Anonymous wrote:I still don't even get why they are moving. And is it possible they will leave the lower school on Mcthr blvd? The plans make it look like everyone will be on top of each other. STA, NCS, Beavoir and the Cathedral share 50 acres. Sidwell has 15 just for the middle and upper, plus another five or six for the lower school in Bethesda. Gds will be on about 7 with 1100 students
Anonymous wrote:I still don't even get why they are moving. And is it possible they will leave the lower school on Mcthr blvd? The plans make it look like everyone will be on top of each other. STA, NCS, Beavoir and the Cathedral share 50 acres. Sidwell has 15 just for the middle and upper, plus another five or six for the lower school in Bethesda. Gds will be on about 7 with 1100 students
Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just relax. The new, expanded campus will be fantastic and transformative for GDS. Thanks to the School's vision, there will be more retail and vibrancy in the community. And being the sole home to one of the top independent schools in the region, if not the country, will lend some cachet to sleepy old Tenleytown (aka "Matresstown").
Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just relax. The new, expanded campus will be fantastic and transformative for GDS. Thanks to the School's vision, there will be more retail and vibrancy in the community. And being the sole home to one of the top independent schools in the region, if not the country, will lend some cachet to sleepy old Tenleytown (aka "Matresstown").
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But that is the prime developable area, so there is no reason to reserve that for academic use.
I get that, but then cramming everyone on to one lot that GDS is enlarging modestly casts doubt on whether this whole project is worth the touted benefits of a combined campus.
Anonymous wrote:I looked at the touted gds board, looks like a bunch of nebbish white guys with one black woman. What happened to the diversity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous
The developer partners are part of the GDS board who have orchestrated this development. So basically, GDS is turning to the GWU model
From GDS' perspective, they no doubt would prefer to be compared to Harvard in Allston than to GW in Foggy Bottom!