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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know the AH conversation is an important one, but I wish people would start a separate thread. It makes it harder to track the conversation about what solutions were proposed in the meeting last night.

I watched the meeting on TV and they spoke most concretely about shift scheduling, building capacity at Arlington Tech (which they speculated could have interest exceeding 800 kids), and exploring some use of the Ed Center. There was also a brief mention of letting kids take college-level classes if they are able-- I am not sure if that means busing kids out to Mason or they had something else in mind. One of the SB members also mentioned "work release" which I think meant finding kids an internship in the community where they could get academic credit. Apparently Virginia just changed its graduation standards for high school to require fewer classroom hours and to rollback on standardized testing-- that was the bill that the governor just signed at Wakefield. I'm skeptical that an internship provides the same meaningful experience as classroom work though, at least for college bound kids.

And let's not forget that there was a line on the spreadsheet for 1,000 secondary seats "TBD"- so who knows what that means. But I don't think they have a 4th comprehensive HS in mind. Maybe a smaller choice high school, like a second HB, but there was not any specific discussion so I am speculating here.[/quote]

Thanks for posting this.  I caught some of it last night and heard the above.  Didn't they talk about exploring options at VHC, Buck and the Ed Center?  I agree that isn't necessarily a new high school.  b/t/w do you know what document they were referring to that had the VHC Carlin Springs on it (having tuned in a bit later)?  I didn't see it in Murphy's CIP on the school board website.  [/quote]

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