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The County Board vote helped clear the path for more classroom space at W&L High School.
B
That,
because
you
know,
I
first
got
on
the
school
board
in
97
January
97,
before
that
it
was
quite
actively
so
I've
been
going
to
that
building
for
a
long
time.
I
remember
when
they
were
like
before
that,
before
the
edge
Center
got
converted
anyway
we're
moving
forward.
It
means
a
lot
to
me
personally,
but
I
won't
go
on
and
on
about
that
too
much
what's
cool
about
it.
Is
that
what
we
call
adaptive
reuse?
So
it's
an
administrative
building
and
it
had
a
lot
of
issues
with
the
way
it
was
built
a
while
ago.
B
When
we
didn't
worry
about
energy,
we
didn't
worry
about
it,
so
that
building
would
get
really
hot,
because
the
windows
weren't
right
and
of
course
the
floors
are
not
set
up
for
class
space,
which
is
what
they
needed
was
set
up
for
office.
So
the
school
system,
you
know,
decided
that
they
have
moved
to
the
syphax
Center,
which
is
over
off
of
Wilshire
Washington
Boulevard
right,
which
is
a
great
new
new
facility
for
them,
and
so
they
had
this
building
right
next
to
Washington
Lee.
B
So
they
decided
to
convert
it
to
classroom
space
which
they
need,
and
that
says
having
to
like
construct
a
whole
new
building.
I
mean
adaptive.
Reuse
is
just
so
good
on
so
many
different
levels,
so
they
went
out
and
worked
with
it.
We
worked
with
it
together.
There
was
a
joint
group
looking
at
things
and
we
they
put
in
to
putting
in
new
windows.
B
There
was
a
little
discussion
about
it
being
a
historic
building
and
it
kind
of
is
it's
a
very
looking
building
with
with
the
planetarium
there,
but
it's
kind
of
cool
and
we
very
quickly
decided
that
they
were
going
to
be
true
to
this
sort
of
the
style.
It's
not
gonna.
Look
all
that
much
different,
but
not
absolutely
slavishly
true
to
it,
because
if
you
would
do
that,
you
couldn't
have
kids
in
there
learning
well,
so
we
change
the
windows,
they're
gonna
change,
the
windows
and
some
things
like
that.
C
That
that
will
have
up
to
six
hundred
more
students,
so
that
will
just
very
much
accommodate
the
need
for
see.
But
the
great
thing
about
this
building
is,
since
it
is
a
part
of
the
wnl
campus,
but
it
is
a
self-contained
building.
It
gives
the
school
system
options
if
they
want
to
think
about
academy
models
or
other
ways
of
delivering
education
to
students
of
the
future.
They
do
have
that
flexibility
and,
aside
from
adaptive,
reuse,
being
sustainable
and
more
cost
effective.
C
A
B
Our
and
there
was
actually
one
of
the
things
was
a
long
Quincy
where
we
gonna
do
the
pick
up
the
drop
office
they're,
trying
to
figure
that
out
out,
and
at
one
point
there
was
concern.
If
you
do
it
on
the
curb
you're
gonna
block
the
bike,
planes
that
are
coming
back
and
forth,
and
so
there
was
discussion
about
that
and
then
should
we
do
it
in
the
back
and
then
the
school
staff.
B
A
C
The
great
thing
is,
this
can
be
delivered
so
much
more
quickly
and
building
a
new
school
from
scratch,
so
this
at
center
conversion
will
be
ready
for
the
2021
2022
school
year,
so
these
are
gonna
come
online
really
quickly.
So
you
know,
one
of
the
issues
is
that
we
typically
you
know,
have
to
deal
with
overcrowding
through
use
of
relocatable
structures,
and
you
know,
loss
of
green
space
in
order
to
accommodate
that
growth,
where
able
to
sort
of
bypass
that
step
a
little
bit
here
by
going
straight
to
this
facility.
C
So
I
think
this
is
a
tremendous
way
to
just
really
fully
absorb
the
students
and
keep
the
programs
that
the
students
would
be
engaging
in
in
an
extracurricular
fashion.
Those
are
all
going
to
be
going
on
at
the
same
time,
so
this
is
really
gonna
bring
capacity
up
to
speed
really
quickly,
so
this
should
hopefully
for
the
foreseeable
future,
along
with
the
investments
that
they're
making
at
the
Career
Center
site
and
the
growth
of
the
Arlington
tech
program.
C
B
And
I'm
searching
my
memory,
which
is
always
a
little
unreliable
I
believe
this
is
the
first
time
we've
taken
a
building
that
was
never
really
intended
for
school,
for
classroom,
use
and
converting
it,
and
you
know
I
the
school
system
we
and
we
all
are
continuing
we're
kind
of
helping
them.
Looking
for
some
adaptive
reuse
some
buildings
that
could
be
used,
this
way
adaptive
reuse,
we
call
it
in
old
office
buildings,
possibly
now
it's
tricky
because
there
requirements
for
schools
that
this
one
fits
so
we'll
we'll
see.