School Officials Address Overcrowding
On Thursday's Voice Box, school officials addressed overcrowding of Arlington Public Schools and the usage of their resources.
During Arlington Independent Media's (AIM) September Voice Box on Thursday night, Arlington's Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Patrick Murphy; Assistant Superintendent Finance/Management, Mary Beth Chambers and Arlington County School Board Member, Sally Baird discussed the topic of Arlington County Schools with host, Christian Dorsey. Dorsey, who is an American economist with the Economic Policy Institute, addressed many of the issues Arlington residents are concerned about such as: school funding, the planetarium, budget cuts, construction and school scores. One of the biggest issues Dorsey and the panel discussed, is the overcrowding of Arlington County Schools. In 2009, Washington-Lee High School opened its new $110 million, state-of…
