best interests at heart.

Why aren’t we speculating on whether, say, Burke might want to relocate? They have a beautiful building that would be great for a DCPS! And what about Maret, so close to the metro, on all of that beautiful land. Perfect for a charter school! Maybe Georgetown Law would want to move out of their space near Union Station to be closer to the main campus....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something centered around swapping part of Howard Law for old Banneker might work, although I would hope to save that site for another magnet school.

Finding real estate is the easy part! Have you met the groups of people this satisfies?

What about moving UDC, which hardly has any students in Ward 3? That large parcel could be a great site for several schools, recreational facilities and redevelopment along Conn. Ave. Mayor Williams proposed moving UDC to the St. Elizabeths campus to be closer to the population that UDC serves.

Well, aren’t these two posts just the perfect encapsulation of racist DCUM bullshit?

I mean, why wouldn’t we just uproot established schools that primarily serve black students because we have the sads that Deal has trailers again?

Do you all hear yourselves? It’s shameful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something centered around swapping part of Howard Law for old Banneker might work, although I would hope to save that site for another magnet school.

Finding real estate is the easy part! Have you met the groups of people this satisfies?

What about moving UDC, which hardly has any students in Ward 3? That large parcel could be a great site for several schools, recreational facilities and redevelopment along Conn. Ave. Mayor Williams proposed moving UDC to the St. Elizabeths campus to be closer to the population that UDC serves.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Deal is increasing on average 43 kids per year. If you've been in the stairwells during class change, you know it's precarious. It's not abnormal to see kids running up and down the stairs and screaming. There's not enough teachers to stop the problems that pop up when you have that many kids. The random beefs that happen in the hallway because of a simple joke are not acceptable. Some teachers even allow this sort of behavior in class. I agree that splitting the school is a necessity. Instead of doing it my school, my goal would be to split up rival neighborhoods. For example, North Cleveland Park and Friendship Heights tend to be rivals so keeping them in separate schools would be a good short-term option.

I will never be done laughing at this.

Anonymous wrote:Deal is increasing on average 43 kids per year. If you've been in the stairwells during class change, you know it's precarious. It's not abnormal to see kids running up and down the stairs and screaming. There's not enough teachers to stop the problems that pop up when you have that many kids. The random beefs that happen in the hallway because of a simple joke are not acceptable. Some teachers even allow this sort of behavior in class. I agree that splitting the school is a necessity. Instead of doing it my school, my goal would be to split up rival neighborhoods. For example, North Cleveland Park and Friendship Heights tend to be rivals so keeping them in separate schools would be a good short-term option.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something centered around swapping part of Howard Law for old Banneker might work, although I would hope to save that site for another magnet school.

Finding real estate is the easy part! Have you met the groups of people this satisfies?

What about moving UDC, which hardly has any students in Ward 3? That large parcel could be a great site for several schools, recreational facilities and redevelopment along Conn. Ave. Mayor Williams proposed moving UDC to the St. Elizabeths campus to be closer to the population that UDC serves.

Well, aren’t these two posts just the perfect encapsulation of racist DCUM bullshit?

I mean, why wouldn’t we just uproot established schools that primarily serve black students because we have the sads that Deal has trailers again?

Do you all hear yourselves? It’s shameful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to Hoawrd Law lately? But more importantly do you know where the Banneker site sits in relation to Howard University?

There's nothing racist in wondering whether Howard U might covet land directly across the street from it more than land in the backwaters of Van Ness. Did you even think your rant through before you jumped to your conclusions?


But yes, UDC can't be moved for a whole host of political and perception reasons - but there's nicer ways to tell people that, because if you haven't noticed, a lot of people here are relatively new to the city and don't know the local history.

Black schools are not chess pieces for white DC to move around to satisfy our every whim. If Howard or UDC think moves are in their best interests, presumably they’ll pursue them. Don’t insult us by suggesting that you have their best interests at heart.

Why aren’t we speculating on whether, say, Burke might want to relocate? They have a beautiful building that would be great for a DCPS! And what about Maret, so close to the metro, on all of that beautiful land. Perfect for a charter school! Maybe Georgetown Law would want to move out of their space near Union Station to be closer to the main campus....

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