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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, setting aside the class wars...call me crazy but honestly it doesn't sound to me like they are talking about creating a new choice program.  The CIP identifies the most pressing elementary need in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor.  The identified solution is a 725 seat school at Reed.

Of course a county wide lottery school like ATS would draw some kids from that area, but not a ton.  However, moving one of the existing choice programs, and then using that building as a (possibly expanded) neighborhood school?  That would respond to the problem identified in the CIP.[/quote]

But would it really solve the problem?  Take ASF-- it isn't a county-wide "choice" school like ATS. It is really a neighborhood school that is bundled into a team with Key, Jamestown, and Taylor. So moving the ASF program to Reed doesn't solve the overcrowding issue in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor unless most of the current ASF kids move with the school to Westover-- and there is no indication that any of them want to do that. You could end up with the same overcrowded school building in Clarendon, just with a different program. On ArlNow, people are advocating to use the Buck site on Quincy St. instead for a new Ballston elementary school near W-L, which would make more sense as a location if you are targeting the Rosslyn-Ballston area. And by 2020/21, both Ashlawn and Nottingham are projected to be over-enrolled by over 100 students each-- and then you could still put Reed back on the table as a neighborhood elementary school and a potential solution to the west end overcrowding.  Buck would be a more expensive investment up front, but realistically we're going to end up spending the money anyway in the next decade, so why not really adopt a 10 year plan? From what I understand, the issue is that the County Board has to okay the use of the Buck site as a school, which it hasn't done yet-- similar to the hang-ups over the VHC site as a potential new high school.[/quote]

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