Which elementary school in Arlington?

[Anonymous]

We are planning to move to Arlington from DC and trying to pick which area to move to based on schools. Which elementary or middle schools should we consider being in zone for? I don’t want to ask which is “best” as I’m sure there are many good ones. I am trying to narrow down areas to look at.

[Anonymous]

How much $ do you have? I mean the schools trend with the neighborhood housing prices like everywhere in the US.

[Anonymous]

Note also that school zones change and that your neighborhood school may in fact close. So unless you live “across the street” from the school, expect the possibility of a zone change. APS families literally a short block away from their neighborhood middle school spent the past year fighting a proposed zoning change to another school far away.

This is happening not just in APS, but also DC, Montgomery and Fairfax counties over the next few years.

[Anonymous]

Is there any qualities that are important to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note also that school zones change and that your neighborhood school may in fact close. So unless you live “across the street” from the school, expect the possibility of a zone change. APS families literally a short block away from their neighborhood middle school spent the past year fighting a proposed zoning change to another school far away.

This is happening not just in APS, but also DC, Montgomery and Fairfax counties over the next few years.

No guarantee... ask the folks in Madison Manor adjacent to McKinley. APS Planning thinks big and doesn't care

[Anonymous]

Taylor or ASFS, DHMS, WL

[Anonymous]

Many great reasons to move to Arlington. The school system isn’t one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taylor or ASFS, DHMS, WL

Taylor, hamm then private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note also that school zones change and that your neighborhood school may in fact close. So unless you live “across the street” from the school, expect the possibility of a zone change. APS families literally a short block away from their neighborhood middle school spent the past year fighting a proposed zoning change to another school far away.

This is happening not just in APS, but also DC, Montgomery and Fairfax counties over the next few years.

No guarantee... ask the folks in Madison Manor adjacent to McKinley. APS Planning thinks big and doesn't care

This. Look at what they did to nottingham. Nottingham zone right now basically goes within two blocks of discovery.

[Anonymous]

I cannot believe people immediately turned this post into yet another complaining session about boundary squabbles to showcase their persistent entitlement.

The elementary schools in N Arlington are fairly interchangeable in terms of demographics and all would be fine. The main differences are size of student body and age of the facility. Pick a neighborhood or area you like and go from there.

[Anonymous]

OP as you will see from this thread there are people who think the only criteria for a good school is one their child can walk to. Above all else, their children need to walk to school.

You need to lay out a lot more info about what you’re looking for if you want useful advice.

[Anonymous]

What’s your budget, do you need to commute and what is important to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP as you will see from this thread there are people who think the only criteria for a good school is one their child can walk to. Above all else, their children need to walk to school.

And then their parents will drive them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP as you will see from this thread there are people who think the only criteria for a good school is one their child can walk to. Above all else, their children need to walk to school.

You need to lay out a lot more info about what you’re looking for if you want useful advice.

In N. Arlington that's code for "I don't want my kids going to school with the poors."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP as you will see from this thread there are people who think the only criteria for a good school is one their child can walk to. Above all else, their children need to walk to school.

You need to lay out a lot more info about what you’re looking for if you want useful advice.

In N. Arlington that's code for "I don't want my kids going to school with the poors."

Honestly it’s not (at least not in north Arlington). Do you think there’s a substantial different between the number of poor people at cardinal vs tuckahoe vs Nottingham vs discovery vs Jamestown vs Taylor? No. The main difference is that those two blocks/not crossing a main road mean that your kid can walk home independently vs having to walk them home at pickup. It’s code for “I am lazy”.
Now in south Arlington where you have fleet vs barcroft vs Drew vs oak ridge, there may be a hidden meaning.