Jamestown ES

[Anonymous]

Moving from out of state and considering purchasing a home zoned for Jamestown ES. We have three kids (rising k, 2, 4). What is the school like?

[Anonymous]

It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

[Anonymous]

Also Arlington just passed the most progressive zoning code in the country and you can build up to a 6 unit apartment building in any single family neighborhood in the country. Nobody things there will be radical changes overnight, but just be aware that if you buy on a street of homes ripe for redevelopment that you may see duplexes, triplexes, and more replacing the older homes.

[Anonymous]

Search this forum. It’s highly-ranked but many families feel excluded and unwelcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Sorry you couldn’t afford a house inbounds for Jamestown.

[Anonymous]

I can! But we also don’t use the public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Sorry you couldn’t afford a house inbounds for Jamestown.

So if you read the post above, these are the kind of people you will find there.

[Anonymous]

OP - Thanks! I’ve search the forum. Interested in any current views on how the school is doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - Thanks! I’ve search the forum. Interested in any current views on how the school is doing.

Can you elaborate? What are you interested in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also Arlington just passed the most progressive zoning code in the country and you can build up to a 6 unit apartment building in any single family neighborhood in the country. Nobody things there will be radical changes overnight, but just be aware that if you buy on a street of homes ripe for redevelopment that you may see duplexes, triplexes, and more replacing the older homes.

Let's be realistic here. This really isn't going to be a big threat in the Jamestown zone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also Arlington just passed the most progressive zoning code in the country and you can build up to a 6 unit apartment building in any single family neighborhood in the country. Nobody things there will be radical changes overnight, but just be aware that if you buy on a street of homes ripe for redevelopment that you may see duplexes, triplexes, and more replacing the older homes.

Let's be realistic here. This really isn't going to be a big threat in the Jamestown zone.

There might be a few side by side duplexes or townhouses that sell for $1.5 mil each, so that would be tragic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also Arlington just passed the most progressive zoning code in the country and you can build up to a 6 unit apartment building in any single family neighborhood in the country. Nobody things there will be radical changes overnight, but just be aware that if you buy on a street of homes ripe for redevelopment that you may see duplexes, triplexes, and more replacing the older homes.

Let's be realistic here. This really isn't going to be a big threat in the Jamestown zone.

I don’t think it will see a large impact at all. Maybe a few things on Glebe or Old Dominion. But OP doesn’t live here so likely has no idea. I would personally want to know that possibility before making a move. It would likely be a surprise to most homebuyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - Thanks! I’ve search the forum. Interested in any current views on how the school is doing.

It's always one of the top-performing schools in Arlington due to the demographics. It's a good community, albeit rife with affluenza.

PP who said PTA events are held at the country club is wrong -- they're held at the schools. However, the annual fundraiser IS indeed held at the Washington Golf and Country Club. And it's an over-the-top soiree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.