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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How big is the VHC site?  Could they put fields at Kenmore but the classrooms there?

[b]Or is this Career Center or nothing? [/b] I know that nice big plot at Kenmore is untouchable for a high school building but something has to be built there. [/quote]

Bingo. It is the Career Center site or nothing.  Seriously.
Well, not nothing; your kids will go to a 3000-3500 student high school, possibly in shifts between 7am and 11pm, and have some classes online.
Murphy and staff have already floated this insane idea.
APS is not going to build us another high school on a different parcel, on top of the one at the CC, in the next 30+ years, that would be fiscally completely irresponsible.

So we should make this one, the 4th, the best it can be! It’s also the best chance for Arlington Tech to evolve into something desirable.
If they mess up the CC site, and nobody wants to go there, Arlington Tech will fail.  Then we will have no seats, money spent and wasted, and taxpayers will leave the county.  [/quote]

So here's what's going to happen: they aren't going to build the amenities. They will turn it into a neighborhood school and then they won't pull in anyone N of 50, but will pull in all of 22204. A lesser school for a lesser zip code. It was the best they could do. If you expect anything else, you are a fool. I'll be attending the private school fair next week in preparation. [/quote]

Oh, please let them try that stunt.  Can’t wait.  You are a fool, if you think their careers could survive that.[/quote]

DP, but whose careers are you talking about? Ultimate decision makers are SB, staff just follow their marching orders so they’re insulated. The current SB will set this course in motion but then will move on before we reach the ugly decision point. By then we’ll have a new SB who will be able to shrug and say they didn’t create this mess, they inherited it and now have to make the best of it.[/quote]

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