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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once the barn door is opened on things like flex scheduling and internet learning in high school, it seems like they become permanent solutions to our capacity problems, in the same way that we have learned to live with fleets of trailers in the fields of our schools.  Did you hear the eagerness in the school board member who was marveling at how economic a solution flex scheduling is?

This is really depressing.  If we had acted earlier, could we have made them find the land to build a 4th high school?[/quote]

I understand the bond process, but what I don't know is whether they would have the legal right to call a special election for an off cycle bond issue to buy land for a 4th HS if it became available. But the County is at 9.8% on their 10% bond limit if I read the slide last night correctly. So there isn't a ton of wiggle room. I really got the vibe that a 4th comprehensive HS is off the table, but they were willing to maybe use the Buck or VHC land for some sort of supplemental space. One of the SB members mentioned the need to invest more in ART if we were going to be requiring HS students to move around to different locations in the county during the day. That made me think that maybe the land would become some sort of educational annex for all three high schools. For example (and this is just me thinking out loud), you could create a "science building" where all your lab space is located for all three high schools-- and then you bus HS kids from all three schools there for science classes during the week. Again, this was not proposed-- it is just my guess at what they are envisioning?!?!? They need more classroom space, but in a model like that, they would not need space for additional fields which seems to be the rub with building a 4th high school.  However, that also would mean that our kids would lose a chunk of their day to commuting, which doesn't seem ideal either. Getting from W-L or Yorktown to the VHC land would be 15-20 min.[/quote]

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