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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is nice to hear. People opposing the plan because they think they may someday need more neighborhood seats in the NW (where they already have excess) are really looking selfish.  They SHOULD be giving some more seats up--not hoarding them and offering up a smaller school. [/quote]

The NW is still hoarding seats under this plan. McKinley is 98 students over capacity today. Reed is only 41 seats bigger than McKinley. The whole school doesn't fit. And the overflow isn't being pushed to another NW school. It is being pushed to Ashlawn, which is in Zone 2, and is projected to be at or over-capacity in both plans. Just look at the NW schools that are under-capacity today. They will still be under-capacity when this plan is implemented.

I'm not a Save McKinley person. But Reed, Glebe and Ashlawn families need to wake up and smell the coffee. Those are the kids about to get screwed. This plan does not leave enough room for growth in central Arlington.[/quote]

Agree.  And for what it's worth, Nottingham successfully did this same thing 2 years ago in arguing that McKinley's overcrowding shouldn't be corrected in the short term, it should just be lived with, because Nottingham/Discovery numbers were going to go up, but I guess this wasn't "really looking selfish" when 22207 does it and gets away with it:

[quote]Also, you have to look at long-term projections. If you look at what's expected to happen in 2020, McKinley's enrollment is expected to be down from where it is now, but Discovery is expected to gain nearly 100 students and Nottingham is projected to gain almost 150. I realize that's cold comfort for people whose kids won't be in McKinley in 2020, but the school board can't just ignore it.[/quote]

Nottingham's arguments about how overcrowded they would be by 2020 is part of what got McK to 800 kids in the first place.  But now they're scornful of anyone who wonders whether there will be a capacity problem in 2 years if we're starting at 100%?  Oh yeah that's consistent.[/quote]

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