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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw this today:  http://www.insidenova.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-plan-to-address-arlington-school-crowding-falls-short/article_340d5e90-27ca-11e6-a0aa-138e874ea3cb.html

I wish there was a way to get more attention![/quote]

OK, I read this letter and I just don't get what they want the Superintendent to DO. There is a finite amount of land and a finite amount of money and that letter does not offer up a single trade off that they would be willing to make (higher taxes, larger schools on existing sites, new schools on parkland....). It just says they don't like the options that have already been offered. So......what? How does this possibly help? I assure you, everyone is well aware that people are pissed, without another angry letter. [/quote]

How many times does the VHC parcel have to written for you to acknowledge it?[/quote]

Then why don't they say that in the letter?[/quote]

Many of us have said it repeatedly in individual letters and emails to the County and School Boards.  I'd strongly urge you, if you haven't already, to sign on to the petition AND write a letter to the County and School Boards specifically mentioning the VHC site.  There are other random proposals for other locations being tossed about.  VHC is about the only true viable option, though.  Rather than criticize the petition itself, assuming you agree with its general point, please get engaged.  If you don't like it's language, write your own email but get your voice heard!
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Get engaged? I was one of about 30 people (many of whom weren't even parents) who showed up for the CIP forums a couple of months ago, when people were given a long list of potential options and asked to rank them. Staff and Board members were there and happy to talk to anyone. There is also a citizen advisory group that has been meeting about this all year, so there are many people who are deeply engaged and have been all along and it's pretty insulting for people to pop in now that ArlNow reported on the plan and claim "nothing" is being done. I guess it's nice that everyone is getting all fired up now, a week before the vote, but some of us have actually been advocating for specific ideas (not just "do something!") all along.[/quote]

Listen, we appreciate all those who have been working hard to advocate for a new school, etc.  I only just heard through DCUM in the last few weeks. I have two kids who have yet to start any APS, so unlike some of my co-workers and neighbors who have been receiving emails through their school PTAs, etc. I have only heard about the dire situation at the HS level.  I approached them to get more info, and these 5 people just shrugged.  And their kids are only a year or two ahead of my oldest so they'll be impacted as well.  I think they believe Arlington won't let it get this bad, etc.  I wish I had their optimism.  Spent last week talking to my relatives whose kids have attended school in Mclean.[/quote]

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