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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So now according to rumors and [b]that email from Gutshall it appears that the Arlington County Board and APS are trying to opt out of building the parking garage at the Career Center?[/b]  Any ideas what this would do to the existing CTE courses? What about the viability of Arlington Tech, let alone whatever new option school they want to put there?

I saw in another post that a very large number of Arlington Tech students have already dropped out for a variety of unrelated reasons. But the more this school is built without the kinds of things that draw students to it and the more that it is perceived as a second rate school Arlington doesn't care about, the worse its going to get.

It kind of seems like Arlington is putting alot of money into what will be a failing school no one wants to teach at or attend.  Maybe they should revisit even bothering with expanding there until they can establish a program people want to attend or can at least afford to build something desirable.[/quote]

Can you post this email? If the garage gets dropped, hopefully, that area gets permit parking or there's a satellite lot.[/quote]

The county is trying to force TDM on the site. They want to build no parking for staff, and won’t allow the neighborhood to zone. So basically, staff and nearby residents either battle it out for street parking, or maybe they can rent spaces in buildings somewhat nearby, including commercial buildings that have 0 incentive to give up the parking that’s keeping them afloat, because ain’t nobody riding the 16 to go out to dinner.

Anyway, everyone should know that the CC  Principal and a student rep were on the team that designed the plaza concept. The county shill’s team put forward a concept that put CTE classroom space in a separate building from the main one and underground, against the wishes of instructional leaders, all under the future field, to block parking from ever being able to be built. It’s insane. This person is playing really fast and loose with her “memory” of events and conversations and even the what the architects have presented to the group or what items most everyone else agrees upon. [/quote]

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