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[quote=Anonymous]McKinley parents did cause a commotion about the double planning unit trying to come en masse to McKinley, so I'm not sure you're correct that APS figures it can screw McKinley whenever it wants.  Nottingham lived for years with a whole army of trailers, and all of their complaining did nothing until fairly recently.  Haven't they sucked it up for quite a while?

I mean, I sort of agree with the perception that the Discovery/Jamestown/Nottingham area is underenrolled right now, but I also read on DCUM all the damn time that 22207 is the best place for schools in Arlington and it's the most coveted realty.  It does seem to me like those 40s houses are getting knocked down and rebuilt into 5 bedroom/bathroom houses faster in 22207 than anywhere else, so maybe APS is right that 22207 is projected to grow in enrollment faster than 22205?  Because it would make no sense to move planning units North to them and just have to move the same people South again in 3 years.

I'm the McKinley parent who posted before that we're all in this together.  I will make a fuss when it's warranted (and I complained to the school board about the two planning units from Tuckahoe) but I don't think 3 months behind schedule is that crazy for such a large construction project, and I don't think I need to be a chump to think this way.

I have a little sympathy for the neighborhood parking issues, particularly for elderly residents, but picking up a kid from aftercare takes 5 or 10 minutes.  Is this really a travesty of justice to deal with for an extra 3 months?  It seems like a great deal of fuss, and if you buy property right next to a school in my mind you are kind of on notice that this sort of thing might happen.  McKinley isn't the first school to be renovated in a big way and it won't be the last.  If someone wants to propose some relief for these people, I'd listen.  I'm not totally against delaying the move of the planning units, I just think it's probably an overreaction.  Although if the McKinley staff, after taking a look, came out in favor of delaying, that would make a big difference to me.[/quote]

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