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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm thrilled to be paying for the second renovation of reed in a dozen years.
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Tell me about it. If they had just turned Reed back into a neighborhood elementary school in 2009 when they remodeled it, we would not have needed the McKinley and Ashlawn additions either.  I adore the Westover Library and use it regularly, but what happens to it now if they turn Reed into a 725 student "choice" elementary school? [/quote]

Wasn't it 22million the first time? How much for the re-do.  And honestly, the roads around Reed are so narrow that it should be a neighborhood school. There's no room for bussing!

Gads sometimes ARL makes no sense.

I too love Westover library and fully support that preschool for teacher's kids. It's impossible get preschool in ARL and teachers don't need that aggravation. (no, I'm not a teacher; I've hired two nannyies in my life though).[/quote]

Yes- the roads in Westover will be a nightmare if they turn Reed into a 725 student choice elementary school. It is only 3/4 mile from McKinley, which will also be a 700+ student elementary school after the addition is built. Westover families who do not lottery into Reed would need to continue being driven/bused to McKinley, while at the same time there would be buses and cars traveling those same roads in the opposite direction to get to Reed. And the north/south streets are all residential. You can go west to east on Washington Blvd or Wilson, but the only way to come north to Westover from S. Arlington is to cut through the Madison Manor or Dominion Hills neighborhoods.  The civic associations around Westover have been asking for Reed to be turned back into a neighborhood elementary school for years and have been told that it is not appropriate for that purpose. Now suddenly it is appropriate for a 725 student choice elementary school? What a bunch of BS from APS. [/quote]

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