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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused. How is the Kenmore location bad for south Arlington?[/quote]

So, I think it's problematic to have a zoned school that will be "less than," particularly because some of the students who would likely be zoned there are coming from the poorest planning unit in all of Arlington. Literally, there's a census tract that is defined as an "area of concentrated poverty" by HUD. That neighborhood is currently zoned W-L. It's not good policy to zone this area to a school that has fewer amenities. We did that once already, during Jim Crow.  If it were a program/option school, that might be different.

Generally, I think we all have to accept that we're out of great options. The land we have is what we have. That's it. We're not going to have a centrally located large parcel that is far from other schools and neighbors. And we have to make the best use of the land we have. I really wish we could wait a year or so to make this decision. JFAC should be the group determining what the best and highest use is.

Also, I wish we'd stop with these drawn out public processes when we know the decision has been made. It's maddening. [/quote]

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