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Anonymous wrote:Many APS schools are in poor condition. HVAC issues. Out of date or poor functioning fire suppression systems. Mold. Lack of walls. Physical Security issues like interior walls with windows. APS should consider following Prince George county’s initiative to use alternative finance to accelerate work and finance the need. Stop paying for studies. Stop pitting neighbors against neighbors. Have interested partners bring money to the table with solutions whether it’s renovations or rebuilds: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/capital-programs/blueprint-schools-p3

which schools have mold?

There was a serious mold problems at asfs in their trailers last year. Classes were shifted around

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Anonymous wrote:Many APS schools are in poor condition. HVAC issues. Out of date or poor functioning fire suppression systems. Mold. Lack of walls. Physical Security issues like interior walls with windows. APS should consider following Prince George county’s initiative to use alternative finance to accelerate work and finance the need. Stop paying for studies. Stop pitting neighbors against neighbors. Have interested partners bring money to the table with solutions whether it’s renovations or rebuilds: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/capital-programs/blueprint-schools-p3

which schools have mold?

Anonymous wrote:Many APS schools are in poor condition. HVAC issues. Out of date or poor functioning fire suppression systems. Mold. Lack of walls. Physical Security issues like interior walls with windows. APS should consider following Prince George county’s initiative to use alternative finance to accelerate work and finance the need. Stop paying for studies. Stop pitting neighbors against neighbors. Have interested partners bring money to the table with solutions whether it’s renovations or rebuilds: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/capital-programs/blueprint-schools-p3

Anonymous wrote:Just pointing out Gunston has has non temperature control (teachers actually had to send emails to parents asking to ask kids to dress in lighter clothing to avoid heat stroke). And has leaks, broken bathrooms etc.

I think TJ and Swanson should get their fixes but I am tired of Aps not prioritizing HVAC replacement when we have kids passing out from heat and freezing in the winter.

Anonymous wrote:TJMS advocates are literally asking for “all the money” in the CIP for their one school. Do you know how you sound?! Has any other school ever demanded the whole huge bond issuance just for them? Even NArl schools are not that unaware.

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Anonymous wrote:Closing Nottingham and using the career center as a swing space for TJ and Swanson renovations does seem to make sense

Close Jamestown, Taylor or Tuckahoe instead. Those buildings are all in far worse shape than Nottingham. Nottingham was renovated-makes no sense to close it.

Tuckahoe was renovated too. Taylor is needed in that part of the county unless Madison or Woodmont reopens.

Not anymore after Innovation opened. Kids could be reshuffled just as they would have to be for any school that closes.

It's poor planning to leave an entire section of the county without a neighborhood elementary school. Bussing all the way to Science Focus, Innovation, Glebe, and/or Jamestown is not a good solution. Makes better sense to close Nottingham or Tuckahoe even if they are newly renovated.

omg the outrage! there are several nearby schools...you mention them. Arlington is a small county and the NE corner has plenty of coverage. There is no money to renovate your precious Taylor just to keep it open for your personal preference when other schools are in much better shape. Taylor just like TJ has that awful open classroom design with flimsy walls that are not real walls. Time to go.

Taylor has one of the biggest neighborhood boundaries as it is, because it is not “nearby” to any other elementary school. You would need to bus almost all of its students if you closed it. The only ones who wouldn’t need busing are the tendrils of the boundary that are close to Rosslyn.

I agree that the open floor plan is terrible though.

Just stop. Taylor is within 1-3 miles of several other schools.

If 3 miles is the basis, then you can justify closing any elementary school in Arlington. But it makes more sense to close one that has walk zone overlap with another elementary school, which Taylor does not. I don’t have a dog in this fight bc my kids are out of elementary, but please go argue your nonsensical ideas before the school board. I’ll gladly eat my popcorn and watch.