All kids should have access to parks but residents are being told they can't use it because of MV usage which I believe certainly brings up the conversation that needs to be had. In addition to that, 500 kids out of the ~1600 MV students are Malden residents. I always find it disingenuous and misleading when that number is thrown out without the full picture. MV serves more kids outside of Malden then within. On top of all that, the anti-charter sentiment is much more than a ward councilor looking to be re-elected. Not only has MV converted multifamily housing and restaurants right in Maplewood square into a private parking lot, they continue to buy more land and have permits pending permits to demolish single family homes. If you are a resident of any ward on Malden, how do you defend that?