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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School will need 200+ million dollars of renovations if it is made into a traditional HS.  No way that gets done in less than a year.  Part of the reason you are starting to hear about magnet options is that it would allow them to open the school on a small scale and fulfill their promise to open in 2026.
I’ve heard from 4 people who have toured the school and all say if it’s made a traditional school they will need 2 full years to renovate and make additions to athletics facilities.[/quote]
Lady, you can have a high school without a football field. Especially if it's only two grades the first year.[/quote]

DP.  That’s a non sequitur.  If it’s two grades at first, they might just have a JV team initially but they’ll be some parents who’ll absolutely throw a fit if the school doesn’t have a stadium with lights, bleachers, goal posts, etc. [/quote]

Once more:  I remember going to games at neutral fields because a school was either building or renovating their stadium.  It may have been for a Spring sport.  They use a field that is not being used that night.
People will not throw a fit.  Believe me.  And, they will fundraise for it.  One thing people support is sports.[/quote]

When West Springfield was being renovated, at various points over the four years, sports were held off site, choir concerts were held at local area churches, the fall play was held at Burke fire station, and tennis was held off-site all 4 years because the trailer park was sitting on the tennis courts.

Having some sports temporarily offside, even for 4 years, while construction is completed and students are attending classes at the school, is not without precedence and should be the path FCPS takes for the new school.

The kids can attend school during construction, just like 2600 students did at West Springfield over 4 years.  Just put up temporary walls sectioning off the areas under construction, going section by section, opening each new section as soon as it passes inspection.[/quote]

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