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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live about one block from the Madison Community Center.  It is grossly underutilized and needs to be converted back into a school.  Whatever the reasons for rejecting it in the past need to be revisited under the circumstances.[/quote]

I agree.  It's ridiculous to not use the site b/c some historic thing was found there once.[/quote]

This. I'm tired of hearing how the site is too small for expansion (well, then build up) and also tired of hearing that the location is too remote/not located in the right place. Bullshit. Here's an idea: Move a choice school to one of these "remote" locations and use the more centrally located choice school site as a regular school of some sort. (I'm looking at you, ATS.)

Regarding high school crowding: The idea of turning the VH parcel into a country-wide 9th-grade-only school is a good one, IMO. Build the school big enough to be turned into a high-school in the future if need be (say, 2000 seats). In the meantime, bus the 9th graders there. This frees up a ton of space at all 3 existing high schools. And it makes it easier on the neighborhood: Less traffic because there will be no student drivers, and the kids are old enough that even the special snowflakes can walk or take the bus instead of being driven to school. Set the start time the same as middle school, and you contain any traffic issues to before 8 am, easing concerns about morning rush. This also means the school lets out earlier than the high schools, which allows time for freshmen who play on JV/V teams or who are involved in after-school high school activities to travel to their home high schools.

The VH site on S. Carlin Springs Road is big enough to build this school. What the hell are we waiting for?

http://projects.arlingtonva.us/types/county-facilities/county-considering-selling-land-to-virginia-hospital-center-for-expansion/

The pin marks the location on google maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Northern+Virginia+Surgical+Arts/@38.8652559,-77.1360597,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7b474bc6fbddb:0xa3313619fc8aae7d!8m2!3d38.8595041!4d-77.1264467
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