tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post3820222390289008974..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: New gym completed at Bailey's Elementary SchoolAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-87434126164308075372017-04-29T16:46:04.690-04:002017-04-29T16:46:04.690-04:00Penny it is no need to get upset why don't you...Penny it is no need to get upset why don't you just retire. Move to California they would love to have you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-65193482023770849542017-04-28T22:39:40.164-04:002017-04-28T22:39:40.164-04:00You NIMBY complainers are relentless. This is a gr...You NIMBY complainers are relentless. This is a great looking school and a good repurpose of an office building............shut up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-49860094258122043532017-04-28T09:31:47.733-04:002017-04-28T09:31:47.733-04:00It is a huge positive to finally finish the school...It is a huge positive to finally finish the school and provide a well-rounded quality environment for the children.<br /><br />However, I continue to be highly concerned about the disregard for practical approaches to development in Seven Corners and Bailey's Crossroads. Jeff's explanation is a case in point of how hard constituents have to work to get anything close to the right thing done.<br /><br />Upper Bailey's is a case in point. Sup. Gross refused to consider a well-developed FCPS plan to expand (Lower) Bailey's Elementary through a partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Library. The playground was in place, no extra admin team, no second principal required. Instead Gross ignored county policy and created a new school in a busy commercial area replete with its own principal and admin team AND now pays big bucks duplicating staff costs and busing children to school whereas they could have continued to walk had the school been sited in conjunction with the library.<br /><br />Gross is poised to build more government offices at the Willston School location in Seven Corners and in the Bailey's business sector at the Southeast Quadrant across from Trader Joe's.<br /><br />She shows no remorse in her 20-year quest to do and spend as she pleases in defiance of her constituents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-43191406478379763892017-04-27T23:46:31.020-04:002017-04-27T23:46:31.020-04:00Thanks for all your hard work on behalf of those s...Thanks for all your hard work on behalf of those students!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-42105975665730996982017-04-27T11:20:20.605-04:002017-04-27T11:20:20.605-04:00I agree that the school has turned out well, but I...I agree that the school has turned out well, but I give a bulk of credit to those who pushed and pushed to get these improvements installed, including members of my citizens association. They were not satisified when FCPS said "we can achieve physical education using alternative and modified means." They demanded a gym be built and kept the pressure on to see it to fruition. The county and FCPS have now come through, but I feel for the kids that for the past number of years dealt either with an insanely overcrowded baileys, or then got upper baileys that had no play or PE space. I don't want to dwell on that too much because the end result has arrived and it is a good result, but I will always hope that we can do better in the future so as to not repeat the hellish process that this was.Jeff Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800609058016605285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-5117250832793337962017-04-27T11:16:53.953-04:002017-04-27T11:16:53.953-04:00This building and gym are nothing but embarrassing...This building and gym are nothing but embarrassing monuments to Fairfax County’s lax policies when it comes to code enforcement, and a testament to the complete stagnation of development in Bailey’s Crossroads.<br /><br />Bailey’s elementary has been a problem since the 1980s. Something, SOMETHING should have changed by now. The aging apartments in Culmore have just gotten even more aged and stuffed with even more families. <br /><br />Gross, gross, gross. I cringe when I pass the building and am reminded that there was an elementary school with 1600 students that was so overcrowded that it needed to be split into two schools. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-35088826006882770862017-04-27T09:39:19.248-04:002017-04-27T09:39:19.248-04:00For once, I have to agree with Penny. This school ...For once, I have to agree with Penny. This school looks great. The school board got a great deal on this building, converted it in record time and answered those critics who were carping about the initial lack of exercise space for the kids. Now, let the inevitable litany of gripes begin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com