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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What these discussions reveal is that most people have zero clue how anything actually works in local government.

The County cannot just build schools anywhere.

The County does not have endless piles of money to spend to make sure your child is guaranteed to walk to school for life and never changes schools.

There are many other things going on in this County and MOST people in this County don't send kids to APS and don't care about APS at all.  Their are many other populations who also pay taxes and want and require services and other competing priorities.[/quote]

No, they don’t have endless piles of money, but in APS they have a whole lot, and they have not been wise stewards of it in recent years.

For what it’s worth, I have been paying taxes in Arlington for over a decade with no kids in schools, and I will be paying taxes for years after they are done. Funding public education is one of the main responsibilities of county government. I am not unreasonable to expect that my taxpayer money be used wisely and based on sound decisonmaking principles.

The School Board has an obligation to show its work and address public concerns. Given the long history of failure in this regard I’m not taking their word as fact and I’m not assuming their assumptions are sound. [/quote]

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