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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?

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?

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]

FWIW, I went to Robinson when it had 6000 students.  Yes, competition for the popular sports teams was tough- especially soccer.  But there were still plenty of teams that were basically no cut, like track and field, cross country, swim/dive and crew.  And there were a ton of other extracurricular activities, most of which had enough kids and resources to perform at a very high level.   With a big school, there are more places to find a niche.

There were a lot of different class choices and there were multiple sections of almost every class except a few higher level electives and off-beat AP classes, so you were rarely limited by schedule.  The Art department alone had Art 1, 2, 3 and 4, Commercial Art, Pottery, Photography and there are probably a few others I am forgetting.

That being said, fitting 4000 students at the Career Center site seems a little nuts- the multiple fields, large gym and performing arts spaces at Robinson were heavily used for 12-15 hours a day between class and multiple sports practices, and community events when available. [/quote]

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