Is Nottingham going to be the new option school in Arlington or its still being decided?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

No—the East/West split happens next year. So your assertion is flawed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

No—the East/West split happens next year. So your assertion is flawed.

It's totally irrelevant to this thread, but there are definitely South Arlington families at Key, just look at the transfer report.

Anyway, no one in N Arlington is going to lose equity because of the location of some science lab equipment or because they need to go to a neighborhood school a mile away. Just because a few loonies say it does not make it true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

No—the East/West split happens next year. So your assertion is flawed.

So how do any of the proposed changes involved "moving a S Arlington school to Key"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

Ohhh, this is good to know, and I hope APS and the school board are reading here from time to time...or I might send them this, especially since they are considering slamming another single family neighborhood with several thousands of choice seats in one spot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

Can we agree that neither a change in Key to neighborhood nor a change in MckinTuckNottDiscov to option will decrease property values? The premise is ridiculous.

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Although I don't agree with the tone of the PP here, I do believe property values will have a negative effect. People will pay a premium to "walk" to their neighborhood school.

[Anonymous]

Can we all generally agree that if we see someone make an outlandish statement purportedly in support of one community or another, we will recognize the possibility that it might be someone from outside that community trying to make them look bad. No matter where you go in this county, most people are not raging assholes. They are not horribly selfish people, yes they want to make sure their own kids are okay but most aren't saying, "Me first, screw everyone else." Let's give each other the same benefit of the doubt we'd want for ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we all generally agree that if we see someone make an outlandish statement purportedly in support of one community or another, we will recognize the possibility that it might be someone from outside that community trying to make them look bad. No matter where you go in this county, most people are not raging assholes. They are not horribly selfish people, yes they want to make sure their own kids are okay but most aren't saying, "Me first, screw everyone else." Let's give each other the same benefit of the doubt we'd want for ourselves.

Ha! Have you seen cherrydale though? Those guys are real jerks and willing to screw over their entire school community! And all of their neighbors that currently go to Taylor!

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Anonymous wrote:Can we all generally agree that if we see someone make an outlandish statement purportedly in support of one community or another, we will recognize the possibility that it might be someone from outside that community trying to make them look bad. No matter where you go in this county, most people are not raging assholes. They are not horribly selfish people, yes they want to make sure their own kids are okay but most aren't saying, "Me first, screw everyone else." Let's give each other the same benefit of the doubt we'd want for ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

No—the East/West split happens next year. So your assertion is flawed.

My son is at Key so this is not a guess. There are indeed South Arlington families at Key. Henry tracks to Key and there are other south Arlington families who in the past didn't get into Claremont.

Per APS (https://www.apsva.us/school-options/elementary-school-choices/area-and-countywide-elementary/)
Schools that feed Key: Arlington Science Focus/Key, Barrett, Discovery, Glebe, Henry, Jamestown, Long Branch, and Taylor.
School that feed Claremont: Abingdon, Ashlawn, Barcroft, Carlin Springs, Hoffman-Boston, McKinley, Nottingham, Oakridge, Tuckahoe, Randolph.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

Can we agree that neither a change in Key to neighborhood nor a change in MckinTuckNottDiscov to option will decrease property values? The premise is ridiculous.

+1

Although I don't agree with the tone of the PP here, I do believe property values will have a negative effect. People will pay a premium to "walk" to their neighborhood school.

I think making Key neighborhood will increase property values. A walkable neighborhood school 2 blocks from the metro and 2 stops from DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

No—the East/West split happens next year. So your assertion is flawed.

So how do any of the proposed changes involved "moving a S Arlington school to Key"?

Yeah, I'm not following this logic. South Arlington kids have been at Key, and there has been an E/W Immersion split for as long as I can remember. The only difference in the policy is that now nobody has a guarantee to attend Key, even if they live across the street. It's 100% lottery, but they didn't change the feeder pattern for this year.

[Anonymous]

Nottingham is going to have 46 buses. Also, it's 92% walkers and all potential walkers do walk. None of them arrive by car.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can we all generally agree that if we see someone make an outlandish statement purportedly in support of one community or another, we will recognize the possibility that it might be someone from outside that community trying to make them look bad. No matter where you go in this county, most people are not raging assholes. They are not horribly selfish people, yes they want to make sure their own kids are okay but most aren't saying, "Me first, screw everyone else." Let's give each other the same benefit of the doubt we'd want for ourselves.

Ha! Have you seen cherrydale though? Those guys are real jerks and willing to screw over their entire school community! And all of their neighbors that currently go to Taylor!

Yes, I have seen Cherrydale. It seems like a pretty good mix of people who want to stay at their currently schools and people would would like to be able to go to the school in their neighborhood instead of being bused further away. Both are reasonable, understandable positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, neighborhood house values will go down. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.

No, they won't, hysterical cow.

Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them. Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough. Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent. Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds.

How would a South Arlington school come to Key?

I was confused by that too. For better or worse it will likely be a neighborhood school. Which means it will serve NE Arlington.
BTW immersion is an east/west split so there are already South Arlington Families at Key.

I think what that PP meant was, that they are worried about their home values, if South Arlington KIDS come to Key.
Which is disgusting! Shame on those people.
And FYI Key has been the immersion school for southeast Arlington for a long time, you can be dead certain you have a lot of South Arlington kids at Key already.