Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 16:52     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Did you ask Kaya to open them? She can be very responsive. I'm not sure that locking the fields during construction is meant to be unwelcoming, but some people will find any excuse to be offended.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 16:51     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Give me a break -- it wasn't "active" most weekend evenings.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 16:50     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Again, when there is an active construction site feet away it would be highly inappropriate not to mention illegal to have little league. But I am sorry you feel so shunned by the school.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 16:46     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Not at night, but they could have let some of the little league practices or games happen there in the evenings. Adult supervision, etc. Not talking about tuning the field and playground back into a bar/open air drug market.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 16:44     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:There was no construction on the field, there is a gate opposite the construction area and they weren't doing work 24-7. The locked up baseball diamond is exactly why the neighbors are frustrated by the school. "Look, we have a large elementary school across the street with a big playground and one of the few baseball diamonds on the north side of the Hill, but the principal doesn't particularly like or respect us as IB taxpayers, so we can just look and not touch while the cars roll in from MD."


What a great idea...they should have kept it open in the evening after construction was done for the day. Opening a playground at night on public school property in a highly populated area of a major city is a spectacular idea. As a neighbor nothing would make me feel more welcomed by a school than allowing this.

(This is sarcasm FYI)
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 16:41     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Why would there be a wait for LT? LT did a great job (Dunbar no comment). And of course all kids deserve new facilities...apologies if I seemed to insinuate otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 14:31     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:After completely rocking that CAS Ludlow children more than deserve a beautiful school. It is a blessing that this work got to be done for those hard working children, teachers, and staff. Awesome work all around.


Oh dear... Renovations aren't based on CAS results or Dunbar and LT would be waiting long for that to happen. All kids deserve good facilities.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 14:26     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:Wow...The work was just about 24/7 and I am pretty sure it would have been ILLEGAL to allow field access. Other schools do the same thing. Also, there was a problem with "IB taxpayers" thinking it was their personal dog shit spot. But yeah go ahead and find reasons to hate.

+1 Nothing new to see here. They weren't going to send their kids to Ludlow Taylor anyway, but love to find a reason to complain.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 14:00     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Wow...The work was just about 24/7 and I am pretty sure it would have been ILLEGAL to allow field access. Other schools do the same thing. Also, there was a problem with "IB taxpayers" thinking it was their personal dog shit spot. But yeah go ahead and find reasons to hate.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 13:53     Subject: ludlow-taylor
There was no construction on the field, there is a gate opposite the construction area and they weren't doing work 24-7. The locked up baseball diamond is exactly why the neighbors are frustrated by the school. "Look, we have a large elementary school across the street with a big playground and one of the few baseball diamonds on the north side of the Hill, but the principal doesn't particularly like or respect us as IB taxpayers, so we can just look and not touch while the cars roll in from MD."
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 13:46     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Also their ball fields were chained up all summer, not available to the neighborhood. Hardly a welcoming gesture.

Probably because it was an ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

LOL!
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 13:28     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:Also their ball fields were chained up all summer, not available to the neighborhood. Hardly a welcoming gesture.

Probably because it was an ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2013 10:35     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Also their ball fields were chained up all summer, not available to the neighborhood. Hardly a welcoming gesture.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2013 17:05     Subject: Re:ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally think LT is superior to JO, but I don't know much about either school. LT is our IB school and we went there for a while last year before switching. Our experience was good although had its rough spots. Personally, I did not put JO on our list at all b/c I figured if nothing else we would get into Ludlow.


Did you go to another school on this Hill? Charter? Private?


Another Hill DCPS.


My money is on Brent.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2013 17:04     Subject: ludlow-taylor
Anonymous wrote:After completely rocking that CAS Ludlow children more than deserve a beautiful school. It is a blessing that this work got to be done for those hard working children, teachers, and staff. Awesome work all around.

So true.