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Permalink Reply by BRV on March 9, 2011 at 5:29pm

I totally agree -- if the BCC property is being considered, and it turns out to be a viable site that can soon be acquired, ensures our community would attend HS-8, and the BOS and transportation experts conclude that this is the most workable solution -- then great!  At this point, it's in the BOS hands to decide.  Hopefully we'll find out soon!  

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Permalink Reply by Lansdowne Larry on March 9, 2011 at 6:37pm

Just to clarify a few things -- the HS is NOT 200+ students, but 1600, 800 of which will be from Lansdowne the day it opens.    The office complex, by right, can have many more cars than the HS would, with NO OBLIGATION to address traffic.  The stadium would only be used for games about 6 or 7 times a year.  This site has been before the school board for over a year. The Toll Brothers site, I have been informed, has been raised and dismissed for the past several years. 

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Permalink Reply by Anne Denzin on March 10, 2011 at 9:36am

From Leesburg Today:

"Moving HS-8 into [FY12] is fairly ambitious, but it's not a change," Stevens said. "If people are insistent they want to see HS-8 before HS-6 we can do that, but it doesn't change reality on the ground that we don't have land for it and no studies and no applications have been completed. If everything comes into place over the next couple of months we can finance it this year, but if something goes wrong and can't purchase the site or get the approvals then the fact it is in CIP this year doesn't mean it gets to start any sooner."

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Permalink Reply by SLH on March 10, 2011 at 4:41pm

I just can't imagine that anyone who is against HS8 being built here in our neighborhood presently has a child in high school. I am a parent of two high school students one who is at Stone Bridge and one at Tuscarora and I can tell you first hand that we need a high school here for many, many reasons most of which I will not go into on this forum.

First of all yes it is true that right now all of our high school kids drive through our neighborhood as well as MANY other neighborhoods to get to these schools as it is not an option to walk. I am sure that all these other neighborhoods are even more unhappy about our children driving past their homes daily than we should be having our kids drive past their own homes.

Second, if we get a school built here I doubt that many parents will be willing to pay the $200. parking fee that the schools charge students to drive to school when they only live a couple of blocks away.

I am very excited about the possibility of our own high school here in Lansdowne, friday night football games that families can walk to, watching homecoming parades going through our community, being able to walk to school and back home from their many activities at the school... I could go on and on.....

I for one will be emailing and calling the BOS to say "go" we want our children going to school here in their own neighborhood and please move ahead with plans to build HS8 here in Lansdowne ASAP.

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Permalink Reply by acbzw3 on March 10, 2011 at 5:08pm

I am completely in favor of HS-8 being at the NCC site for many reasons.   I can assure you that if it happens, my 3 sons will be walking the less than 10 minute walk to school.   What a great way to build character and teach our kids about being 'green'.  

I grew up in Fairfax County within a 5-10 minute walk of my high school.   Our community embraced the high school and all it's activities, even the sounds of the games and marching bands made fond memories.  

As a realtor, I would also like to point out that homes within walking distance of a high school are extremely sought after by buyers.

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Permalink Reply by LTC Owner on March 10, 2011 at 8:21pm

Great idea to have the HS8 at BCC.. I fully support this effort.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on March 15, 2011 at 11:02am

Do not forget to calculate more than the football stadium, the planned lighted baseball stadium and softball stadium, which both can have more than one game a week depending how the seasons are played and used for practices.  So the athletic fields are used are more than 6-7 times a year.

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Permalink Reply by yvonne on March 15, 2011 at 7:32pm

Wow!!  How much would prime real estate at BCC cost $$$$$$$$.  BCC is going to love all the traffic going into their main entrance.   Prepare to do battle.  Of course if the high school is big enough, it should hold both BCC and Lansdowne kids. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by JLL on March 16, 2011 at 10:18am

The land is in front of the Belmont Country Club community, not inside the community as is the case with the NCC land. No one would have to go through the main entrance. In fact, the location immediately off of Claiborne is a big advantage. Entrances to a high school off of Claiborne and eventually off of Belmont Ridge Road (once the interchange is complete) would mean a North-South traffic pattern. Combine this with the fact that once Russell Branch is completed, it will run straight through as a parallel road to Route 7 and you have minimal impact on Route 7 traffic. People on the Ashburn side of the street would use Russell Branch to get to Claiborne or Belmont Ridge Road. The Belmont Ridge/Route 7 interchange was included in the Governor's transportation plan that was recently passed by the VA legislature. That takes the project away from the County, which doesn't have the money, and opens it up to state funding.

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