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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alright. I went to Carmel. When I was in high school, the township owned a large plot of land it had purchased to build a new high school. The high school was becoming over crowded and they had to decide whether to expand the current high school or build a new one. At the time, my graduating class was 660. You’d think they’d build anew school in the corn field they owned. But you would be wrong.

[b]THEY SOLD THE LAND!!!![/b]

Expanded and expanded and expanded the high school.

Why?  All in the name of being the best. Athletics. Music. It was all about competition. They dominate sports other than football and basketball. Don’t get me wrong they win state championships in those too. Just not 37 in a row like the girls swim team.

It is unbelievable looking back on it. They sacrificed education in the name of state championships. Try getting a spot on their varsity soccer team.

Going back to my high school days, there were zero private high schools in Carmel. Zero. Over the past 20 years a number have come in. Imagine being in a graduating class of 1200 students. It is insane.

Oh, and Carmel is wealthy. There’s no S Arlington in Carmel. You have 1200 kids also of well off parents. Competition is fierce in every aspect of the school. I could go on and on. But trust me, you don’t want your kid going to Carmel High School. [/quote]

Sounds a lot like Fairfax selling the land near Carson to the Saudis.  And now we have Chantilly at about 3000, West Potomac expanded to 3000, and plans to expand Centreville to 3000.  I guess at least Centreville will look nice after it's renovated, but you can't say that for plenty of other FCPS schools that are falling apart.

The 1200 graduating class at Carmel is smaller than the number of 9th and 10th graders at Alexandria City HS now.  The senior class would also be over 1200 if there were fewer dropouts. [/quote]

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