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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even the Mayor is talking about the mass exodus at George Mason ES.

Wilson said the drop in enrollment seems at odds with some of ACPS’ modernization plans.

“Our next priority is George Mason, which is seeing the largest drop,” Wilson said, and noted that George Mason has little by way of major developments planned nearby. “That means that most of those kids are coming out of a school like that… I’m not saying not to do Mason, but I want to make sure we’re looking at the big picture.”

Hopefully, the big picture includes what the school board is discussing re: George Mason.[/quote]

Houses in the area skyrocketed in priced over the past 5 years - no one is moving and the kids that were there are getting older. No housing turnover, no new families.

A larger school in that neighborhood - such a mess I can't even imagine. The issue with that school is the way it is situated in the neighborhood and how it is sandwiched in on all sides.

One strategy ACPS could consider is following Fairfax county and start extending elementary schools enrollment to grade 6; then jr. high school would by 7 and 8th and then high school [/quote]

It's not from people moving. People are leaving because the school is in a downward spiral and has been for years. It's losing more kids and classrooms than any other school.

And the size of the new school isn't up for debate. It's going to be 130,000 square feet if not more. The playing fields will be gone. It's going to be built on the little grove of trees and the tennis court and the playing fields. Design plans are coming in the fall. [/quote]

Will the old historic section of the school that will be preserved for posterity become a community house for the neighborhood? Or some other rec space? [/quote]

They've claimed that every plan will keep the core of the old school (it's falling apart) at the front of the lot but I don't see how they can have the required bus loop and keep it. ACPS and the City have a long history of going back on promises to various communities and neighborhoods. I doubt the old school stays. [/quote]

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