I think pk-8 MPSA at one of the low enrollment North Arlington schools is probably the best way to move the school relatively cheaply, free up space at Gunston, and give the Arlington Tech campus the space it needs. It's just not very accessible to South Arlington families. But it's definitely preferable to the School Board spending $50 million to renovate the old Career Center building to custom-build it for MPSA (which is what MPSA wants, I think). It doesn't make sense to have it on that campus anymore, anyway.

Unfortunately, losing any elementary school is likely to mean we are going to have to build another one soon. But the new school should be a neighborhood school, not an option program.

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Anonymous wrote:So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?

If they build a NEW school for a program again there will be pitchforks.

Buh bye Nottingham, you know most of your kids will be private in 4 years anyway.

I look forward to my home value going up even more when my house is walkable to Discovery and MPSA.

Agree but MPSA will have to go to Discovery or Tuckahoe. Easier for Nottingham to take trailers and it is the most walkable neighborhood school.

The answer is always Tuckahoe – closer to transportation options.

Don't poke the Tuckahoe bear...or he will remind us of all the dense housing that is going in, Tuckahoe will be over capacity with all of those townhouses oh my.

Anonymous wrote:When is this happening?

Not sure. Sounds like a plan coming in next CIP process. New ACC is being built adjacent to current MPSA. Expected to be complete in Dec. 2025. Will they move MPSA before (due to construction) or wait to make a decision in 2024 for the 2025 CIP process?

From board docs:
FY 2025-34 CIP will propose
• Plans for relocating MPSA
• Redevelopment of MPSA space
• Potential uses for existing ACC
space, with recommendation
developed by next Chief Academic
Officer

When is this happening?

Are they going to combine the middle school with it to make a K-8 school? It would give some relief to Gunston, which is massively over-crowded.

Do people in NW Arlington care which school MPSA takes over? Assuming it won’t go into Discovery because the building is too new.

It will either go into the old Career Center building or move to either Nottingham or Tuckahoe.

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Anonymous wrote:So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?

If they build a NEW school for a program again there will be pitchforks.

Buh bye Nottingham, you know most of your kids will be private in 4 years anyway.

I look forward to my home value going up even more when my house is walkable to Discovery and MPSA.

Agree but MPSA will have to go to Discovery or Tuckahoe. Easier for Nottingham to take trailers and it is the most walkable neighborhood school.

The answer is always Tuckahoe – closer to transportation options.

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Anonymous wrote:So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?

If they build a NEW school for a program again there will be pitchforks.

Buh bye Nottingham, you know most of your kids will be private in 4 years anyway.

I look forward to my home value going up even more when my house is walkable to Discovery and MPSA.

Agree but MPSA will have to go to Discovery or Tuckahoe. Easier for Nottingham to take trailers and it is the most walkable neighborhood school.

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Anonymous wrote:So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?

If they build a NEW school for a program again there will be pitchforks.

Buh bye Nottingham, you know most of your kids will be private in 4 years anyway.

I look forward to my home value going up even more when my house is walkable to Discovery and MPSA.

When are they expected to relocate the school for construction?

Anonymous wrote:So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?

If they build a NEW school for a program again there will be pitchforks.

Buh bye Nottingham, you know most of your kids will be private in 4 years anyway.

Anonymous wrote:So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?

A new school in south Arlington? Where, and with what money? There is no planned new school for south Arlington.
So, my vote is to move it to one of the significantly under-enrolled north Arlington buildings.

How big is the current school?

So Duran confirmed at last SB meeting that MPSA would have to relocate as new careeer center gets built. Will it move to north Arlington and replace a school there or get a new school building in south Arlington? Any place that makes sense other than near the current site?