APS - Did anyone go to any of the three "Walk Throughs" regarding the High School options?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: The problem is that the parents who actually put in the time and effort to affect change are learning that all of their efforts are in vain. That's the problem.

The other, complementary problem is that the NVD backers got what they wanted from her (the Stratford building) and aren't going to push her until there's something else they want. Otherwise, they fall back on "you can't make everyone happy" and "no solution is perfect."

Are these not WL parents?

Some. It's easier to figure them out by ES, though (Taylor & Tuckahoe).

[Anonymous]

I actually don't understand the board docs option D thing. The 1300 HS seats are going to the Ed Center AND they are adding 600 seats to Career Center? Or, they are putting 600 seats at Ed Center and a total of 1300 (or 1500) seats at the Career Center? Comparing slides 3 and 5 is very confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't understand the board docs option D thing. The 1300 HS seats are going to the Ed Center AND they are adding 600 seats to Career Center? Or, they are putting 600 seats at Ed Center and a total of 1300 (or 1500) seats at the Career Center? Comparing slides 3 and 5 is very confusing.

They will put 600 seats at the Ed Center. They will put 700 seats at the Career Center, in addition to the 800 seat expansion already planned for Arlington Tech.

So it's 1300 more seats total but the Career Center will have a 1500 seat HS, part of which will be Arlington Tech? or all of it? They haven't said what those seats will be.

It also says they will "renovate" the Ed Center, so it won't be a new building.

[Anonymous]

There are a few pentode mommies that seem happy with this solution. I guess anything to avoid Wakefield. So dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a few pentode mommies that seem happy with this solution. I guess anything to avoid Wakefield. So dumb.

* penrose

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't understand the board docs option D thing. The 1300 HS seats are going to the Ed Center AND they are adding 600 seats to Career Center? Or, they are putting 600 seats at Ed Center and a total of 1300 (or 1500) seats at the Career Center? Comparing slides 3 and 5 is very confusing.

They will put 600 seats at the Ed Center. They will put 700 seats at the Career Center, in addition to the 800 seat expansion already planned for Arlington Tech.

So it's 1300 more seats total but the Career Center will have a 1500 seat HS, part of which will be Arlington Tech? or all of it? They haven't said what those seats will be.

It also says they will "renovate" the Ed Center, so it won't be a new building.

If that's the case, seems like they actually mostly chose option B, no? Realistically, you'll have one HS at that site and it will be 1500 students. And WL will get bigger by 600 seats but will not have any gimmicky "9th grade academy" or whatever. I don't see another way to read this.

[Anonymous]

I have to say their plan to drive away all the parents who care about quality education and free up space is Machiavellian genius.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't understand the board docs option D thing. The 1300 HS seats are going to the Ed Center AND they are adding 600 seats to Career Center? Or, they are putting 600 seats at Ed Center and a total of 1300 (or 1500) seats at the Career Center? Comparing slides 3 and 5 is very confusing.

They will put 600 seats at the Ed Center. They will put 700 seats at the Career Center, in addition to the 800 seat expansion already planned for Arlington Tech.

So it's 1300 more seats total but the Career Center will have a 1500 seat HS, part of which will be Arlington Tech? or all of it? They haven't said what those seats will be.

It also says they will "renovate" the Ed Center, so it won't be a new building.

If that's the case, seems like they actually mostly chose option B, no? Realistically, you'll have one HS at that site and it will be 1500 students. And WL will get bigger by 600 seats but will not have any gimmicky "9th grade academy" or whatever. I don't see another way to read this.

They could still decide to put all the 9th graders in the renovated Ed Center. I was at a CCPTA meeting where there was some discussion of what this hybrid option meant and they did say if the Ed Center was renovated they'd add cafeteria space there. But still not clear was these seats would be -- all of 9th grade? IB students only (11-12th grade)?

This also lets the school board take the easy way out and not deal with boundary changes for HS. Both seat additions are too small to be 'neighborhood' schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its the hybrid option. Murphy's recommendation has already been posted to the APS website if you look under the School Board doc section. They hadn't even specked that out yet for the "galley walks" so what a waste of time if you went.

Found it. Good grief. It's so frustrating to send in comments, email the board over and over again, tell my neighbors & friends, vote, and nothing matters.

Are they still planning to build a 4th HS as a longer-term solution or is that completely off the table?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its the hybrid option. Murphy's recommendation has already been posted to the APS website if you look under the School Board doc section. They hadn't even specked that out yet for the "galley walks" so what a waste of time if you went.

