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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Williamsburg is a ghost town and APS will have to move Swanson kids there as ballston continue to explode with apartments.

Not sure what will happen to ashlawn kids that go to kenmore.  Ashlawn has kids that go to 2 ms and 2 hs.  Although most ashlawn kids waiver out of Yorktown for w&l.  They get some sort of pass for some reason.

Swanson as a facility sucks.  Old and should be raised to the ground.  Pick your poison between kenmore or Swanson - kenmore has a great facility but is diverse.  So if  you want to stay with the white kids in a terrible building or the diverse kids in nice building they round out all things considered about equally miserable.

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Swanson is a beautiful classic colonial revival building with a nice front lawn. It can be renovated, but not demolished since it is an Arlington County Hostoric District like Dorothy Hamm MS. [/quote]

LOL.

“Nice front lawn”?
Sure - playing on that front lawn next to Washington Blvd is every parents dream for their kids.  Hell, dropping off your kids there can be fatal.

It’s a dump - I do not care how old it is.  Fields suck, ugly and should be leveled.[/quote]

The lawn comment makes no sense. The front lawn actually buffers the school from the busy street, and it is safely removed from traffic up on a hill. No one is “playing on it” as you describe. It is used for passive activities.

Swanson is a County Historic District so it won’t be demolished and no need to waste time discussing what won’t happen. Also, the historic auditorium with the wood paneling won’t be destroyed. And APS recently spent extra money fo brand new bespoke windows to replace the original arched windows at the old gym, about 5 years ago.

Recall that many people said the old Stratford Jr High building (where HB Woodlawn was) was an old dump, but now that it’s been remodeled it’s an incredible facility. Both Swanson and Williamsburg could use a similar renovation.

[b]But I’m more concerned about TJ. That is the middle school most in need of a complete replacement according to the consultants.[/b] Most classrooms lack windows, and the rooms are made from thin 70s-era partitions. The school doesn’t meet current educational standards. Not to mention schools built in the 1970s like TJ look like literal prisons, and few remain in use today. [/quote]

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