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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, that's the kind of suggestions you get when you want to build a 4,000 student school on the smallest parcel of land because "we can't touch the north Arlington schools". We're already in a defeatist attitude. We're all telling ourselves we're being pragmatic, when we've already lost, because we have less to work with and [b]refuse to as the rest of the county to give up its precious space[/b] to balance the load across 4 campuses. [/quote]

I've spent significant time on both Yorktown and W-L campuses.  Both have very little additional space to give.  Maybe some, but not much.  Remember also, the more kids per school the fewer resources to go around in terms of extracurricular opportunities.

The right space is Kenmore, but [b]Tannia Talento[/b] and the Glen Carlyn neighborhood have shut that down.  It's the largest APS parcel in the area, and it's being blocked by special interests.  Not all loud and NIMBY parents are in north Arlington.[/quote]

I took a moment and went and looked at the Google maps of all the campuses again. There is no easy answer. I don't want any kids to lose access to outdoor space. That's why I can't wrap my mind around the CC site. I thought it would just be 2,500 kids, which was a lot. Now I see in the slides that the numbers are 4,100. Just like you said, the more kids the less opportunities. So we'll put the most kids on the smallest site. There's an old article about Robinson in Fairfax and how kids didn't even try out for teams because the competition was so steep. How will that work at a school with even more kids and less space?

[b]Even with Glen Carlyn opposing it, wouldn't it be cheaper to build it there? What would happen? Would Glen Carlyn kids refuse to go there? [/b]

What if the county rents some of that empty office space that we all hear about? NSF in Ballston or somewhere in Pentagon City, and turn the CC site into a library along Columbia Pike (where the EDC is) and turn the rest of the land into sports fields and a pool*? You could spread kids from all schools across all facilities for maximum use (I read somewhere the pools are actually underutilized, even though somewhere, W-L and Yorktown can't spare any space). Here a shuttle bus company and run routes, like colleges do.

*I promise this not some crazy Columbia Pike end game to get a pool. This is just a resident spitballing. Not a resource sucking attempt at getting rid of students and just building a pool. I know if read this, that is what I would think.[/quote]

I wish APS would put this to bed once and for all on some sort of public document.  The County will not give them a use permit to build on the site.  No one can build on property (even if you own it) if the County will not give you a use/building permit.  I'm no Talento fan, but I don't think she really has anything to do with it. [/quote]

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