School overcrowding is real and only getting worse. The City is planning a new school at Hardy Park where a school once thrived decades ago. Build it back!
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We have been asking for new schools to be built in Ward 3 to address overcrowding and the City is agrees. Two new schools, at Hardy Park and the "Old GDS" campus, are planned and we are here for it. Thank you @MayorBowser
Northwest D.C. 'NIMBYs' fight proposal over new schools - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/local/edu…
One slight correction. Lab owns their main campus property on MacArthur. It’s their lower school campus ON Hardy Park the Mayor leased away. @PerryStein @justinwmmoyer
From @marycheh ‘s letter about the need for a new elementary school at Hardy. A new school will bring back universal preK to our neighborhood. @Ruth4Schools @W3EdNet @SaveHardy
Letter from CM Cheh regarding the school at Hardy Park. Excellent letter! There is a huge need for more seats. @marycheh @Ruth4Schools
marycheh.com/follow-up-lette…
The “Save Hardy Park” site is now up. This is why I can’t take these arguments seriously. The PRIMARY PROBLEM IS OVERCROWDING, not building new schools.
What a mess. The Charter Board is allowed to saturate the school market so that few schools are properly enrolled. Meanwhile, Ward 3 schools are busting at the seams. @DMEforDC, a plan would be nice.
The 5 new D.C. charter schools approved last week came after the Bowser administration sent an unusual letter to the charter board, laying out just how many empty seats are available in the city's existing middle and high schools washingtonpost.com/local/edu…
BREAKING: Deputy Mayor for Education, @DMEforDC Paul Kihn, told the Ward 3 EdNet tonight that DCPS extended the Lab School's lease for the Old Hardy School to 2038 -- another 15 years past its current end date.
A good thread on the Council’s hearing on the re-opening of schools.
.@councilofdc public oversight roundtable is now live. @DCPSChancellor giving intro statement, says off the bat that DCPS is 'committed to clear lines of communication' (something school staff, parents have said is missing)
Watch here: dc.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.…
DCPS at Hardy Park Now retweeted
The public's help is needed to identify a suspect in connection with a 2nd degree child sexual abuse offense that occurred yesterday on the 5000 block of MacArthur Boulevard, NW:
youtube.com/watch?v=wh-B6Bu4…
Why Is D.C. Considering Buying a School Property From a Mysterious, Unnamed Party? washingtoncitypaper.com/news…
This thread is for anyone who is wondering what is going on with the Old Hardy building. Background: Many elementary schools in NW are overcrowded and all are projected to experience overcrowding in the next few years. DCPS owns a building at Q St and Foxhall Rd.