Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:6:11, I agree with most of that except the idea that the streetcar would have made any difference at all with respect to the density of students at that site. Running a streetcar up and down Columbia Pike doesn't help most people who would in theory be zoned to or work at that school get to that school.
Cancelling the streetcar did make Fairfax give us the finger with regard to expanding ingress/egress from the Kenmore site into FFX county, which I understand is a large part of what killed that site as an option for the 4th HS.
Interesting, I hadn’t heard that but it makes sense. So, I think we should hold off on putting anything else at the Kenmore site, because it could still be on the table in the future, maybe once we’re forgiven. Using that land now, for schools that could fit elsewhere, precludes that site from ever being fully utilized. They should not continue to make the same mistakes, time and time again. Plan for the FUTURE, not the now.
Anyway, the streetcar would be useful for kids all along the Pike to get to/from the site. I know someone whose child transferred to Arl Tech and has a one hour commute, by school bus, from within the same zip code at the west end of the Pike (public bus has no better options). The kid could walk there in that amount of time. Better transportation would support the option school that currently exists at the site and likely will for some time, as well as the CTE programs. And, better public infrastructure would allow teachers to commute more easily without cars, and parents to attend events without cars, whether the school is option or neighborhood.
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