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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I actually think that for a facility that is specifically designed around the idea of kids going back and forth to all day long between classes and extra curricular activities at that site and at other buildings all over the county, there should be student parking.

If students on site didn't have to schlep all over the county then sure, don't build parking. But they do so plan around that. Or change the concept of the site. But you can't deny it all (no parking and no facilities and no full curriculum).

This would also require more student parking at the other schools they're going back and forth between.
APS could instead invest in shuttles.
Arl Co could instead invest in ART schedules and routes that accommodate the back-and-forthing.
[b]Students could learn to wait 15 to 30 minutes for a ride home after practice or club meeting, rather than having to immediately hop into a car and drive home.[/b][/quote]

the point is the 15 to 30 minute wait keeps them from getting from the Career center back to their home school in time to participate in their club or practice. Its not about waits after the practice is over, its about never even getting to be on the team. So they can't do the club or sport. So then they drop out of Arlington Tech and go back to their home school full time because they care about participating in these things.  And then Arlington Tech is half empty and all the regular high schools are overcrowded. And we've spent a ton of money on a school no one want to go to.  [/quote]

Got that.  That can be addressed with the other points and better coordinating schedules - which is very tough to do.  But extra-curriculars could try adjusting their start times a few minutes, too to help.  Part of the problem is that AT/CC dismisses at 3:10; whereas the other high schools dismiss at 3.  There's ten minutes right there.[/quote]

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