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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No need to buy expensive land in Tysons for a high school and the adjacent fields it would need for sports. They can build the new McLean HS on the football field and parking lot in an L shape, and three stories tall where the football field is since there isn’t a lot of space to spread out. The football field is at a lower elevation so three stories should work there.

Students would continue to use the old building for classes during construction. It should take two years. Student parking would be limited during this period.

FCPS would work with FCPS, APS and FCCPS for sharing athletic fields during construction.

Once the new building is complete a new football stadium with concessions building and bathrooms would be built on the site of the old school.

Total project timeline would be three years.

(Unfortunately the McLean Woods appear to be off limits due to Chesapeake watershed or similar concerns.) [/quote]

I don’t think there is enough room between the football field, tennis courts and the student parking lot.  Looking at the current footprint and the footprint you would need there, three stories would not be enough.  The gyms and auditorium would need their own space and the classrooms are already currently two stories.  The space is less than the current footprint. I would think three stores would barely give you what is already there - not counting the additional modular classrooms - so they would need another floor and you still end up with a HS that can hold the same number of students it currently has.

Maybe they could swap the McLean woods with another parcel for the watershed concerns. Then there would be more room to do it.  [/quote]

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