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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All this ridiculous sniping back and forth and what I want to know is:  why was an aviation academy even suggested?  Seems like a completely frivolous idea that NO ONE wants or needs and is the very antithesis of a neighborhood school providing relief for that area.  I feel like someone suggested it (one of the idiot SB members) and everyone's fighting over it.  It should never have been suggested.

And btw - I live nowhere near this area, so a new western high school won't affect my kids at all.  Just chiming in as a FC resident that the idea of a "specialty school" where none is needed is totally absurd.  Right up there with the Lewis "leadership academy".[/quote]

[b]It seems to have gotten some traction because of concerns that the KAA building is not large enough or currently configured to support a traditional high school with a normal enrollment, at least not without a big additional investment. [/b]

They were in a big hurry to acquire this property so perhaps their due diligence was less than should have been undertaken.

The Lewis program is a different animal because they were trying to attract more students to a school that, while on the smaller end, has an adequate facility to support a traditional HS. [/quote]
No one at the school board has said this.  Only some NextDoor posters and their alter egos on here are trying to push this narrative.[/quote]
DP, you should go watch last week’s work session before you make a claim about why some school board members think the school should be a magnet/academy. Because they do think the configuration is a big issue. I think many actually think an academy or magnet is genuinely a good idea too.
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What does staff do?  No plan at all for how to  make the space work?
Lady's comment was that she did not want to destroy those "beautiful small spaces" or something like that.  This after she praised the purchase the night they voted because Chantilly needs relief.

What happened in the meantime?  She has talked in the past about how Chantilly took every space--closets included and used it in some way.  Why not the same at KAA?

The school was built for 1300--certainly it could be adjusted for more--and there are additional buildings available that could easily be utilized for additional space or an academy later.
But, our School Board likes the "extras"  not the "basics."[/quote]

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