APS: Choice schools vs fourth comprehensive school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All I care about is that none of the high schools (and elementary and middle schools) in Arlington County are overcrowded.

They ALL will be overcrowded (with the exception of Jamestown & Discovery). It's just a matter of how overcrowded they will be.

This drives me crazy. Why can't Jamestown and Discovery take their share of the overcrowding?

This is BS. My kids went through Jamestown and had to deal with trailers. Enough with the class warfare crap. It's old.

How many trailers do they have now? Did they get redistricted from one overcrowded school to one that' much more crowded? Do they have a field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I care about is that none of the high schools (and elementary and middle schools) in Arlington County are overcrowded.

They ALL will be overcrowded (with the exception of Jamestown & Discovery). It's just a matter of how overcrowded they will be.

This drives me crazy. Why can't Jamestown and Discovery take their share of the overcrowding?

This is BS. My kids went through Jamestown and had to deal with trailers. Enough with the class warfare crap. It's old.

How many trailers do they have now? Did they get redistricted from one overcrowded school to one that' much more crowded? Do they have a field?

I fully believe it will all happen again. I dealt with it when my kids were there. The future parents will deal with it as well. Put down the pitchforks and torches.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No more Choice schools while we are in a crisis. And no more protected school sizes for Choice schools - ever.

OMG yes. I want to kill off HB Woodlawn right now. Yes yes, I know, "it will not solve the problem." Blah blah blah. What it will do thought is stop adding insult to injury to have to see all the golden ticket holders and what they have that my kids don't. Hate that school now.

You've posted about this before, right? All golden tickets and all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No more Choice schools while we are in a crisis. And no more protected school sizes for Choice schools - ever.

OMG yes. I want to kill off HB Woodlawn right now. Yes yes, I know, "it will not solve the problem." Blah blah blah. What it will do thought is stop adding insult to injury to have to see all the golden ticket holders and what they have that my kids don't. Hate that school now.

You've posted about this before, right? All golden tickets and all?

Not my words originally, but I read it somewhere here and thought it's a perfect description. I think there's lots of us who wish HB were gone.

[Anonymous]

Enrollment is artificially constrained at choice schools. The non-choice schools are forced to absorb the increased student population. That is why Swanson entire 7th grade is in trailers, taking up the tiny parking lot and part of its field. HB's enrollment has not increased during this crisis. HB is going to have a $100 million luxury building with field space for 750-800 -ish middle and high school kids. HB will increase its enrollment slightly (but not anywhere near where the rest of the schools are) once it gets its new building, and of course these additional students will be accommodated within the building - not in trailers. Choice schools are sacrosanct.

[Anonymous]

I didn't know O'Grady wanted choice all over Arlington. Wouldn't that increase busing costs and air pollution?

[Anonymous]

It is a golden ticket, tho. Parents and children cry (and I hear some threaten to sue) when they don't get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enrollment is artificially constrained at choice schools. The non-choice schools are forced to absorb the increased student population. That is why Swanson entire 7th grade is in trailers, taking up the tiny parking lot and part of its field. HB's enrollment has not increased during this crisis. HB is going to have a $100 million luxury building with field space for 750-800 -ish middle and high school kids. HB will increase its enrollment slightly (but not anywhere near where the rest of the schools are) once it gets its new building, and of course these additional students will be accommodated within the building - not in trailers. Choice schools are sacrosanct.

Au contraire! HB has increased (or will increase) a whopping 10 percent, or 70 students in absolute terms.

I guess those of us who are complaining about a 1300 student/ 30(?) percent increase just need to work on our empathy.

[Anonymous]

hahaha 70 students. That must be hard.

[Anonymous]

^^ and it is 70 students for middle AND high school.

[Anonymous]

10 per grade level I think.

[Anonymous]

Oh no. How will these children possibly be able to hold their frisbees when their hands will be engaged in holding up their sad little chins?

[Anonymous]

I choose to move to Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

A PP mentioned Kenmore moving, if I understand correctly.

Can someone please explain that???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I care about is that none of the high schools (and elementary and middle schools) in Arlington County are overcrowded.

They ALL will be overcrowded (with the exception of Jamestown & Discovery). It's just a matter of how overcrowded they will be.

This drives me crazy. Why can't Jamestown and Discovery take their share of the overcrowding?

Blame the old School Board! They built Discovery at Williamsburg because they had that land. That was not where an elementary was most needed. They should have opened Reed!

In the meantime, a bunch of Taylor families refused to get redustructed to Jamestown, but Jamestown could take more. Nottingham seems to be the most under-capacity - they have less than 500 kids! Meanwhile McKinley is a mess!