I just received word that the funding for the athletic facility is officially locked in. I honestly never imagined this would happen when I started this page but you all proved me wrong. It belongs to every one of the 656 people who took a moment to join me in …
January 25, 2014
Final supporters
Petition to Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and members of the D.C. Council:
Capitol Hill desperately needs athletic space for its kids AND its community. Sports organizations like Sports on the Hill and Capitol Hill Little League agree that this pressure on local fields and facilities could be greatly reduced if the city moves ahead with its plans for turning the north lot of Stuart-Hobson Middle School into a full size, turfed multi-sport athletic facility that the community, as well as the school, could and would use. The school and the community also need a reasonable solution to the existing school parking problem.
The currently available feasibility study and schematic design conclusively showed that the only way to resolve both needs was to put the athletic field over a one level parking area.
This is a facility Northeast DC, the school, and the broader Capitol Hill community urgently need--the CapitalSpace Initiative identified a deep need for such a facility in the Northeast quadrant of the city. Sports on the Hill estimates such a facility would be used almost continuously on weekends and during the week when not needed for school and after-school programs. As it is, such a facility would serve children from every single ward in the city except Ward 3, as Stuart-Hobson has students from all those wards.
We urge you to provide full funding for the project so we don't shortchange our school, our children, or our community.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 24, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
November 21, 2013
238 Comments
I have been a resident of the Hill for 22 years. I have two daughters who play soccer. More fields are necessary to keep soccer alive in DC instead of seeking teams and playing facilities in Virginia or Maryland.
Middle school students in Northeast DC deserve the same kind of outdoor space and althetic facilities as students at schools like Deal. Please fully fund the project to serve the students at Stuart Hobson as well as the huge need in NE DC for adequate sports and recreation space for the community.
As a coach for 17 kids on the Soccer On the Hill U12 boys team, I can't tell you how many times we had to scramble this fall to seek practice fields. Also, sharing fields with 3 or 4 other teams at the same time does not allow the kids to develop their skills properly. The demand is there. The fields are sorely needed.
It is critically important that the dimensions and design of this field be developed with input from local sports organizations. Fields put in at other schools, like JO Wilson, were constructed in the wrong dimensions, which limits the use of the field on weekends for games -- also meaning a lost source of revenue for DC.
My 14 year old plays soccer regularly at Stuart Hobson on weekends. There have been many times he has attempted to use the field when there has been adults or another group playing who do not want to share the field. More fields are needed on Capitol Hill.
The students at Stuart-Hobson deserve the ability and chance to have the same amenities as other excellence schools. The students at Stuart-Hobson academically have excel greatly over the previous years.
Why is this even an issue? Spend some time out of the office and view the desperate need for fields in an active community.
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I just received word that the funding for the athletic facility is officially locked in. I honestly never imagined this would happen when I started this page but you all proved me wrong. It belongs to every one of the 656 people who took a moment to join me in …
January 25, 2014
Final supporters
Petition to Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and members of the D.C. Council:
Capitol Hill desperately needs athletic space for its kids AND its community. Sports organizations like Sports on the Hill and Capitol Hill Little League agree that this pressure on local fields and facilities could be greatly reduced if the city moves ahead with its plans for turning the north lot of Stuart-Hobson Middle School into a full size, turfed multi-sport athletic facility that the community, as well as the school, could and would use. The school and the community also need a reasonable solution to the existing school parking problem.
The currently available feasibility study and schematic design conclusively showed that the only way to resolve both needs was to put the athletic field over a one level parking area.
This is a facility Northeast DC, the school, and the broader Capitol Hill community urgently need--the CapitalSpace Initiative identified a deep need for such a facility in the Northeast quadrant of the city. Sports on the Hill estimates such a facility would be used almost continuously on weekends and during the week when not needed for school and after-school programs. As it is, such a facility would serve children from every single ward in the city except Ward 3, as Stuart-Hobson has students from all those wards.
We urge you to provide full funding for the project so we don't shortchange our school, our children, or our community.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 24, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
November 21, 2013
238 Comments
The Hill needs as many additional field spaces as possible to ensure the growing population of families with children can remain Hill residents with viable local fields options for outdoor extracurriculars.
I have been a resident of the Hill for 22 years. I have two daughters who play soccer. More fields are necessary to keep soccer alive in DC instead of seeking teams and playing facilities in Virginia or Maryland.
Middle school students in Northeast DC deserve the same kind of outdoor space and althetic facilities as students at schools like Deal. Please fully fund the project to serve the students at Stuart Hobson as well as the huge need in NE DC for adequate sports and recreation space for the community.
As a coach for 17 kids on the Soccer On the Hill U12 boys team, I can't tell you how many times we had to scramble this fall to seek practice fields. Also, sharing fields with 3 or 4 other teams at the same time does not allow the kids to develop their skills properly. The demand is there. The fields are sorely needed.
It is critically important that the dimensions and design of this field be developed with input from local sports organizations. Fields put in at other schools, like JO Wilson, were constructed in the wrong dimensions, which limits the use of the field on weekends for games -- also meaning a lost source of revenue for DC.
My 14 year old plays soccer regularly at Stuart Hobson on weekends. There have been many times he has attempted to use the field when there has been adults or another group playing who do not want to share the field. More fields are needed on Capitol Hill.
The students at Stuart-Hobson deserve the ability and chance to have the same amenities as other excellence schools. The students at Stuart-Hobson academically have excel greatly over the previous years.
Why is this even an issue? Spend some time out of the office and view the desperate need for fields in an active community.
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The Hill needs as many additional field spaces as possible to ensure the growing population of families with children can remain Hill residents with viable local fields options for outdoor extracurriculars.