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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need the county to cough up land. Let APS build an elementary school next to the Central Library. Take the 11 acres up at Jamestown and add some kind of seats. We are beyond the point to say “oh they don’t need middle school seats here or there.”   Put a middle school at Jamestown. Take advantage of Williamsburg being so close to Yorktown. Put Grades 8 and 9 there.  We need more classrooms. At all levels. [/quote]

“I’m going to toss out there whatever pops into my head without any consideration of feasibility, effectiveness or costs!”[/quote]

What part isn’t feasible?  What would be more costly than the traditional options we no longer have?  And on what planet is any solution not going to cost a lot of money?[/quote]

Jamestown sits right in the middle of the parcel.  There’s no way to add a middle school to the site without eliminating the elementary school, and then you’d need massive renovations/additions to convert it into a proper middle school,  which they would then struggle to fill without crazy boundaries and skyrocketing transportation costs.

I swear, there are an awful lot of people on this board who seemingly have zero concept of a budget.[/quote]

I’m sorry your kids go to Jamestown. But it is sitting on 11 acres. APS needs to make better use of that land. Or what parcel of land in the middle of the county do you propose they build another school on?  We need more than whatever they will put at the career center.

So come on, what’s your great idea?[/quote]

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