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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we really need to save money...should we just shutdown a school for a few years until we need capacity?  This is something the SB should really consider.

We have the capacity in that part of Arlington.  The cost of running buses is a joke compared to the cost of a school.  Let's be honest with ourselves and idle Tuckahoe for a few years or make it an option school.

Can you think of a better way to use the money or run a bunch of schools at 50% to 75% capacity?[/quote]

This is an absurd suggestion. Even after Fleet and Reed open, the system as a whole will still be over capacity at the elementary level and they can't close a school without making that even worse. If they don't move an option school into that area and there's an excess of seats as a result, it will mean busing more students to fill those seats and give relief elsewhere, not closing a school.[/quote]

Who are we going to bus?  This will turn into the middle school situation all over again.  Anyone but me...the end result will be several empty schools unless we put a desirable option in that part of Arlington.  Otherwise those schools will end up empty just like Williamsburg.  What a waste of APS resources.[/quote]

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