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There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Does not make sense to me
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Date: March 03, 2016 05:04AM
This has never made sense to me.
Were they trying to keep the entrances of the schools hidden from outsiders and people who do not attend those schools?
Were they trying to keep the entrances of the schools hidden from outsiders and people who do not attend those schools?
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Example 1
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Date: March 03, 2016 05:20AM
Example 1. Madison high school in Vienna. Good luck finding it if you have never been there before.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
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Example 2
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Date: March 03, 2016 05:25AM
Roberto E Lee high school.
Good luck finding the entrance if you are travel eastbound on Franconia.
Good luck finding the entrance if you are travel eastbound on Franconia.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
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Example 3
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Date: March 03, 2016 05:38AM
J. E. B. Stuart High School
Good luck finding that one.
Current students can't even tell you how to find it or how to get there.
Good luck finding that one.
Current students can't even tell you how to find it or how to get there.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Unit 8
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Date: March 03, 2016 05:48AM
Those Confederate names. Bet the niggers are unhappy. Lolo.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
KXTCT
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Date: March 03, 2016 05:54AM
McLean High School is not visible from any of the main roads.
If the PTA would not have spent money on the newer LED signs, you would probably miss the entrance/access to the school.
If the PTA would not have spent money on the newer LED signs, you would probably miss the entrance/access to the school.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Chapel Square
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Date: March 03, 2016 06:16AM
Chapel Square was surrounded by fucking cul-de-sacs.
What fucking idiot thought it was a good idea to put a school there?
What fucking idiot thought it was a good idea to put a school there?
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
cpJhC
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Date: March 03, 2016 06:21AM
West Potomac HS too.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
nDYMC
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Date: March 03, 2016 07:35AM
Schools were situated in neighborhoods to allow the children to walk to school as well as get bused in from outlying areas. Remember how back in the olden days kids actually exercised and didn't need to be driven everywhere.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
It's a tough life for losers
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Date: March 03, 2016 07:43AM
Example 1 Wrote:
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> Example 1. Madison high school in Vienna. Good luck finding
> it if you have never been there before.
Hahahaha! If you pull in the back way off Flint Hill Road, you might have problems. If you come up from 123 and can't find the entrance, it's just as well. You aren't ready for high school yet.
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> Example 1. Madison high school in Vienna. Good luck finding
> it if you have never been there before.
Hahahaha! If you pull in the back way off Flint Hill Road, you might have problems. If you come up from 123 and can't find the entrance, it's just as well. You aren't ready for high school yet.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Deep!
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Date: March 03, 2016 07:52AM
Chapel Square Wrote:
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> Chapel Square was surrounded by fucking
> cul-de-sacs.
>
> What fucking idiot thought it was a good idea to
> put a school there?
Chapel Square? Showing your age a bit as that place has not been a school since at least 1994 when it became a Technology Center. The correct name is now Nancy Sprague Technology Center.
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> Chapel Square was surrounded by fucking
> cul-de-sacs.
>
> What fucking idiot thought it was a good idea to
> put a school there?
Chapel Square? Showing your age a bit as that place has not been a school since at least 1994 when it became a Technology Center. The correct name is now Nancy Sprague Technology Center.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
What's in a Name...
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Date: March 03, 2016 08:00AM
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
at one time
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Date: March 03, 2016 08:25AM
It used to be that developers were required to donate the land for a school if they wanted their project approved by the County.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Noble Moore
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Date: March 03, 2016 08:28AM
Poe Middle School, tucked away at the highest point in Annandale and surrounded by some of Fairfax County's most forgotten, beautifully wooded and affluent neighborhoods. Yes, there are some yet in Annandale.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
In Reality...
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Date: March 03, 2016 09:00AM
There are lots of perfectly nice places in Annandale. The minds of teenagers are however not yet fully developed, so many of them have a need to run everything around them into the ground in the belief that this will make them seem hip and cool. Hahahaha!
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
whohohl
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Date: March 03, 2016 09:02AM
I'm curious where do you expect schools to be? sitting off major highways? just outside the beltway? or tucked away in the neighborhoods where the kids they are to teach live?
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
UtwGu
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Date: March 03, 2016 10:43AM
I am not clear. Are you saying the location of the schools are poorly situated or are you saying even with the location there was an opportunity to connect to a major road but a side road was chosen instead?
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
found it!!!!!!
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Date: March 03, 2016 01:52PM
It's a tough life for losers Wrote:
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> Example 1 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Example 1. Madison high school in Vienna. Good
> luck finding
> > it if you have never been there before.
>
> Hahahaha! If you pull in the back way off Flint
> Hill Road, you might have problems. If you come
> up from 123 and can't find the entrance, it's just
> as well. You aren't ready for high school yet.
Madison is hidden behind the gas station and Pizza Hut/7-11.
