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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally agree with the benevolent dictator person (and the above posters as well).  In a county where some, what, 80% of households do not have school-age children, we do ourselves a disservice in assuming that every un- or under-used parcel of land in the county is available for a school.  I have 2 very young kids, and believe me- I am very, very worried about school capacity issues.  But we have to at least acknowledge that the majority of people in Arlington don't think schools are the top priority.

I am on our neighborhood board and I can tell you, some of it is boring, a lot of it is a giant pain for someone who works full time outside the home and has 2 kids, but it is really, really important to get involved.  Before I did, I did not realize how much the County Board looks to these neighborhood associations and advisory boards for input in making decisions about all kinds of things, particularly land use.  And I frankly did not realize the extent to which the boards and advisory committees are dominated by people in their 60's.  Very nice people, but...different priorities.  The School Board can only make use of property made available to it by the County Board, and we're all best served by getting and staying involved in the process generally.  We're not going to achieve any truly effective solutions if we wait to react to whatever piecemeal proposal the County/School Board throws out that affects your neighborhood or school.

I'm heartened by the fact that there are a few people on here who want to start writing to the County Board NOW about using the VHC parcel for a school.  Now is the time to start getting involved.  Seriously, talk to your neighbors too.  I can't tell you how many people have moved to my neighborhood with babies, preschoolers, etc, and have no idea that any of this is going on.  [/quote]

I'm not on MONA, but is there any discussion over there of any of this?[/quote]

I haven't seen anything.  I do, however, think that the most meaningful input re that parcel of land will come from people who live near it.  [/quote]

Just to be clear, the parcel that they might build a school on is in south Arlington (where the VHC urgent care center is now, off Carlin Springs). The county is considering trading a county parcel on George Mason next to the big hospital property. [/quote]

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