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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria needs more highschools! This is all so awful. A hard working teen was murdered in the needle is the school day by another student. There's no evidence of gangs. So I wish everyone would quit using that line as a scapegoat. They school in is chaotic because it's too large and has students running around town unsupervised to other campuses. This shopping center is right in the middle. ACPS is now turning Alexandria's one high school into basically a jail with all these security or measures. Really if you were unsure about the high school before now how could you fathom sending your kid there if you had options and that is why people move out of the city. Alexandria has thier priorities so wrong.

Alexandrians find the idea of a second high school to be racist so would rather have a prison high school than build another

The concern is that two high schools with the student populations determined using on geographic boundaries, like the school system's current two largest middle schools are, will result in one school that is predominately middle class and white, and a second school that is poor and people of color. This doesn't seem to worry you, PP, but I find it concerning.

Not the PP but this segregated structure apparently already exists at ACHS. I routinely hear from white UMC parents that their kids are in a separate part of the building and therefore never see (or rarely see) the violence. I find this concerning and problematic.

And there are solutions - creative districting, busing come to mind. The current system of one high school isn't working but you can't just say solutions will be racist and throw up your hands. Especially when the current system is segregated and racist too.

What are your solutions?

??? Now you're lying and projecting. Where at all do I deny the problem or do I throw up my hands? I was answering the "question" from the PP.

The answer has been presented ... and denied by the fools on the City Council and our idiot mayor. It was the choice not chosen. The best plan was the vocational and junior college-type campus using the TC and Chinquapin properties, and turning the Minnie Howard property into a first class state-of-the-art sports complex that would not only be a gold star in Alexandria's hat but also produce revenue. Mind you, this was a plan that was master-minded by a long-time member of the Alexandria community and had the full support of the Alexandria black and immigrant communities. No wonder it didn't get a second look.

Your turn.

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria needs more highschools! This is all so awful. A hard working teen was murdered in the needle is the school day by another student. There's no evidence of gangs. So I wish everyone would quit using that line as a scapegoat. They school in is chaotic because it's too large and has students running around town unsupervised to other campuses. This shopping center is right in the middle. ACPS is now turning Alexandria's one high school into basically a jail with all these security or measures. Really if you were unsure about the high school before now how could you fathom sending your kid there if you had options and that is why people move out of the city. Alexandria has thier priorities so wrong.

Alexandrians find the idea of a second high school to be racist so would rather have a prison high school than build another

The concern is that two high schools with the student populations determined using on geographic boundaries, like the school system's current two largest middle schools are, will result in one school that is predominately middle class and white, and a second school that is poor and people of color. This doesn't seem to worry you, PP, but I find it concerning.

Not the PP but this segregated structure apparently already exists at ACHS. I routinely hear from white UMC parents that their kids are in a separate part of the building and therefore never see (or rarely see) the violence. I find this concerning and problematic.

And there are solutions - creative districting, busing come to mind. The current system of one high school isn't working but you can't just say solutions will be racist and throw up your hands. Especially when the current system is segregated and racist too.

What are your solutions?

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria needs more highschools! This is all so awful. A hard working teen was murdered in the needle is the school day by another student. There's no evidence of gangs. So I wish everyone would quit using that line as a scapegoat. They school in is chaotic because it's too large and has students running around town unsupervised to other campuses. This shopping center is right in the middle. ACPS is now turning Alexandria's one high school into basically a jail with all these security or measures. Really if you were unsure about the high school before now how could you fathom sending your kid there if you had options and that is why people move out of the city. Alexandria has thier priorities so wrong.

There is evidence of gangs, including the original photo from the ALXnews article of the friends of the victim holding a vigil all flashing gang signs. When people pointed this out, ALXnews replaced the photo. So please stop. There are gangs. This stabbing involved gang violence. Everyone sticking their fingers in their ears and being in denial doesn’t help anyone today or tomorrow. ACPS system needs to acknowledge the problem and find solutions.

I think there are definitely gangs but I think there are a lot of kids who like to think they are going to be in a gang or pretend they are for photos. Unfortunately, like all teens, I am sure the kid was involved in things his parents didn't know about but it could be just about anything - secret gf, going to secret parties. I honestly wonder if this kid was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

So he mistakenly strolled into a 30 to 50 person organized fight and he's the one person, essentially an innocent bystander, who got stabbed?

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria needs more highschools! This is all so awful. A hard working teen was murdered in the needle is the school day by another student. There's no evidence of gangs. So I wish everyone would quit using that line as a scapegoat. They school in is chaotic because it's too large and has students running around town unsupervised to other campuses. This shopping center is right in the middle. ACPS is now turning Alexandria's one high school into basically a jail with all these security or measures. Really if you were unsure about the high school before now how could you fathom sending your kid there if you had options and that is why people move out of the city. Alexandria has thier priorities so wrong.

There is evidence of gangs, including the original photo from the ALXnews article of the friends of the victim holding a vigil all flashing gang signs. When people pointed this out, ALXnews replaced the photo. So please stop. There are gangs. This stabbing involved gang violence. Everyone sticking their fingers in their ears and being in denial doesn’t help anyone today or tomorrow. ACPS system needs to acknowledge the problem and find solutions.

I think there are definitely gangs but I think there are a lot of kids who like to think they are going to be in a gang or pretend they are for photos. Unfortunately, like all teens, I am sure the kid was involved in things his parents didn't know about but it could be just about anything - secret gf, going to secret parties. I honestly wonder if this kid was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria needs more highschools! This is all so awful. A hard working teen was murdered in the needle is the school day by another student. There's no evidence of gangs. So I wish everyone would quit using that line as a scapegoat. They school in is chaotic because it's too large and has students running around town unsupervised to other campuses. This shopping center is right in the middle. ACPS is now turning Alexandria's one high school into basically a jail with all these security or measures. Really if you were unsure about the high school before now how could you fathom sending your kid there if you had options and that is why people move out of the city. Alexandria has thier priorities so wrong.

There is evidence of gangs, including the original photo from the ALXnews article of the friends of the victim holding a vigil all flashing gang signs. When people pointed this out, ALXnews replaced the photo. So please stop. There are gangs. This stabbing involved gang violence. Everyone sticking their fingers in their ears and being in denial doesn’t help anyone today or tomorrow. ACPS system needs to acknowledge the problem and find solutions.

I think there are definitely gangs but I think there are a lot of kids who like to think they are going to be in a gang or pretend they are for photos. Unfortunately, like all teens, I am sure the kid was involved in things his parents didn't know about but it could be just about anything - secret gf, going to secret parties. I honestly wonder if this kid was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.