ACPS redistricting June 12 Vote

[Anonymous]

The new borders stretch far away from MacArthur's current borders and are not reflective of neighborhood school. Children who can currently walk to MacArthur will need to be bussed to George Mason. Children who can currently walk to Patrick Henry will need to be bussed to MacArthur through the traffic of seminary and Duke which can take often take 20 minutes. This makes it more difficult for families to be involved and attend after school events. That is not a neighborhood school and the school board admits this is true.

Another problem with these fluctuating Middle School and Elementary borders is that after elementary redistricting in 2026 current students will form new friendships, but those friendships will be severed as the kids are forced to different middle schools. This is HARMFUL to children in these effected neighborhoods and I don't know how you can say otherwise. There must be another map that can be drawn up to minimize the upheaval for these children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new borders stretch far away from MacArthur's current borders and are not reflective of neighborhood school. Children who can currently walk to MacArthur will need to be bussed to George Mason. Children who can currently walk to Patrick Henry will need to be bussed to MacArthur through the traffic of seminary and Duke which can take often take 20 minutes. This makes it more difficult for families to be involved and attend after school events. That is not a neighborhood school and the school board admits this is true.

Another problem with these fluctuating Middle School and Elementary borders is that after elementary redistricting in 2026 current students will form new friendships, but those friendships will be severed as the kids are forced to different middle schools. This is HARMFUL to children in these effected neighborhoods and I don't know how you can say otherwise. There must be another map that can be drawn up to minimize the upheaval for these children.

Wow. Again, this is untrue and getting more egregious.

No one that can currently walk to MacArthur will need to be bussed to George Mason. In the triangle plans, nearly everyone in the three study areas that shift to Mason (54, 162, 193) is as close or closer to Mason than MacArthur, and same for 95 in the circle and square plans (where neither school is walkable). The people closer to Braddock in 54 and 162 are significantly closer to Mason than MacArthur. Meanwhile the number of kids needing transportation across the system goes down across all plans, except triangle 3 where it goes up by 10 kids.

I feel bad for any PH families that are much closer to PH than MacArthur, but even there some of the areas are not meaningfully further away (like 67) and people in areas like the new 197 are closer to MacArthur than people in 167 who are part of MacArthur currently (guess it isn’t currently a neighborhood school by your definition).

And no, it isn’t harmful for kids at the second largest K-5 by capacity to go to two different middle schools. They will still be going with a cohort from their school that is larger than the smallest K-5s. They’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

PP admit it. You don't feel bad for anyone who will have to lose their school communities and/or friends. It's obvious you could care less about these students and very clear that you don't have very upset children impacted by rezoning which is great for you. I kinda doubt you even have children. But WOW it's so bizarre that you are mansplaining and minimizing others personal lived experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP admit it. You don't feel bad for anyone who will have to lose their school communities and/or friends. It's obvious you could care less about these students and very clear that you don't have very upset children impacted by rezoning which is great for you. I kinda doubt you even have children. But WOW it's so bizarre that you are mansplaining and minimizing others personal lived experiences.

I feel bad for the people whose kids are at schools at 125% of their capacity, who you apparently want to see stuck in that situation while you get access to a sub-80% capacity school.

I feel bad for kids who would have to go to a middle school that would be at 140% of capacity all because some loud parents came up with a weak argument about how sending kids from one of the largest elementary schools to two different middle schools (for all of three years before they are in high school together again) is some life ruining thing.

I feel bad for the people who would no longer need transportation because they would benefit from these changes if only some parents weren’t trying to delay the process and preserve the advantages they have.

I don’t feel bad for people at an underutilized school that are resistant to adding poorer minority kids to their school, no. And I don’t feel bad for people making dishonest or embellished arguments and advocating for approaches that hurt way more kids than they help.

[Anonymous]

Amen, PP. Amen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP admit it. You don't feel bad for anyone who will have to lose their school communities and/or friends. It's obvious you could care less about these students and very clear that you don't have very upset children impacted by rezoning which is great for you. I kinda doubt you even have children. But WOW it's so bizarre that you are mansplaining and minimizing others personal lived experiences.

