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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just build more schools.[/quote]Yes! Go down to the garden where the have money growing trees, cut a few of them down, and voila- build more schools. What are you people not understanding about how easy this is?![/quote]

The last time a school bond referendum lost in Arlington was 1973.

https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/10/Bonds_history.pdf[/quote]

The issue in Arlington is space. We  are 26 square miles, and getting more densely packed by the day. Everyone has been asking how they have continued to approve all of these apartments without any contributions to infrastructure. As it stands now, a developer can put up a high rise in Ballston and as long as they pay into affordable housing its a go. The affordable housing fund gets beefed up and they throw up a bunch of mulitifamily units. They both impact the schools, but neither has to account for it. The Arlington County Board has really proven its incompetence.[/quote]

Why can't we just build vertically to preserve the green space at schools? Henry, for instance, is so tiny and flat. Another couple of floors would alleviate overcrowding in the area. We live closer to Henry than Barcroft, but it seems like people are against small children walking up stairs or something?[/quote]

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