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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.arlnow.com/2017/02/10/aps-beginning-planning-process-for-new-high-school/

Having been following these issues for a couple months now, this does seem like progress. I'm relatively new here though.[/quote]

It is very, very important for parents to get involved and provide feedback. Nancy Van Doren did not want this process implemented-- she wanted it to be entirely up to the School Board and APS to decide. Reid Goldstein fought hard to get a process set-up to solicit community feedback. However, behind the scenes, Van Doren and Chadwick are both saying that it will be a 1,300 "seat" extension of W-L at the Ed Center building regardless of input. (For those of you new to the discussion, the Ed Center building is the mid-rise office building next to the planetarium.)  Two important points: (1) 1,300 seats is not enough high school seats to address longer-term capacity 10 years out. APS's own numbers show that we need closer to 2,000 high school seats by 2022; and (2) If the seats are located at the Ed Center building, it won't be comprehensive high school because that site is too small to even provide a separate gym, let alone fields, etc. We're essentially just super-sizing W-L (which is what Nancy wants... she is pushing to annex IB over to that building and add World Languages). If you are among the vast majority of parents who just want APS to build a fourth high school, you need to speak up! If not, Nancy will push through her plan and claim that it is what most parents wanted. She interprets parent silence as agreement with her positions. [/quote]

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