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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody in North Arlington seems to know why people in South Arlington hate the Kenmore idea.  I'm sorry, but North Arlington people on my team, doesn't that give you pause a bit?

Did you hear Lois at the meeting last night saying a 4th Comprehensive probably wouldn't get a full football field or a pool?  If we were putting a school like that in North Arlington, you think parents would sit for that?

The School Board came up with these 3 options of Kenmore, the Ed Center, and Arlington Tech space, but apparently there had been two others that were nixed because a high school would have been located too close to an elementary school.  But that's essentially what Kenmore will be left with EVEN IF the middle school is eventually moved out of that space, which there is no immediate plan to do, meaning that there will be 3 schools basically on top of one another.  Don't we care about that issue just as much if it's in the south?

It's all good and well of you to say to take the parking spaces out so high schoolers won't drive, but I don't see you rushing to take them out of W-L or Yorktown.  So there is more inequity.

[b]Is it true that there are no/few bike racks at Kenmore because traffic is so nuts that they don't want to encourage bike riding since it will result in accidents?[/b]

It is rich for people in the North to keep talking about "the greater good" when they are not being asked to sacrifice their parks and their amenities.  I am one of those people in the North who is pro-Kenmore as a fourth site!  But we can't keep dismissing the actual concerns of the people who live in the affected area!  Did any of us go to the Glen Carlyn meeting to hear what those concerns were?  No!  WTF is wrong with us?[/quote]

I don't know whether they have bike racks, but I believe they would discourage this mode of transport because it's definitely not safe to bike in this area. Even walkers face a safety challenge. The sidewalks are narrow and right up against the road. In most places there's not even a grassy strip separating cars whizzing past from the sidewalk. Just a curb. You are a foot or two from passing cars. People also drive like maniacs on this road, and I think we need more traffic calming measures now (lights, or something). I'd encourage everyone to drive down here and notice how close many of the homes are to the road. That could be an issue with being able to widen the road and/or improve sidewalks. Notice how many homes have boulders in front of their houses. This is because these homes have repeatedly had cars smash into them, or drive through their yards. Independent of the high school conversation, I think the county needs to make this area safer for the students who are walkers now. 
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Seems like a lot of people who are quickly dismissing this as a mere traffic issue haven't read comments like this one.  It's a safety issue, specifically safety of the kids who are walking to school in the middle of the crazy traffic.[/quote]

I think this is because the residents who are being vocal right now are framing it as a traffic concern. That's because they're older and don't have kids in school (Kenmore wasn't even there when their kids were in school) and maybe they aren't even aware of what it's like for the current students. I'll just say that I've driven past Kenmore a few times after dismissal and have been very concerned about how close the kids are to the traffic as they walk home, and I could easily imagine kids horsing around and one getting knocked into traffic. It really scares me.

Also, I think there have been some wild rumors going around about how the county plans to address traffic in this area, like re-routing the on/off ramps to 50 through the neighborhood, and building roads through the park to create a "backside" entrance to the VHC parcel. I have a hard time believing these to be true, but that chatter is out there. [/quote]

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