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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the Arlington Heights folks made a really good point about being afraid that if we blew this $150M on two short-term high schools, we likely wouldn't have enough money left afterwards to start building the comprehensive high school that we really need, and that we should use the money now to do that.

I had been in favor of a 4th comprehensive at Kenmore, but the Arlington Heights folks have convinced me that they are right and we should try to build it there.  Their more central location should be better for the project, anyway.  The only thing is that they don't really have open fields or a pool and I agree with them that they would need (expensive) underground parking -- I want a TRUE, equal 4th comprehensive high school so spend all the money there and do it right.

Maybe Arlington Tech could be moved to the Ed Center?[/quote]

Right, space is the issue with the site. I don't see how it wouldn't be a "less than" school based on size of the site alone. [b]I personally went to a HS without its own pool or football field (we didn't even have a team) and am no worse off for it[/b], but it does seem a bit unfair. But, as compared to the hybrid option, I'd get on board. I was supportive of Kenmore as the best option as well, but seems like that's just not going to happen.[/quote]

Same here I went to a magnet Science HS in NYC.  It was a trade off.  We still had a swim team even without a pool.  If people know what they are opting into I don't think it is an issue. Perhaps the 4th HS has a program that parents and kids want more than a pool or football team.  Maybe it has an amazing auditorium and stage and kids who prefer performing arts could opt to go there.  Not everyone wants swimming or sports fields.  I am sure we could fill a HS with student who don't care for either if we give them what they do care for.  
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But they won't even say what it's going to be. A culinary school? A technical school? A second HB? They want to vote on location before the community can weigh in with what program they'd be willing to forgo amenities and participation inactivities for. You're also asking the neighborhood to take on the burden of additional traffic and use without any benefits (like guaranteed acces as a neighborhood school and/or the fields and pool and community space that other schools of comparable size have). There's little upside for them to acquiesce to a choice program that may be undesirable.

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Arlington needs a 4th neighborhood high school.  There is just no way around it.  We will be over 2200 or so high school seats short over the next years.   
And there is NO NEED to forgo amenities.   A full stadium and a pool should fit on the Career Center site.  The site is almost as big as Washington Lee.

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