Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 21:12     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seems to me that required public transportation and/ or school bussing rather than enrollment caps would be much, much more effective. And better for the environment.


So would moving the school to the suburbs, which would be my preference. Much nicer environment in MoCo or NVa for a school than the trashy and crime-ridden Tenleytown neighborhood.


Why didn’t GDS just move everything to the burbs rather than consolidate their whole school on that small lot? There is so little space there. No room for a cafeteria for the US. Have to jump through hoops to schedule field time. Etc.




GDS gets what they deserve. Small lot in city and cramming 1000 students, and faculty and staff. Yeah, smart idea in an already congested part of the city and adjacent to a residential neighborhood. For a school that tries to make good choices, this one sucked.

Other schools will continue to improve their campuses (maybe not Maret), build new sports, music, theater facilities and GDS will keep on fighting with the neighborhood and fall further behind the other top tier schools….

Not fun having a gym in the basement with almost no widows. I’m sure the campus is not a place US students want to be at….




Hahaha. If only this was true.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 21:02     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.


I have been following this thread and was also a bit surprised, because I haven't seen any congestion. I live in the neighborhood, a block down. What is the big fuss about?


Its nothing. GDS has increased their enrollment for the past few years with no problems. They will continue this till they reach their enrollment goals which is higher vs what it is now. The agreement with the ANC is not worth the paper it is written on. There is no way for the ANC to enforce anything. It is a mystery why GDS released their enrollment figures.



Ahh, yes, but they released their enrollment saying that they were perfectly within their limits. Just check NAIS data. Disingenuous, what?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 20:56     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.


I have been following this thread and was also a bit surprised, because I haven't seen any congestion. I live in the neighborhood, a block down. What is the big fuss about?


Its nothing. GDS has increased their enrollment for the past few years with no problems. They will continue this till they reach their enrollment goals which is higher vs what it is now. The agreement with the ANC is not worth the paper it is written on. There is no way for the ANC to enforce anything. It is a mystery why GDS released their enrollment figures.


Besides the fact it is required under their zoning order with the city govt?

Why are you trying to stir the pot?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 20:49     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.


I have been following this thread and was also a bit surprised, because I haven't seen any congestion. I live in the neighborhood, a block down. What is the big fuss about?


Its nothing. GDS has increased their enrollment for the past few years with no problems. They will continue this till they reach their enrollment goals which is higher vs what it is now. The agreement with the ANC is not worth the paper it is written on. There is no way for the ANC to enforce anything. It is a mystery why GDS released their enrollment figures.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 19:44     Subject: GDS admissions
Why didn’t they renovate the lower school instead of consolidating?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 17:26     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.


I have been following this thread and was also a bit surprised, because I haven't seen any congestion. I live in the neighborhood, a block down. What is the big fuss about?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 16:45     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:Good. Imagine the difference if the school had not been required to have and (mostly) adhere to a Transportation Management Plan.

I wonder what sort of requirements SFS will have to meet when they consolidate on Wisconsin Avenue?


[Imagining] it probably would have been about the same.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 16:44     Subject: GDS admissions
Good. Imagine the difference if the school had not been required to have and (mostly) adhere to a Transportation Management Plan.

I wonder what sort of requirements SFS will have to meet when they consolidate on Wisconsin Avenue?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 16:37     Subject: GDS admissions
I would love a third party traffic report to be done on neighboring streets pre-GDS expansion and now post-GDS expansion. I'm guessing very little discernable difference
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 15:55     Subject: GDS admissions
My kid usually takes the bus to and from GDS, but whenever I do pick up in the afternoons, there has never been any congestion whatsoever.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 15:40     Subject: Re:GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:Traffic is fine around GDS.


This. Has anyone ever driven past Sidwell, STA, or NCRC at drop off? GDS is nothing compared to these places.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 15:23     Subject: Re:GDS admissions
Traffic is fine around GDS.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 15:21     Subject: GDS admissions
Yeah, the $2.5 million figure is completely made up and (as PPs have noted) completely ignores the costs incurred to educate the extra students.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 13:40     Subject: GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is nothing "slimy" about anything. I don't think GDS lacks concern of anything. Why always attribute the worst to people? Over and over again, Russ Shaw apologized and asked to sit down. I know you think that's too late, but why is it really too late? Aren't you just interested in solving the problem? The only ANC solution is some draconian deterrence, which will just create long-standing tension. Incompetence? Hardly. GDS has shown over and over again its competence: it's one of the top schools in the entire country. Sit down and talk, and stop threatening lawsuits. We're talking a mere 50 students during a pandemic. Many private schools were surprised by the yield. This whole mess is all due to pandemic, even the fact that the school failed to report. Things fell through the cracks everywhere during the pandemic for very understandable reasons. Befriend rather than fight. Move on.


The bolded is crap. GDS doesn't get a pass on legal compliance just because it has smart students.

Here's what I don't understand:
- GDS takes millions in Covid funds, despite no hit to its revenues.
- GDS is "surprised" to end up with 50 extra kids, when that's probably double of what in admits in a normal year?
- GDS gets $2.5 million extra in tuition the last couple of years due to accident?

I agree that competence does not seem to be the issue.

What make believe planet are you on where you continue to spew falsities?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2023 13:38     Subject: Re:GDS admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:#13 is slimy. Well, really all of it is slimy.


Very


Undubitably. ANC will annihilate them.