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Anonymous wrote:This group was perfectly happy to give away a public building to an elite private school serving non-DC students for pennies on the dollar in order to prevent it from being put into public use. A proposal for a public school nearby is made and all of a sudden all these concerns about parking and traffic become all important. Basic logic dictates that if you really care about parking and traffic, the last thing you want in your neighborhood is an elite private school serving non-DC students. But of course this has nothing to do with that but rather horrible prejudices apparently harbored by this group.

I don't think vilifying the Lab school is appropriate. Lots of DC kids go to Lab and DC pays for poor kids to go private day schools like this. The student population there is a mix of self pay and kids paid for by school districts (DC, VA and MD). No one wants to send their kid to a special education private school-its a school of last resort. Its not "elite".

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. Would some kind soul break down this extremely long post?

Let me try . . . The Foxhall Community Citizens Association (FCCA) is scared of public school children. The public school serving Foxhall - as with many others in Ward 3 - is over-crowded. A solution to this problem appeared in the form of a public school building leased out to a wealthy public school until 2023. Instead of doing what the community wanted and advocating for this public school building to be given back to DCPS, the FCCA did all it could to ensure the lease was extended in virtual perpetuity. The FCCA eventually got what it wanted, but the city then announced a plan to build a new public elementary school right next to that school building. This new school building may end up taking away a bunch of land currently used for a public park. In response, the FCCA is pulling all sorts of shenanigans - including naked attempts to misrepresent community sentiment and harking back to the old NIMBY favorite on parking concerns - to stop the construction of a public school building that would help alleviate overcrowding in the Wilson feeder pattern.

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Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Private school type of area? The Lab School's students are sourced overwhelmingly from MD and VA. In contrast, the local public schools have some of the highest utilization rates in the entire city. A school that charges $50k in tuition and predominantly educates children from families who do not live in the District has no business in commanding implicit subsidies from DC taxpayers.

1st off the reason Ward 3 is so full and it has nothing to do with soccer fields. It has to do with DC lets the everyone try to squeeze into the life boats of a few not poor schools from the sinking rest of the system that is DCPS. MD and VA border is just a few miles away and they have just as much right to the Lab school as you do. Most of DC is further and a private school is free to admit anyone they like. You sound bitter you didn't get what you wanted, maybe pay for private.

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

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Anonymous wrote:It is so stupid to put another public school in a remote part of DC with minimal/no transit access. They should cancel this purchase.

“Remote part of DC”. That’s an interesting turn of phrase, like MacArthur Blvd constitutes some strange wilderness.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG. Would some kind soul break down this extremely long post?

Let me try . . . The Foxhall Community Citizens Association (FCCA) is scared of public school children. The public school serving Foxhall - as with many others in Ward 3 - is over-crowded. A solution to this problem appeared in the form of a public school building leased out to a wealthy public school until 2023. Instead of doing what the community wanted and advocating for this public school building to be given back to DCPS, the FCCA did all it could to ensure the lease was extended in virtual perpetuity. The FCCA eventually got what it wanted, but the city then announced a plan to build a new public elementary school right next to that school building. This new school building may end up taking away a bunch of land currently used for a public park. In response, the FCCA is pulling all sorts of shenanigans - including naked attempts to misrepresent community sentiment and harking back to the old NIMBY favorite on parking concerns - to stop the construction of a public school building that would help alleviate overcrowding in the Wilson feeder pattern.

Anonymous wrote:It is so stupid to put another public school in a remote part of DC with minimal/no transit access. They should cancel this purchase.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Private school type of area? The Lab School's students are sourced overwhelmingly from MD and VA. In contrast, the local public schools have some of the highest utilization rates in the entire city. A school that charges $50k in tuition and predominantly educates children from families who do not live in the District has no business in commanding implicit subsidies from DC taxpayers.

1st off the reason Ward 3 is so full and it has nothing to do with soccer fields. It has to do with DC lets the everyone try to squeeze into the life boats of a few not poor schools from the sinking rest of the system that is DCPS. MD and VA border is just a few miles away and they have just as much right to the Lab school as you do. Most of DC is further and a private school is free to admit anyone they like. You sound bitter you didn't get what you wanted, maybe pay for private.

Anonymous wrote:It is so stupid to put another public school in a remote part of DC with minimal/no transit access. They should cancel this purchase.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Private school type of area? The Lab School's students are sourced overwhelmingly from MD and VA. In contrast, the local public schools have some of the highest utilization rates in the entire city. A school that charges $50k in tuition and predominantly educates children from families who do not live in the District has no business in commanding implicit subsidies from DC taxpayers.

1st off the reason Ward 3 is so full and it has nothing to do with soccer fields. It has to do with DC lets the everyone try to squeeze into the life boats of a few not poor schools from the sinking rest of the system that is DCPS. MD and VA border is just a few miles away and they have just as much right to the Lab school as you do. Most of DC is further and a private school is free to admit anyone they like. You sound bitter you didn't get what you wanted, maybe pay for private.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Private school type of area? The Lab School's students are sourced overwhelmingly from MD and VA. In contrast, the local public schools have some of the highest utilization rates in the entire city. A school that charges $50k in tuition and predominantly educates children from families who do not live in the District has no business in commanding implicit subsidies from DC taxpayers.

1st off the reason Ward 3 is so full and it has nothing to do with soccer fields. It has to do with DC lets the everyone try to squeeze into the life boats of a few not poor schools from the sinking rest of the system that is DCPS. MD and VA border is just a few miles away and they have just as much right to the Lab school as you do. Most of DC is further and a private school is free to admit anyone they like. You sound bitter you didn't get what you wanted, maybe pay for private.