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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we talk about the CB?  I want them to give APS the Walter Reed CC!!!  Use it for amenities for the 4th H.S.  it is so close.

And senior centers and the like can be in much smaller land. Come on, people. Would that help make the CC site a much better option for a 4th high school?![/quote]
Can of worms
But knock yourself out. I’ve always felt that was a ton wasted space, but I don’t use it- easy for me to say.[/quote]

I live right next to it and agree it’s total wasted space. I’ve always thought that could be used for something better. [/quote]

If you do that, do you leave the Patrick Henry school untouched, or do you get to take it all?  Maybe we could build a new school at Walter Reed to replace Patrick Henry?[/quote]

Don’t know how much room there is at Walter Reed.  We absolutely cannot build a second class high school. If it needs both plots to have everything the other school have, do it. The whole county suffers if this H.S. is any less than the others. And the CB has to understand that.

And listen, we won’t be zoned for it. But I cannot fathom that we do anything less than 100%. I get there are very important programs at Walter Reed. But those programs can be moved. Aren’t those better suited to some of this commercial space than a H.S.?[/quote]

We absolutely can build a second class HS and call it an option program, and that's what they're going to do. It's easier than taking community centers. If you argue you should have a neighborhood boundary, you still can't force them to give you what is not possible to give. [/quote] 
Not unless you promise a second HB, with the test scores to support it. 
Familes aren’t interested in arl tech.wake up. You are talking about wasting so much money.
You must work for the county...[/quote]

Look, I am just a realist. They cannot and will not give this school equivalent amenities because there are too many other expensive things on the horizon and there's a huge budget shortfall. It's APS that is going to bear the brunt of this. The County Board is not going to prioritize schools above the other things. I don't agree with them, but I acknowledge the reality. So if APS has less to work with, I don't think it can afford to build a 4th HS right now, even if we do need it, without making a lot of other cuts that would affect the whole system. And I don't think they are willing to do that. So if it's not going to be a true comprehensive HS with all the amenities, I don't think anyone should be forced there and it should be an option school. If they invest in making that option school awesome, the seats will fill even without a pool and a field.

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And when they voted to spend 100+ million on the 770 seats for HB Woodlawn 3 years and 4 months ago, there were NO other expensive projects on the horizon????  We were not anticipating ANY projects at that time?  Riiight.  This budget shortfall comes completely out of the blue?? 
You got to be kidding!!!!!

It is this kind on unbelievable shortsightedness, mismanagement, and plain idiocy (and the lack of real leadership) that got us into this situation in the first place![/quote]

They will spend it, just not for YOU. Welcome to Arlington. [/quote]
Wakefield is that nicest Hs
Fleet is going to be top of the line
Reed is getting every penny to be what they want
Abingdon - $$$$$
HB- you get the idea. 
They spend it on everyone. 
There is no precedent for them NOT doing what a neighborhood wants. 
You are just making stuff up. You sound silly and uninformed.[/quote]

Well, actually, the neighborhood wanted Henry rebuilt/addition on its current site.  Didn't get that.
Fleet wanted some things in its construction that were eliminated in order to - gasp - stay on budget.  Didn't get everything the community wanted.
Reed has been given extra money for its budget before the planning even got started in order to get what it wants.
A new Wakefield facility only happened because the entire HVAC and systems had to be redone and it became too costly to just renovate.  Yep - south Arlington was only going to get a renovated crappy building while Yorktown got a new facility.
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