Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Looks like the George Mason neighborhood has an ally in their NIMBY-ism: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/01/28/curry-family-opposes-plan-to-add-multi-family-housing-near-atherton-abode/
Everything needs to be on the table. It's been a couple of years since housing at GM was proposed. Wilson, City Council and school board should try again. I hope that the last election emboldened them so they don't need to hedge or hide their views.
A rumor going around town is that the George Mason kids will be moved permanently to MacArthur district and housing will be built at GM. It's a rumor and it would take a lot of work on the george mason deed to make it happen but why not?
George Mason has a tiny population and MacArthur will have the space. Single Family Zoning is soon to be a thing of the past in Alexandria. Everything is aligned. Wilson has a mandate to be bold and the neighborhood supports him.
I cannot imagine ACPS has the property to give up George Mason as a school. It makes no sense when you consider that ACPS has converted an office building to be an elementary school.
Anonymous wrote:Looks like the George Mason neighborhood has an ally in their NIMBY-ism: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/01/28/curry-family-opposes-plan-to-add-multi-family-housing-near-atherton-abode/
Everything needs to be on the table. It's been a couple of years since housing at GM was proposed. Wilson, City Council and school board should try again. I hope that the last election emboldened them so they don't need to hedge or hide their views.
A rumor going around town is that the George Mason kids will be moved permanently to MacArthur district and housing will be built at GM. It's a rumor and it would take a lot of work on the george mason deed to make it happen but why not?
George Mason has a tiny population and MacArthur will have the space. Single Family Zoning is soon to be a thing of the past in Alexandria. Everything is aligned. Wilson has a mandate to be bold and the neighborhood supports him.
Anonymous wrote:I wonder why the George Mason PTA appears to be clueless as to the current plans and discussions. They must be very trusting of ACPS or simply not interested. Don't they have anyone monitoring the SB discussions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wilson just hates green space doesn't he? Children deserve to have fields to run in and nature to explore and learn from. I can't believe that they think that rooftop playgrounds and turf without grass is the way to go. It's disgusting how much the mayor and the council like to build and pave.
Did you vote for him?
Anonymous wrote:Wilson just hates green space doesn't he? Children deserve to have fields to run in and nature to explore and learn from. I can't believe that they think that rooftop playgrounds and turf without grass is the way to go. It's disgusting how much the mayor and the council like to build and pave.
Anonymous wrote:The new Macarthur will have a preschool to fill the new extra seats. With Wilson's plans to build giant subsidized apartment buildings in the school zone I'm sure it'll be overcrowded in no time. Also, why can't the plant grass in fields instead of turf!!
Anonymous wrote:Wilson just hates green space doesn't he? Children deserve to have fields to run in and nature to explore and learn from. I can't believe that they think that rooftop playgrounds and turf without grass is the way to go. It's disgusting how much the mayor and the council like to build and pave.
Anonymous wrote:The new Macarthur will have a preschool to fill the new extra seats. With Wilson's plans to build giant subsidized apartment buildings in the school zone I'm sure it'll be overcrowded in no time. Also, why can't the plant grass in fields instead of turf!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They keep saying MacArthur won't have a middle, but the new school opens next year with 800 seats and around 500 in the catchment.
Yeah - MacArthur is currently at 558 kids. Their enrollment continues to go down just like most of the other elementary schools. The loss isn't as dramatic as George Mason's but MacArthur is the superior school academically as are most of the other elementary schools.
I think it makes a lot of sense for the elementary schools with rebuilds to be K-8. It would be insane for GM to only be an elementary school with 300 kids rattling around a school for more than twice that number. For once the SB is moving in the right direction.
Take the pressure off of the middle schools and since they won't build a second high school...maybe move some of the high school population back to the GW building.
Was not my experience, but maybe it depends on your teacher.
I'm on the George Mason side of this and can say without a doubt that MacArthur is superior. I think the departure numbers are pretty strong evidence too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They keep saying MacArthur won't have a middle, but the new school opens next year with 800 seats and around 500 in the catchment.
Yeah - MacArthur is currently at 558 kids. Their enrollment continues to go down just like most of the other elementary schools. The loss isn't as dramatic as George Mason's but MacArthur is the superior school academically as are most of the other elementary schools.
I think it makes a lot of sense for the elementary schools with rebuilds to be K-8. It would be insane for GM to only be an elementary school with 300 kids rattling around a school for more than twice that number. For once the SB is moving in the right direction.
Take the pressure off of the middle schools and since they won't build a second high school...maybe move some of the high school population back to the GW building.
Was not my experience, but maybe it depends on your teacher.