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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is this high school supposed to go? Will it draw from Wakefield or WL? [/quote]

If it's another small program, i.e. only the 1,300 seats, Nancy Van Doren is pretty much dead-set that it would go at the Ed Center on the W-L campus.  It would almost have to be some sort of lottery-based school similar to HB and Tech.

[b]There aren't many places to put a comprehensive HS which is part of the problem.[/b]  One option, if the land swap goes through, is to put it on the VHC property on Carlin Springs Rd.  All HS boundaries would be re-drawn.  Another option, since the Kenmore MS site is actually bigger, would be to relocate the middle school student body to the Ed Center (or the VHC property if acquired) and put the 4th high school there.  A third option being bandied about would be the Career Center/Patrick Henry ES location.

Right now the APS Facilities Advisory Committee is exploring all the options to provide a report to the School Board.[/quote]

For anyone who is interested in these places, the Facilities Advisory Committee is doing a bus tour/discussion of various sites on Saturday.  I'm guessing it will mostly be a 'discussion' of why only the Ed Center is feasible since that seems to be what the board wants.

Media Alert: Feb. 11 Joint Facilities Advisory Commission Bus Tour of County Sites

The public and news media are invited to join a three-hour County bus tour by Arlington’s Joint Facilities Advisory Commission (JFAC), as members visit sites that illustrate current conditions or could help the County Government and Arlington Public Schools resolve pressing capital facilities needs.

Space on the tour bus will be filled in the order of reservations received. Interested parties are also welcome to follow the bus from the Education Center in their own vehicles and must contact Jennifer Fioretti in advance and check in with staff at the Education Center at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

What: Joint Facilities Advisory Commission bus tour of County sites
Who: Members of Arlington’s Joint Facilities Advisory Commission Arlington County staff
When: Saturday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m. gathering followed by bus departure from the Arlington Education Center, 1426 N. Quincy St.
Where: Departing from the Arlington Education Center, 1426 N. Quincy St., the bus tour will make stops at:

9 a.m. Education Center, 1426 N. Quincy Street*
9:05 a.m. Presentation of Siting Process
9:15 a.m. Tour Begins
9:17 a.m. Travel to Buck Property – drive by, across from Education Center
9:30 a.m. Travel to Lee Highway properties
9:40 a.m. Walk exterior of properties, 5226-5275 Lee Highway**
10 a.m. Travel to properties – drive-by, 5138 and 5130 16th St N.
10:15 a.m. Travel to Carlin Springs property
10:25 a.m. Walk Carlin Springs site, 601 S. Carlin Springs Road*
10:55 a.m. Travel to Shirlington Road site
11 a.m. Tour Shirlington Road site, 2629 Shirlington Road
11:05 a.m. Travel to Arlington County Trades Center
11:10 a.m. Tour Trades Center, 2700 S. Taylor St.*
11:35 a.m. Travel back to Education Center

Those wishing to reserve a seat on the bus or follow along must contact Jennifer Fioretti at 703-228-4967 / jfioretti@arlingtonva.us or Kurt Larrick at 703-228-1775 / klarrick@arlingtonva.us[/quote]

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