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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought McLean high school shouldn’t really get an addition because there really isn’t enough parking as is. They can’t expand the area around the school.

They should keep the school the same size and move some more of the kids out to other schools. [/quote]

In neighboring districts, some new schools have an underground parking component, or an at grade parking lot but below the school building, which would be supported by columns. McLean HS can also expand into the adjacent forest. The lost trees could be replanted elsewhere in the county to offset the loss of green space and carbon emissions.

FCPS could easily grow McLean to a capacity of 2750 or so. Tysons area growth will explode over the next 20 years with dense affordable and market rate housing. I don’t think McLean HS can wait until 2050 for its next major renovation/expansion. [/quote]

Justice HS, which is less overcrowded than McLean and on less land, is getting expanded to 2500 seats outside the queue. They have lobbied FCPS to build a parking garage to compensate for some of the parking they’ll lose, but that’s expensive and I don’t think FCPS will do it.  Maybe more kids will need to take the bus.

In McLean’s case, it could expand to 2500 permanent seats without using adjacent land. [b]Replacing the trailers and modular with vertical, permanent seats[/b] might even give some land back. I also believe the adjacent land is protected by the park authority. [/quote]

Montgomery and Arlington counties have three story high schools. It’s more or less the suburban norm. With a partial third story, McLean could expand vertically to 2500 students. Then no parking or parkland is lost. [/quote]

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