Everything a teenager needs. Right there.
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> Example 1 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Example 1. Madison high school in Vienna. Good
> luck finding
> > it if you have never been there before.
>
> Hahahaha! If you pull in the back way off Flint
> Hill Road, you might have problems. If you come
> up from 123 and can't find the entrance, it's just
> as well. You aren't ready for high school yet.
Madison is hidden behind the gas station and Pizza Hut/7-11.
Everything a teenager needs. Right there.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
yungbuck
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Date: March 03, 2016 03:33PM
It's so they don't get shoot from stray bullets unleashed by gangbangers on the highway. It keeps the little boo-boos safe.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
NdwdC
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Date: March 03, 2016 03:50PM
Noble Moore Wrote:
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> surrounded by some of
> Fairfax County's most forgotten, beautifully
> wooded and affluent neighborhoods.
**spits out drink** Seriously, Annandale is a shithole, ESPECIALLY inside the Beltway. A few trees doesn't hide that. Anyone with a shred of self respect got out of an Annandale address like 15 years ago.
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> surrounded by some of
> Fairfax County's most forgotten, beautifully
> wooded and affluent neighborhoods.
**spits out drink** Seriously, Annandale is a shithole, ESPECIALLY inside the Beltway. A few trees doesn't hide that. Anyone with a shred of self respect got out of an Annandale address like 15 years ago.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Easy to miss
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Date: March 03, 2016 04:04PM
If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do not know where you are going you can easily miss the entrance to Madison.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
jbdea
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Date: March 03, 2016 04:38PM
Easy to miss Wrote:
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> If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do not
> know where you are going you can easily miss the
> entrance to Madison.
This is why we have maps.
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> If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do not
> know where you are going you can easily miss the
> entrance to Madison.
This is why we have maps.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Doesnt matter
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Date: March 03, 2016 04:48PM
jbdea Wrote:
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> Easy to miss Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do not
> > know where you are going you can easily miss
> the
> > entrance to Madison.
>
>
> This is why we have maps.
You can still miss it even with maps.
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> Easy to miss Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do not
> > know where you are going you can easily miss
> the
> > entrance to Madison.
>
>
> This is why we have maps.
You can still miss it even with maps.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Cum on(your face?)
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Date: March 03, 2016 06:22PM
Unit 8 Wrote:
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> Those Confederate names. Bet the niggers are
> unhappy. Lolo.
Blacks know the names of rappers and athletes. No black kids have any clue who Jeb Stuart or Robert E Lee were.
It's the weirdo white liberals trying to erase history these days.
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> Those Confederate names. Bet the niggers are
> unhappy. Lolo.
Blacks know the names of rappers and athletes. No black kids have any clue who Jeb Stuart or Robert E Lee were.
It's the weirdo white liberals trying to erase history these days.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
4TXyG
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Date: March 03, 2016 06:47PM
Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
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> It's the weirdo white liberals trying to erase history these days.
"Massive Resistance" is shameful history that would best be forgotten.
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> It's the weirdo white liberals trying to erase history these days.
"Massive Resistance" is shameful history that would best be forgotten.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Hillary will save you
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Date: March 03, 2016 06:50PM
4TXyG Wrote:
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> Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to erase
> history these days.
>
> "Massive Resistance" is shameful history that
> would best be forgotten.
Just like a leftist to try to erase history rather than learn from it.
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> Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to erase
> history these days.
>
> "Massive Resistance" is shameful history that
> would best be forgotten.
Just like a leftist to try to erase history rather than learn from it.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Tfnx
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Date: March 03, 2016 07:52PM
Hillary will save you Wrote:
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> 4TXyG Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to
> erase
> > history these days.
> >
> > "Massive Resistance" is shameful history that
> > would best be forgotten.
>
> Just like a leftist to try to erase history rather
> than learn from it.
I wonder why there are no synagogues named after Hitler? Are the Jews trying to erase history too?
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> 4TXyG Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to
> erase
> > history these days.
> >
> > "Massive Resistance" is shameful history that
> > would best be forgotten.
>
> Just like a leftist to try to erase history rather
> than learn from it.
I wonder why there are no synagogues named after Hitler? Are the Jews trying to erase history too?
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Oh liberals
()
Date: March 03, 2016 08:24PM
Tfnx Wrote:
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> Hillary will save you Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 4TXyG Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to
> > erase
> > > history these days.
> > >
> > > "Massive Resistance" is shameful history that
> > > would best be forgotten.
> >
> > Just like a leftist to try to erase history
> rather
> > than learn from it.
>
>
> I wonder why there are no synagogues named after
> Hitler? Are the Jews trying to erase history too?
Amazing analogy!!
If Lee is guilty of genocide what would that make Lincoln?
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> Hillary will save you Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 4TXyG Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to
> > erase
> > > history these days.
