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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this school system is in trouble.  A victim of the County's unbelievable popularity and status as the most coveted place in northern va.[/quote]

Or maybe just a natural consequence of a county that was too busy congratulating itself to plan appropriately.  It's not like the enrollment trends and future lack of capacity weren't obvious.[/quote]

They weren't obvious until 10 years ago--enrollment was basically stable for 20 years--and then it SHOT UP. We could have added an entire new school every year for the past 10 years, but it takes 5 years to plan, bond, and build a school. So of course they are behind, even though at the elementary level they had added a new school, completed two additions, started two additions, and planned another entire school. But people will keep complaining and slowing down the process at every opportunity. The new south Arlington school was supposed to open next year, now it will be 2019 at the earliest, and that's without any construction delays. [/quote]

But they know now, and yet are not planning to build another comprehensive HS. And even when the county is offered land for schools from developers, they won't even entertain the idea because they would rather get money for other "community benefits." All at the same time, developers are ramping up density, and while market-rate one bedroom units are not (yet) adding to the school capacity crisis, the family-sized units of AH certainly have been an issue for some schools that are already at capacity. The county is about to acquire many acres of land from VA Hospital Center, and won't even entertain the idea of a new HS there or anywhere else. And I'm sorry, but Arlington Tech is not going to cut it. How many type-A overachieving Arlington parents are really going to send their college-bound precious to a vocational school (even if it's high-tech Vo-Tech, it's still Vo-Tech and you aren't fooling anybody).

Also, to the PP complaining about the s Arlington parent who sent their kids to Discovery, I can only assume your child is enrolled at Barcroft, Randolph, or Carlin Springs? If not, I invite you to take a long walk off a short pier. [/quote]

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