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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where will they build this 4th High School?

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Welcome to the fights of 2016 and 2017.  The writing was on the wall that the population was going to explode at least through the mid to late '20s before it started to level off or decline.  A large number of parents pushed hard for a 4th high school at the Kenmore site, which is the only available APS-owned property big enough to hold a full high school (including sports fields, etc).  The battle was lost due to the argument that Carlin Springs Rd wasn't prepared for that volume of traffic and the only other exit point from the property was through Ffx County.

Instead they've continued to shove kids into the 3 primary high schools (not touching the precious HB Woodlawn population), created Arlington Tech which only solves a tiny bit of the problem, and otherwise put their heads in the sand letting an entire generation of Arlington kids deal with massively overcrowded schools.

During some joint CB/SB sessions in the mid-teens there were suggestions for virtual classes, shift schedules and basically anything besides providing more seats and space.  The news that the school age population will start declining in a few years isn't news - it's the proverbial bubble finally starting to graduate.  But, if the CB has their way pushing more low-income house and Missing Middle, they will do their best to ensure those numbers don't actually drop all that much.
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If I had young kids and I can’t afford private I would move. Which is exactly the SB plan, but I doubt enough people will leave to actually solve it. [/quote]

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