Arlington County Board Set To Fast Track New Wakefield H.S.
Yesterday’s online Arlington Sun Gazette reported that “County Board members appear ready to support placing a referendum on the November ballot that includes funds for a new Wakefield High School.”
The cost reportedly will be “over $100 million, but earlier estimates were between $140 and $150 million. The Sun Gazette’s Scott McCaffrey also reported:
“Fisette said the board’s decision was swayed, in part, because school officials have proposed, besides Wakefield, a very modest capital-improvement program, which will require only small bond packages in 2012 and 2014. Smaller school bonds would allow the county government “to deal with a backlog of capital needs” on the county side, he said.”
There's a lively debate going on as readers post comments with Wayne Kubicki posting the most serious, writing the following:
"With this plan, the County Board is maxing out the collective municipal credit card. The new CIP also starts borrowing bond money for street repaving!"For additional information beyond McCaffrey’s report, see the county’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) on the DM&F website. The Schools’ CIP is available at the School Board’s “Board Docs” webpage (beginning with agenda item E.1. May 6 Board meeting and May 6 work session).