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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of folks seem to think the Career Center site is a shoe-in for a fourth comprehensive high school.  But a lot of people think Kenmore makes more sense, regardless of the current traffic complaint.  So, given the current process to add seats to the Career Center site and the very limited budget and phased approach to increasing capacity there, why should that be the location for a fourth comprehensive high school?  Considering the various programs and the elementary school currently there, and the acreage being less than a third of the acreage at Kenmore, how/why would this make sense?  How/why would this be the most efficient and feasible solution to high school capacity in the timeframe needed?

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This is a case where the School Board is right.  We do not need to waste 130+ million on a highschool that will be a ghost town one day just like Arlington schools were in the 80s?  The SB has made the right decisions with expanding W&L and adding Arlington Tech.  These are the innovative ways that will not waste money on a a comprehensive high school we do not need.[/quote]

And when will the schools be a ghost town?  When traffic magically improves and people decide living in Arlington isn’t worth the money?  When Trump drains the swamp?

No one has ever given me anything but a laughable explanation on how Arlington Tech is going to pull enough kids out of the high schools to make any difference. [/quote]

Arlington Tech is unlikely to ever shed the vocational school tag. This isn’t necessarily fair given what they are trying to do with the program and I love vocational schools. But perceptions will persist and it won’t really appeal to the Type A demographic that dominates Arlington.[/quote]

Unless they pump a ton of money into science labs (or things like that) and somehow make it “elite,” the number of kids zoned to Yorktown who go there will be painfully low. It won’t make a dent into overcrowding. And, because of that, the money put into it will be a waste. [/quote]

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