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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.arlnow.com/2018/02/26/county-board-approves-contested-ballston-development/
Oh look, more affordable housing and family units clustered right in Ballston. All to enrich developers. What school will reap the benefits of this decision? Glebe? Hey, as long as it's walkable who cares about overcrowding. Good thing the superintendent is increasing class sizes.

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Isn't there a ton of empty office space in Ballston. Why is this county so against vertical schools. I realize it isn't the best, but it seems like there are a few place in this county where we could place a vertical school (Ballston and Crystal City). I mean somehow the children of NYC survive. You could create playground on the roof or/and innovated indoor play spaces with lots of access to natural light.

Anyway, I am sure this idea has been mentioned before, I am just not sure why the county seems so resistant to it. I mean elementary schools don't even need all the field spaces HS have so it seems like it would work better with ES. And you can put a green space on an ES roof or make an atrium with green space? It just seems like everyone is married to this idea traditional ES designs when we could think outside the box and get some more space for new schools  [/quote]

Many vocal parents don’t want urban solutions. Look at the Wilson site. Could have been great but those loud-mouthed Bs forced H-B to move there instead. 
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So instead of urban options there option is nothing? Or overcrowded schools? Or yelling? I guess I am just not sure what the answer is if we aren't willing to look at urban options. I mean there are so many cool options. I was just looking at this school in Australia https://architectureau.com/articles/new-melbourne-vertical-school-unveiled/ [/quote]

Hah, yes high school students (who can drive or take public transit alone to community centers and public fields) vs middle school students who generally will get the bulk of their outside activity at the school esp if they are in the checkin program.

Also, your cool Australian school has HALF the students there proposed at the Wilson middle school.

That site doesn’t work for a neighborhood middle school but makes a lot of sense for HB students who are allowed to leave campus.

Now APS squandering so much money on the school, well that is just bad management.

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I wasn't saying that the AU school was a perfect solution, just that it was an attractive looking design. But it just makes zero sense to me to discount these options. There are ways to get outdoor space at a vertical school. There are atriums and roof top playgrounds/sports areas. You can even built soccer fields on top of roofs. So, yes the AU school is half the kids, but you can make a bigger building...it is possible. They have these buildings in NYC that are really tall..you might have heard of them. [/quote]

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