> > >
> > > "Massive Resistance" is shameful history that
> > > would best be forgotten.
> >
> > Just like a leftist to try to erase history
> rather
> > than learn from it.
>
>
> I wonder why there are no synagogues named after
> Hitler? Are the Jews trying to erase history too?
Amazing analogy!!
If Lee is guilty of genocide what would that make Lincoln?
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
I am a Cougar
()
Date: March 03, 2016 08:26PM
Doesnt matter Wrote:
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> jbdea Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Easy to miss Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do
> not
> > > know where you are going you can easily miss
> > the
> > > entrance to Madison.
> >
> >
> > This is why we have maps.
>
> You can still miss it even with maps.
Turn at the Shell station that is across from the car wash and next door to the Pizza Hut and 7/11 and the sketchy apartments. You can't miss it.
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> jbdea Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Easy to miss Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > If you are driving on Maple Ave and you do
> not
> > > know where you are going you can easily miss
> > the
> > > entrance to Madison.
> >
> >
> > This is why we have maps.
>
> You can still miss it even with maps.
Turn at the Shell station that is across from the car wash and next door to the Pizza Hut and 7/11 and the sketchy apartments. You can't miss it.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Tux rusty
()
Date: March 03, 2016 08:41PM
Isn't it better that way? Marshall sits there right on busy Leesburg Pike and the traffic is a nightmare now. It might as well be a fucking Target.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
6)$2
()
Date: March 03, 2016 08:42PM
Oh liberals Wrote:
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> Tfnx Wrote:
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> -----
> > Hillary will save you Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > 4TXyG Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to
> > > erase
> > > > history these days.
> > > >
> > > > "Massive Resistance" is shameful history
> that
> > > > would best be forgotten.
> > >
> > > Just like a leftist to try to erase history
> > rather
> > > than learn from it.
> >
> >
> > I wonder why there are no synagogues named
> after
> > Hitler? Are the Jews trying to erase history
> too?
>
>
> Amazing analogy!!
>
> If Lee is guilty of genocide what would that make
> Lincoln?
The best way to learn about controversial historical figures is to name public institutions after them.
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> Tfnx Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hillary will save you Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > 4TXyG Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Cum on(your face?) Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > It's the weirdo white liberals trying to
> > > erase
> > > > history these days.
> > > >
> > > > "Massive Resistance" is shameful history
> that
> > > > would best be forgotten.
> > >
> > > Just like a leftist to try to erase history
> > rather
> > > than learn from it.
> >
> >
> > I wonder why there are no synagogues named
> after
> > Hitler? Are the Jews trying to erase history
> too?
>
>
> Amazing analogy!!
>
> If Lee is guilty of genocide what would that make
> Lincoln?
The best way to learn about controversial historical figures is to name public institutions after them.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
urban sprawl
()
Date: March 03, 2016 09:07PM
Most of these schools were built well before the area was built up as much as it is today. In the 1970s this was a way different area than today , no where near the population density of today. The problem was not finding the front door, it was finding which cow path to take to get to the school.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Bishop Ireton
()
Date: March 04, 2016 04:35AM
I drove on Duke Street for years and never realized Bishop Ireton was just off of the road to the right if you are traveling westbound.
Re: There are a lot of schools in northern Virginia where the main entrances are on small side roads hidden away from major main roads. Why is that?
Posted by:
Molly Hatchet
()
Date: March 04, 2016 07:51AM
Example 3 Wrote:
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> J. E. B. Stuart High School
>
> Good luck finding that one.
>
> Current students can't even tell you how to find
> it or how to get there.
Are you saying finding the main entrance to the building is hard or finding the school itself if hard? Unless it's changed since the 80's the main entrance is easy, but finding the school maybe not. I mostly hung out with Falls Church High kids my junior and senior years and got friends lost back there more than once playing cat and mouse.
I just looked on Google maps and noticed the "park" across the street, west of the tennis courts is totally overgrown. My first 2 years there everyone would go over there during lunch and do bong hits. After that they locked down the campus and you weren't allowed to leave during lunch. Still had the official smoking areas on school grounds though. I think the year I graduated, 1982 was the last year for smoking areas.
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> J. E. B. Stuart High School
>
> Good luck finding that one.
>
> Current students can't even tell you how to find
> it or how to get there.
Are you saying finding the main entrance to the building is hard or finding the school itself if hard? Unless it's changed since the 80's the main entrance is easy, but finding the school maybe not. I mostly hung out with Falls Church High kids my junior and senior years and got friends lost back there more than once playing cat and mouse.
I just looked on Google maps and noticed the "park" across the street, west of the tennis courts is totally overgrown. My first 2 years there everyone would go over there during lunch and do bong hits. After that they locked down the campus and you weren't allowed to leave during lunch. Still had the official smoking areas on school grounds though. I think the year I graduated, 1982 was the last year for smoking areas.