(RECAP: Windy Hill Foundation’s proposal to save ancient Arcola Elementary School by converting the building into affordable housing is under fire. Last March, the county questioned for proposals for a public-private partnership to save ancient Arcola Elementary School, which is listed on both state and federal registers of historic places. The Windy Hill Foundation, which builds affordable housing in Northern Virginia, made the only proposal that met all of the request’s requirements. Windy Hill proposes to renovate the building into apartments and build a separate two-tale, 36-unit apartment building on the property. The foundation would also include five units for the intellectually and developmentally disabled. But the building is about two and a half miles from the end of one of Dulles Airport’s runways. Airport representatives and some supervisors wonder whether putting in housing there might not be doing future residents any favors.)

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