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Oh come on! This argument fools no one. The neighborhood is the wealthiest in south Arlington other than Arlington ridge. They've "arrived" and they want an amenity filled public high school that will boost there property values and allow them to leave Wakefield. TheY are in no way "taking on for the team".

DP. There are insufficient seats at the HS level in the county for the kids currently in the pipeline. This is a fact. The bubble is already in school now. The question is where and how do you put them.

A lot of us believe that APS cannot put together enough sufficiently compelling small programs to equally draw kids from the three comprehensive high schools. And even then, those kids still go back and take resources from the home schools in the form of participation in extracurriculars or seats in classes that aren't offered in the program. A fourth comprehensive high school is really the only guaranteed solution. From an acreage perspective, the Kenmore site is hands down the best option, but the politics surrounding it are unreal.

I don't know if the CC site is the right one, but I know we need seats or all the kids in Arlington will be going to school on the crazy shift schedule that was tossed out as an idea a few years ago. Building a lesser-than school doesn't work, unless all the resources at the other three schools become pooled-resources. It's no longer the Yorktown stadium or the Wakefield pool. Teams will be scheduled from four high schools across three schools-worth of fields, pools, band rooms, and theaters. That's the reality. We have enough kids coming nito the system to fill another entire high school. Rather than simply mocking those families, tell me exactly where you would put all these kids. Many of whom may want the whole high school experience in order to both enjoy HS and be competitive for college applications.

Signed, 
Family not zoned for Wakefield or a future HS anywhere in south arlington

This is the only thing we should be discussing. Quickly getting a full and equitable 4th school up and running.

Yes, EQUITABLE. Meaning, if you want "equal facilities" then you also need to not inequitably siphon off the UMC from Wakefield. I would support a 4th hs at cc. But only with farms rate equity as a precondition. I'd also support an athletic facility on the site and a modern school in a nearby office building, but I'm sure that's a nonstarter for a variety of reasons.

Yes we all get it. You agree to a school that didn’t effect your school and property values. Doesn’t matter if the facilities are less than. You are being really selfish and myopic.

wrong. I support one that doesn't damage anyone's property value. There's a win win here that doesn't involve concentrating poverty at Wakefield or turning the cc into some outpost of north Arlington.[/quote]

South Arlington owners need to be real careful about not pulling out the "it will damage my property value" line. Cause if that's a valid argument in these discussions then no home North of 50 will ever be zoned south of 50 again and the segregation will get worse not better. "It will hurt my property value" is why Arlington Forest didn't get moved to Wakefield last year. It would prevent any UMC neighborhood from ever getting zoned to Wakefield in the future. Which would keep Wakefield from ever improving and definitely not help your own personal property values.  Building a viable CC and splitting economically disadvantaged more equally would help you not hurt you.  [/quote]

Yup, that's what I want. I live in Nauck.[/quote]

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