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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem here is not HB. The problem is a failure of the school board and county board to adequately plan for growth among young families in Arlington between 2000 and the present. HB is a convenient target, but neither the cause nor the solution to the overcrowding problems.  [/quote]

HB is not the only problem, but the SB's willingness to let it stay small is symptomatic of the inability to adopt realistic solutions to current and future problems.

The SB isn't alone in that. The Taylor parents who whined their way into the HB/Stratford building made things worse. There's plenty of blame to go around, and the bad decisions' being set in stone with the claim that a decision has been made and will not be revisited, no matter how bad the decision and how much new information has come to light since it was made, are pretty much a guarantee that nothing is going to get fixed.

I'm just hoping my kids graduate before the roof caves in.[/quote]

Ugh. The Taylor thing really pissed me off as my neighborhood was all-set for the Wilson MS.  We aren't as busy-body or self-serving so we lost out to the bigger whiners.[/quote]

Where were you guys at the community meetings? I didn't see any (many) of you at the meetings back in 2013. If you had spoken up then, the SB might not have delayed decisions a few more years.

HB is a small program that was on a huge piece of land. It is a matter of resources. They could have been housed at other smaller sites, which was the pragmatic action. Some members of the SB and the community would have liked to have built higher there and co-located other programs such as Montessori or preschool. I know that ship has sailed, but because HB fought co-location (other than Stratefirs), the cost per seat is insane. Not to mention the gold-plated design.[/quote]

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