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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You've just restated the obvious issue we've been discussing this entire thread. Based on current enrollment numbers and without moving any planning units in or out, if you look at the Tuckahoe/Nottingham/Discovery/Reed/McKinley region as a whole, you could turn any one of Tuckahoe, Nottingham or Discovery into an option school after Reed opens and still be under capacity; if you assume growth continues at the same pace of the past few years, turning one of those schools into an option school still keeps the region below or slightly above the capacity numbers for the system as a whole. That's a strong argument for turning one of them into an option school, the debate is which one makes the most sense. For a lot of people, it looks like the best answer is Tuckahoe, and they've put together numbers to illustrate. If people who want to keep Tuckahoe a neighborhood school think there's a better option, they need to put numbers to that. The fact that they've so far chosen not to do so suggests that either they don't actually care as much as they say they do, or that the numbers don't work in their favor.[/quote]

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