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They had several candidate sites, both on and off the record.  None were overwhelmingly appealing, but [b]nobody was willing to kill sacred cows to think outside the box. [/b] Two that got publicized with all their deficiencies were the Washington Adventist property and the Discovery Communications building (not the main building, but, yes, a truly urban campus without fields, etc.).  That made them easy straw men, and they could then point to Woodward & Northwood as being far easier & cheaper.

But not more effective for lower-SES eastern down county.  Not providing reasonably similar facility service as that seen in other areas from a school system that pays high lip service to equity.  There's no reason we should expect that to change, either the rhetoric or the on-the-ground differential.[/quote]

Mixed metaphor alert...

Also, according to you, the options for MCPS options

1. Buy a property for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, then build a new building on it
2. Buy a different property for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, then build a new building on it, minus the amenities that every other high school in the county has
3. Build a new building on a property they already own

I'm astonished that they chose option 3. :roll: [/quote]

Absolutely stunning that you follow up inappropriate use of the term "mixed metaphor" (the two metaphors presented are not incompatible) with a straw man argument

Amont the things that are missing from the options you presented are:

1) The various effects (relativve overcrowding relief, proximity to seeved populations, etc) of each option.  Option 2 was, in effect, their own straw man, as the deficits noted indicate.

2) The options they didn't even allow to come to the board, if they considered them at all.  For example, there are properties they/the county already own and lease out to private interests (at rates far below market).  Some of these have adjacent lands that could be agglomerated to support a, yes, more expensive but better-serving solution.  Sacred cows.  Outside the box.[/quote]

Hi, Janis.[/quote]

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