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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. I agree with that read. They are not adding all the seats they initially planned at Career Center. And they are not adding amenities. Keeping it a program with fewer amenities. Makes sense. Overall this document suggests APS is in a better position than we thought. But need to get cracking now on elementary seats!![/quote]

That's not how I read it at all. Look at this: https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/190917_ACC-BLPC-PFRC-Leave-Behind.pdf

800 ADDITIONAL seats PLUS expand AT to 600 ASAP.

They are planning on amenities including one field, performing arts space, and a full size gym and cafeteria.

It's basically a down payment on a 4th HS. That's how I read it. But they can't flip the switch on that until they can boot Montessori off the site. Oh and plan for a pool now.[/quote]

What is really concerning in the link just posted above is the reference to "Future phases of expansion to allow as many different options as possible for phasing, instructional programs and outdoor athletic facilities, [b]including possible neighborhood High School seats
(as and when needed in the future)[/b]"[/quote]

Just another APS get-by-one-piece-at-a-time crap of a non-plan.  As much as this phased band-aid approach costs, they could just build a blasted 4th high school at Kenmore now.[/quote]

No, they couldn’t, because they don’t have the money.[/quote]

Well, they have $200 million, so that's nothing to sneeze at. Median US high schools cost $235.29 per sq foot. Wakefield is 380,000 square feet. Even assuming it costs $400 a sq foot to build in Arlington, it should cost $152 million to build another Wakefield. You could take $20 million or so and add the third floor to the Career Center that the current structure will accommodate to give Arlington Tech more space, and then maybe another $20 million renovating that building and maybe adding a real gym. That's a lot more seats for a much better price. But APS won't even price that out or consider it.[/quote]

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