I feel bad for the people whose kids are at schools at 125% of their capacity, who you apparently want to see stuck in that situation while you get access to a sub-80% capacity school.

I feel bad for kids who would have to go to a middle school that would be at 140% of capacity all because some loud parents came up with a weak argument about how sending kids from one of the largest elementary schools to two different middle schools (for all of three years before they are in high school together again) is some life ruining thing.

I feel bad for the people who would no longer need transportation because they would benefit from these changes if only some parents weren’t trying to delay the process and preserve the advantages they have.

I don’t feel bad for people at an underutilized school that are resistant to adding poorer minority kids to their school, no. And I don’t feel bad for people making dishonest or embellished arguments and advocating for approaches that hurt way more kids than they help.

You sound like a worrier/fighter full of anger - chill out, PP. I don't see OP saying anything about resistance to adding poor minority kids to the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP admit it. You don't feel bad for anyone who will have to lose their school communities and/or friends. It's obvious you could care less about these students and very clear that you don't have very upset children impacted by rezoning which is great for you. I kinda doubt you even have children. But WOW it's so bizarre that you are mansplaining and minimizing others personal lived experiences.

I feel bad for the people whose kids are at schools at 125% of their capacity, who you apparently want to see stuck in that situation while you get access to a sub-80% capacity school.

I feel bad for kids who would have to go to a middle school that would be at 140% of capacity all because some loud parents came up with a weak argument about how sending kids from one of the largest elementary schools to two different middle schools (for all of three years before they are in high school together again) is some life ruining thing.

I feel bad for the people who would no longer need transportation because they would benefit from these changes if only some parents weren’t trying to delay the process and preserve the advantages they have.

I don’t feel bad for people at an underutilized school that are resistant to adding poorer minority kids to their school, no. And I don’t feel bad for people making dishonest or embellished arguments and advocating for approaches that hurt way more kids than they help.

You sound like a worrier/fighter full of anger - chill out, PP. I don't see OP saying anything about resistance to adding poor minority kids to the school.

^^when you can’t engage on substance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t all of MacArthur go to Hammond?

Maybe the SB should call these parents’ bluff and propose that in response.

That would be too amazing. True colors of these "progressive" MacArthur families are being shown.

Where did DM parents claim to be "progressives"?

And since when does objecting to sending your kid to school with gang bangers cost one their democratic bona fides?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

Then why aren't you volunteering to offer them free tutoring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

Then why aren't you volunteering to offer them free tutoring?

What? She’s literally the teacher at the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

Then why aren't you volunteering to offer them free tutoring?

What? She’s literally the teacher at the school.

And she's getting paid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

Then why aren't you volunteering to offer them free tutoring?

What? She’s literally the teacher at the school.

And she's getting paid.

Your points make zero sense.

Her point was that she’s seen the difference between an overcapacity and under capacity school. Volunteering (at her own school?) and getting paid (?) are irrelevant to that point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

Then why aren't you volunteering to offer them free tutoring?

What? She’s literally the teacher at the school.

And she's getting paid.

Your points make zero sense.

Her point was that she’s seen the difference between an overcapacity and under capacity school. Volunteering (at her own school?) and getting paid (?) are irrelevant to that point.

My point was if she really cared about the situation she would help. But she doesn't

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Amen, PP. Amen.

+1. I am a teacher at an over capacity school and agree with all of what PP says. It is infuriating to walk into MacArthur and see the half empty classrooms while we are bursting at the seams.

Then why aren't you volunteering to offer them free tutoring?

What? She’s literally the teacher at the school.

And she's getting paid.

Your points make zero sense.

Her point was that she’s seen the difference between an overcapacity and under capacity school. Volunteering (at her own school?) and getting paid (?) are irrelevant to that point.

My point was if she really cared about the situation she would help. But she doesn't

You can’t volunteer during the workday to alleviate the burden of overcrowding at a school you already work at during that same workday.