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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP talking about the STEM high school.  I am basing it on the repeated comments from members of the school board and individuals who are in the process of planning the high school and not wanting to put a new south arlington elementary school there because they want it for a new STEM high school that will give first dibs to WL to relieve overcrowding.  It is going to be the new 4th high school for arlington county, to relieve over crowding. At no point in time have these people said it would be a technical school.  The staff that plan schools are already on it.  I hope it is hogwash because for a county that just simply needs another high school I think a specialized school like that is a terrible idea.  [/quote]

New poster here, but I've heard this STEM idea since that location was picked.  The PPs are not making this up.  I hope as well, that they are wrong, but it's an easy way for them to not re-draw boundaries.[/quote]

They have already started presenting on the model and have a principal. They will start recruiting their first freshman class next year from among the eighth graders and will add a class each year until they have 900 students. It is not going to be like TJ. It's more like technical classes (robotics etc) for kids who are on the college prep track. [/quote]

Where is this going?[/quote]

PP - where do you have your information from??  (The site is the current career center/Patrick Henry site - Walter Reed, a few Blocks South of Route 50, not that far from TJ)
I've been very unsure of whether they are planning a STEM type college prep high school or a vocational/tech non college bound high school at this site.
Each time they publish something it is one, then the other description.   But never have I heard anything about the W-L zone having anything to do with the school (as far as dibs), nor have I heard WHO they envision attending there at all.  I have a feeling that they won't tell, as they don't want any neighborhood opposition again.[/quote]

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