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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand the concern that Kenmore wouldn't get all the same amenities as the other schools right away.  That sucks.  But we have to face reality and do something NOW.   Schools are different.  My kid is at McKinley: don't tell me it has all the same amenities as Discovery.  That sucks too.

And there may not be a pool there but maybe the kids can just swim at Long Branch!

https://www.arlnow.com/2017/04/25/breaking-county-moving-ahead-with-long-bridge-park-aquatic-center/?mc_cid=ec146e7ac2&mc_eid=21ba11b556

The priorities of this country never cease to amaze me.
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Priorities or constituencies?  You can bet your bottom dollar that if there was open land in the north but the SB said they couldn't put in a pool or football stadium, people would lose their minds and blow gaskets.  Look at Discovery Elementary vs. the renovations at Abingdon.  I'm sure that the new elementary at the TJ site won't have a slide, for example, which we as adults can all agree is stupid, but the kids see it.  I live in South Arlington, but my child is at ATS.  He has attended a variety of camps, programs., classes, etc. at a number of schools across the county, and asked me (when he was in K or 1st) why certain schools in the South looked shabbier than those in the North.   Mine will be in high school before the 4th school would come online, but if they are going to cut those amenities, what else will they cut that we can't see just by the outside of the building?[/quote]

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