Why does Fairfax County not seem to build new schools, especially high schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Dunn Loring is charming?! If you had to spend a week working in that run-down, asbestos, mold and rodent-ridden facility, you would more likely be motivated to run for school board or arrange a tent city sit in out front.
There are accurate summaries: 18:05, 22:19, 9:04, and a few others.
Regarding enrollment, it would be interesting to see how many new students are ESOL. Students coming from other countries are usually illiterate in their home language, and high school-aged students get placed in HS, due to age. No birth certificate, so anyone can claim to be any age and get a HS diploma and/or placement. ESOL students will bring down school stats.

DP. The exterior of the Dunn Loring building is charming. I'll take your word that the interior, currently used for administrative purposes, is run down and not a good work environment.

Either way, when Frisch originally sold the other School Board members on the Blake Lane/Dunn Loring switch, he did so suggesting that the $35M earmarked for a school in Fairfax/Oakton could be used to renovate the original Dunn Loring building. Now they are saying it must be torn down and that a brand-new school would cost $85M. Since there's no need for a school there (every surrounding ES is projected to be under capacity for years to come), the money could be better spent elsewhere.