By: Linda Neighborgall
Andy, I don’t know the answer. It’s not available, as far as I can see, on the FCCPS website. But it is a critical piece of information, and I’m surprised if the FCCPS wouldn’t have obtained the...
View ArticleBy: Andy Rankin (Falls Church)
Linda, I guess my question should have been – how can we even figure out how many kids in the City already have computers/iPads and/or could afford them? I guess we have a process for figuring out who...
View ArticleBy: Linda Neighborgall
Andy, I join you to the extent of wanting our schools to continue to be excellent and have the resources they need, but I guess I come at this issue from a different perspective. I would like to see a...
View ArticleBy: Andy Rankin (Falls Church)
I’m a fan of transparency, accountability, and long-term planning (who isn’t!) – so hopefully this issue is encouraging that. I think the City can afford to mitigate the flooding problems and provide...
View ArticleBy: Linda Neighborgall
Re flood mitigation, would that it were so that the city can afford to fix it. From your mouth to the Infrastructure Gods’ ears! It will cost way more money than the city has available – very expensive...
View ArticleBy: Andy Rankin (Falls Church)
I am fortunate to not be directly impacted by the stormwater problems so I haven’t followed that issue too closely (although I know it is a real problem for quite a few people). It’s a bummer to hear...
View ArticleBy: Linda Neighborgall
Always interesting to read your thoughts, Andy. They are constructive, reflect careful consideration of the issues and invite further thinking and exploration of the issues. Consider your efforts a...
View ArticleBy: Victoria Kwasiborski (Falls Church VA & Vienna, Austria)
There are two issues that I haven’t seen addressed in these comments. The first is how the curriculum might need to be revised to incorporate the technology. What will that entail, and what costs will...
View ArticleBy: TFC
The City website has 4 iterations of surplus plans posted for discussion at the work session tomorrow. 4a, b, c, d.
View ArticleBy: Hillel Weinberg, Falls Church
Victoria, Linda, and others – I think you’ve got it right. The taxpayers paid a lot of money, presumably (how much?), for the technology plan referred to in my comment posted on 8/29, which I believe...
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