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[quote=Anonymous]McKinley is not getting a gold standard renovation, fwiw.  They drew up the plans and submitted it for bids, and by that time construction prices had increased so much that they had to cut a bunch of stuff out.  The additions should be nice but recognize that they're not giving us one square foot more of space than the 725 kids we are supposed to have, which means if fourth grade has 6 classes of kids instead of 5, it's back outside to the trailers.  And they're not renovating whatever isn't in the plans, so while some classrooms in the construction areas are getting a makeover, most are not.  Moreover, the addition itself is taking up most of the space that previously held our only real field for the kids to run around in.  There is a small area left, but once trailers have to be added back into the mix (which is sort of inevitable, at some point, given the overcrowding in the north), the field goes *poof*.

I didn't think south arlington was as overcrowded as the north end?  Aren't many of the schools under capacity?

I'm a McKinley parent and I don't mean to complain.  Budgets are tight now.  To be honest I do wish they had turned Reed into an elementary instead of building McKinley out to 725 kids -- nobody really wants their kids' elementary school to be enormous.  But it is what it is, and it's a great school I'm happy to have my kids there.

I'm sorry if your school is made out of cinderblocks, but for what it's worth, the McKinley addition is also totally made out of cinderblocks.[/quote]

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