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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is probably for a new thread, but if Arlington can't build a 4th comprehensive high school (which is what they should do), I think they should consider an arts-focused high school that could have admission at least party by audition/portfolio. Something like the High School of Performing Arts in NYC or Duke Ellington in DC. Then they could invest in a nice auditorium/art spaces and have a smaller field and no pool for gym. The trade off would be kids would not have access to many high school varsity sports but they would have access to enhanced arts education.  It would be easier for find space for a school like this since it would not need a pool and a football field.[/quote]

They tossed that around back in the same timeframe when they were coming up with Arlington Tech.  It still is a question of whether that is sufficient to be a comprehensive high school or if it's a program like Tech and HB, where the kids can still go back to the comprehensive schools for any classes, sports or extracurriculars that they want.  Which means that they haven't totally offloaded the overcrowding at those schools.  [/quote]

For this to work I think Arlington would have to say that these students at the new arts school could not participate in sports at their home school (they would just have gym class for general health). The tradeoff would be better arts programs. Everyone can't have everything. [/quote]

They can have a dance team! My siblings went to an arts school that didn’t have football or swimming but had jazz and ballet.

Really, the idea that a track and a pool are worth overcrowding is pretty absurd. Thousands of high schoolers don’t participate in school sports. [/quote]

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