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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Instead of being snarky, you should be looking at this McKinley situation and figuring out how to advocate for your own school. For example, if they are really planning to cram 725 students into the new South Arlington ES, then push on APS to make sure they design a building that really holds that many kids and isn't just crammed into a parking lot. Whatever your feelings on North Arlington, it makes no sense to design a brand new school addition to hold 684 kids when your intended enrollment is really 715 (or more). South Arlington deserves better than that too, so don't let it happen to you.[/quote]

For the record, when McKinley was designed, the boundaries were different and a capacity of 684 was fine.  Two units were moving into McKinley from Glebe and two unites were moving from McKinley into Ashlawn.  Tuckahoe was not even in the mix until a group of Nottingham parents started a petition and showed up at board meetings claiming the sky was falling.  An important take-away is to keep your eye on that kind of behavior and learn that diplomatic phrases like "balance enrollment" fall upon deaf ears.[/quote]

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