Found it. Good grief. It's so frustrating to send in comments, email the board over and over again, tell my neighbors & friends, vote, and nothing matters.

Are they still planning to build a 4th HS as a longer-term solution or is that completely off the table?

They are still saying long-term plan is need for a 2200 seat 4th HS. See slide 15: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/AMQMV55D070F/$file/G-%201%20High%20School%20Options%20presentation.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't understand the board docs option D thing. The 1300 HS seats are going to the Ed Center AND they are adding 600 seats to Career Center? Or, they are putting 600 seats at Ed Center and a total of 1300 (or 1500) seats at the Career Center? Comparing slides 3 and 5 is very confusing.

They will put 600 seats at the Ed Center. They will put 700 seats at the Career Center, in addition to the 800 seat expansion already planned for Arlington Tech.

So it's 1300 more seats total but the Career Center will have a 1500 seat HS, part of which will be Arlington Tech? or all of it? They haven't said what those seats will be.

It also says they will "renovate" the Ed Center, so it won't be a new building.

If that's the case, seems like they actually mostly chose option B, no? Realistically, you'll have one HS at that site and it will be 1500 students. And WL will get bigger by 600 seats but will not have any gimmicky "9th grade academy" or whatever. I don't see another way to read this.

They could still decide to put all the 9th graders in the renovated Ed Center. I was at a CCPTA meeting where there was some discussion of what this hybrid option meant and they did say if the Ed Center was renovated they'd add cafeteria space there. But still not clear was these seats would be -- all of 9th grade? IB students only (11-12th grade)?

This also lets the school board take the easy way out and not deal with boundary changes for HS. Both seat additions are too small to be 'neighborhood' schools.

This thought crossed my mind as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its the hybrid option. Murphy's recommendation has already been posted to the APS website if you look under the School Board doc section. They hadn't even specked that out yet for the "galley walks" so what a waste of time if you went.

Found it. Good grief. It's so frustrating to send in comments, email the board over and over again, tell my neighbors & friends, vote, and nothing matters.

Are they still planning to build a 4th HS as a longer-term solution or is that completely off the table?

Long-term planning is not something APS does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't understand the board docs option D thing. The 1300 HS seats are going to the Ed Center AND they are adding 600 seats to Career Center? Or, they are putting 600 seats at Ed Center and a total of 1300 (or 1500) seats at the Career Center? Comparing slides 3 and 5 is very confusing.

They will put 600 seats at the Ed Center. They will put 700 seats at the Career Center, in addition to the 800 seat expansion already planned for Arlington Tech.

So it's 1300 more seats total but the Career Center will have a 1500 seat HS, part of which will be Arlington Tech? or all of it? They haven't said what those seats will be.

It also says they will "renovate" the Ed Center, so it won't be a new building.

If that's the case, seems like they actually mostly chose option B, no? Realistically, you'll have one HS at that site and it will be 1500 students. And WL will get bigger by 600 seats but will not have any gimmicky "9th grade academy" or whatever. I don't see another way to read this.

They could still decide to put all the 9th graders in the renovated Ed Center. I was at a CCPTA meeting where there was some discussion of what this hybrid option meant and they did say if the Ed Center was renovated they'd add cafeteria space there. But still not clear was these seats would be -- all of 9th grade? IB students only (11-12th grade)?

This also lets the school board take the easy way out and not deal with boundary changes for HS. Both seat additions are too small to be 'neighborhood' schools.

This thought crossed my mind as well.

They pussed out of the last of the last boundary go around. Why did we think this would be any different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Are they still planning to build a 4th HS as a longer-term solution or is that completely off the table?

They are still saying long-term plan is need for a 2200 seat 4th HS. See slide 15: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/AMQMV55D070F/$file/G-%201%20High%20School%20Options%20presentation.pdf

Not that they are planning on doing anything about it. They'll continue to wait until it's "too late" to build in time and then claim that the population is expected to go down. I bet these people couldn't even pass the 3rd grade math SOLs.

[Anonymous]

So we're putting 1500 seats at the Arlington Tech campus. All of you ASF parents who are championing science education at the elementary school need to step it up and also make Arlington Tech an award-winning high school science program. If science is important for your kids, it should still be important even when it isn't being taught in your backyard. Calling Aneesh Chopra!