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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When will APS just rent an office building in Crystal City or Ballston and turn it into Arlington Science High School?  That is all we really can afford.

Did you see this article in the post?

[b]Politics
Lowest US birth rate in 3 decades could pose risk to economy[/b]

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lowest-us-birth-rate-in-3-decades-could-pose-risk-to-economy/2018/05/17/9183b4ce-5a0f-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2ef3f1a253e2[/url][/quote]

Really, tell me how it would work for APS to "just rent an office building." APS can't afford to pay market rent as set by the developers for those buildings so they'd need to find a developer willing to forego the tax breaks they get for the unleased space and give APS a sub-market lease. But even without considering the tax breaks, developers will be very reluctant to do this because such a lease would have to be for at least 20 years (because the renovations required to turn office space into a code-compliant school will probably require bond funding, and bond funding can only be used for projects expected to have at least a 20-year life), and because most developers own more than just that one commercial space, and will be worried about what such a big sub-market lease would do to the market for their other commercial spaces. [/quote]

Didn't a private middle/high school open up in a Ballston office building a few years ago?  Stop wasting APS money on a 4th comprehensive high school.

https://thesycamoreschoolva.org

The Sycamore School is located at
The Arlington Center
Suite 300
4600 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203

5th - 12th grade.

The Sycamore School embraces an [b]urban campus model, where students learn to utilize community resources to augment and enhance their learning experience. Located in the heart of Ballston, we are accessible to metro/public transportation and walking distance to five parks. [/b]

APS schools were a ghost town in the 70/80s.  History will repeat itself.[/quote]

The Sycamore School charges tuition of $23,000 per year, plus another $1k in other fees (and probably expects fundraising contributions as well). If APS got $24k+ per student per year from the county, they would have a lot more options too.[/quote]

And don't forget they can choose their own students, and say on their website their program isn't a good fit for students with "significant behavioral, cognitive or language struggles." So if you're a child with more significant special needs or an ESOL student, you're out of luck there. Must easier to manage a budget when you can exclude the more expensive students.[/quote]

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