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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where will they build this 4th High School?

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I think they could build it at the Barcroft Rec center but I doubt they ever would since they invested so much in the race facility there. But it has a lot of land and is off a main road.[/quote]

I think it would be a great idea to turn off community center Into a high school, it’s better for the entire community! Luckily, we are rich with community centers in Arlington so losing one would not be a great loss. However, county maintained assets are completely separate from school maintain assets so it’s not as if it’s an easy thing to do, unfortunately. Does anyone else have insight into this? [/quote]

The insight is this would never happen.

Barcroft is a heavily used rec center.  The County runs all of its rec gymnastics programs out of this site, which are hugely popular.  The fields and outdoor areas are heavily used by sports teams and field space is already tight in Arlington.   So no, the County isn't going to tear down a relatively new rec center and give it to APS to build a school.  Even if they wanted to, the community would flip out (and rightly so).[/quote]

I think you should use the Fairlington community center site. It already has a field/green space, aged building, etc.. [/quote]

That site is nowhere near big enough for a high school.  You need a lot of land.[/quote]

New high schools are built up not out. Think HB. [/quote]

The 4th high school people want a pool.  HB is not a comprehensive high school.  It doesn't have all the fields and facilities of a traditional high school.  The 4th high school crowd insists they want all these things.[/quote]

Are people really complaining about overcrowding and then saying we should only have another high school if it can have a pool and a field?

Good grief. We are doomed. [/quote]

Yes. Sometimes it's not the same people but yes. [/quote]

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