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[quote=Anonymous]Exactly - the Ed Center will be an annex to W-L, with no additional field space or common spaces available.  Squeezing 1300 classroom seats onto that tiny parcel will not allow for the construction of spaces like a cafeteria, auditorium, etc.  I was told this directly by a School Board member, who then tried to backtrack.  W-L will be an ant farm and the new building will need to be a high rise.

The other two options are much better: 1) a neighborhood school built next to / attached to Kenmore middle school.  This site is 32 acres (same as Wakefield).  The new building could be a smaller (1300 seat) high school until a site is acquired to build a new middle school (i.e. the VHC/Carlin Springs site), then the high school could take over both HS and MS buildings and be the same size as W-L, Wakefield, Yorktown.

2) The Career Center site is only 12 acres, including Patrick Henry, so it is less viable as a comprehensive high school (and you have to account for the 800+ kids the School Board is already planning to put in Arlington Tech).  You would also need to find a different home for Montessori than the Patrick Henry building.  But perhaps it could work - build a new Montessori school at the Ed Center location and give the whole Career Center/Henry site to high school seats, perhaps?

The only way the School Board will consider either of these options will be if many, many people push for it.  Please submit your comments via the engage@apsva.us email address and plan to attend the March 30 (Wakefield) or April 4 (Yorktown) community meetings.  This process is being rushed and this may be the last chance for meaningful input.

From the FAC February meeting (the FAC did a study on possible high school locations):
http://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FAC_1300-Analysis_Final_20170214.pdf

http://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FAC-Final-1300-Seat-Scenario-Report-.pdf
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