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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't disagree, but here's the other point of view --

There are hardly any large parcels of land left in the county, and lots of potential uses for them including open space, affordable housing, infrastructure support (fire stations, bus maintenance/storage), etc. And we can only borrow so much money a year. So, given that:

a) The vast majority of people in Arlington don't have kids, and since most new housing in Arlington is high density, the proportions are likely to stay that way 
b) School enrollment trends, while definitely very high, are likely a bubble and will taper off again in 10 years
c) Building a high school will tie up a huge parcel of land for 50 years and take up $150 million of bond money over 20 years, both of which could be used for MANY other high value, high priority items 
d) There are all these other options for dealing with capacity, even if parents don't like them

Why build another high school?[/quote]

I see your point, but essentially what your point of view says is "let's not worry about the thousands of children in the next 20yrs who won't have an optimal school experience".  Each child only gets one chance at an education, and without real solutions literally tens of thousands of kids will spend their entire academic careers in trailers with even more limited opportunities for extracurriculers.  We can't just abandon today's kids because their own children in 20+yrs won't be as multitudinous.  
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