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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a plan to close Lee:

Move Bren Mar Park back to Annandale from Edison  [Annandale is projected to have space]

Move Springfield Estates and Lynbrook from Lee to Edison  [Swap at Edison - might need to add modular]

Move Forestdale from Lee to Hayfield [Hayfield is projected to have space]

Move Saratoga from Lee to South County [SoCo is projected to have space]

Move Crestwood and the portion of Rolling Valley at Lee to West Springfield  [Swap at West Springfield]

Move Orange Hunt and the portion of Sangster at West Springfield to Lake Braddock [Swap at West Springfield; Lake Braddocik is projected to have space]

They should keep Mount Vernon open, but move Fort Hunt there from West Potomac[/quote] [Mount Vernon is projected to have space]

Sorry but this is the silliest, most ridiculous and disruptive idea ever posted on this board about redistricting, and that is saying a lot.[/quote]

Why?  Scared of kids from Lee coming to your school?   [/quote]

Because it shows how very disruptive closing a high school would be.[/quote]

I think I can give a little context to the rumor that the county is considering closing Lee. The issue came up once when main office assessment folks were discussing what could happen if Lee runs into trouble with student performance on a state level. One way to avoid having Virginia DOE sanctions is to essentially close the school. Alexandria, for example, did this when it built the new Jefferson Houston elementary school.

The issue for Lee is that it's sort of a perfect storm on the eastern/southern side of the county. There's actually sufficient room in the neighboring schools to redistrict everyone to new middle/high schools.

So, why would the county consider this? If Lee is within spitting distance of running into Virginia DOE sanctions, then a plan of some sort needed to be thought through. The closing of the school was one scenario that could accomplish this.

Then the question is what do you do with Lee? It's a good building and decent property. One thought was to do a consolidation of the IB programs on the eastern/south eastern part of the county. That idea is something that hasn't been developed yet, but the super is likely going to consider putting resources to see if it makes sense from an efficiency standpoint.

-Someone who works in the Gatehouse.[/quote]

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