APS - Elementary School Boundaries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing that is disappointing with the changes is taylor is emptied. Like as empty as tuckahoe. There’s no option to fill it either since it’s boundary is surrounded by planning units either moved to key or asfs. They also moved out the one affordable housing building zoned to taylor, so not sure if the frl rate is inaccurate.

They got rid of the island but created a systemic inequality between two neighboring schools.

What is the systematic inequality you are mentioning? Can you explain?

[Anonymous]

I am hoping that no additional student population will move in to Glebe? Am I reading this right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thing that is disappointing with the changes is taylor is emptied. Like as empty as tuckahoe. There’s no option to fill it either since it’s boundary is surrounded by planning units either moved to key or asfs. They also moved out the one affordable housing building zoned to taylor, so not sure if the frl rate is inaccurate.

They got rid of the island but created a systemic inequality between two neighboring schools.

What is the systematic inequality you are mentioning? Can you explain?

Taylor will not be able to relieve capacity for the next five years— in this proposal it is at 80% or below. There is no way to fill it. They boxed themselves in.
Asfs on the other hand is over capacity. The only kids that can be moved out in the next five years is the area in courthouse, which is also the only affordable housing at asfs. So in the next round, their only option is to move courthouse to long branch (or Hoffman Boston or fleet) to relieve crowding at asfs. This causes asfs to go to 0% f/rl, long branch and key meantime will be closer to 50%. So you end up with taylor at 70% with >10% f/rl, asfs at 100% capacity but 0% f/rl, and long branch can no longer be used to relieve crowding south of route 50. Taylor never gets filled unless it goes option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thing that is disappointing with the changes is taylor is emptied. Like as empty as tuckahoe. There’s no option to fill it either since it’s boundary is surrounded by planning units either moved to key or asfs. They also moved out the one affordable housing building zoned to taylor, so not sure if the frl rate is inaccurate.

They got rid of the island but created a systemic inequality between two neighboring schools.

What is the systematic inequality you are mentioning? Can you explain?

Taylor will not be able to relieve capacity for the next five years— in this proposal it is at 80% or below. There is no way to fill it. They boxed themselves in.
Asfs on the other hand is over capacity. The only kids that can be moved out in the next five years is the area in courthouse, which is also the only affordable housing at asfs. So in the next round, their only option is to move courthouse to long branch (or Hoffman Boston or fleet) to relieve crowding at asfs. This causes asfs to go to 0% f/rl, long branch and key meantime will be closer to 50%. So you end up with taylor at 70% with >10% f/rl, asfs at 100% capacity but 0% f/rl, and long branch can no longer be used to relieve crowding south of route 50. Taylor never gets filled unless it goes option.

There are Glebe units that are way closer to Taylor than any of the Key or ASFS units. Glebe can push to Taylor and Ashlawn can push to Glebe and Barrett can push to Ashlawn.

Which units would you put in Taylor instead of Key or ASFS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are homeschooling for the year, will our 4th grader be able to grandfather into their original school? Was that discussed, its not like this was our preference but APS DL was not working for our situation.

No. You’re child is not a currently enrolled student, so there’s nothing to grandfather.

You could re enroll at the end of the year. Not sure if that would work but you would be a student at year end.

According to the slides the4th graders need to be enrolled as of Dec 7, 2020 to be grandfathered.

Well that throws pee in DS cornflakes. If they had made DL or hybrid work we wouldn’t have had to homeschool our DS and now they won’t even let him return for his last year.

[Anonymous]

I would probably put parts of north rosslyn at taylor -- there are quite a few planning units that are outside the key walk zone that are right next to the taylor boundary. Its a shorter bus ride to key, but their neighbors already go to Taylor -- crossing 66 is a small footbridge in parts of rosslyn, so there's no reason why they couldn't go to taylor.

Does Glebe need relieving?

[Anonymous]

Will part of this be addressed if they move an option school to the north? I kind of assumed that if they did so, people would be shifted around across the whole area into the underenrolled schools. Like if Tuckahoe or Nottingham were option, everything would shift east and eventually some of the units from Discovery or Jamestown would end up at Taylor (which, ironically I think some of the ones east of Old Dominion originally were at Taylor before DIscovery opened?) Who knows...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will part of this be addressed if they move an option school to the north? I kind of assumed that if they did so, people would be shifted around across the whole area into the underenrolled schools. Like if Tuckahoe or Nottingham were option, everything would shift east and eventually some of the units from Discovery or Jamestown would end up at Taylor (which, ironically I think some of the ones east of Old Dominion originally were at Taylor before DIscovery opened?) Who knows...

I think this would only be addressed if they make taylor an option school. They can pull glebe to taylor, but I don’t think you can do that without emptying glebe, and then to fill glebe you start hitting some walls with Reed’s walk zone.

[Anonymous]

If a school is under capacity, are the chances better of transferring in? Or not really because the teaching/staff would numbers would also go down accordingly?

[Anonymous]

The rich won, as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am hoping that no additional student population will move in to Glebe? Am I reading this right?

Isn't part of McKinley moving to Glebe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rich won, as usual.

I go you mean Lyon Village, they were actually advocating to all stay together at ASFS. Having half the neighborhood at Key with the apartment kids is not what they wanted. Go read the public comments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The rich won, as usual.

I go you mean Lyon Village, they were actually advocating to all stay together at ASFS. Having half the neighborhood at Key with the apartment kids is not what they wanted. Go read the public comments.

Many of the “apartment kids” are north of Lee Highway and got sent to Taylor. I am glad my kids are in middle school because I am literally three blocks from Key, but across Lee Highway and would be extra pissed. Who is going to let a kindergartner walk alone to school anyway? The intersection at N. Adams is well-signaled, and it’s not an issue. My sister is in Glebe zone and she’s closer to Taylor than we are and they’re packed. Just dumb.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The rich won, as usual.

I go you mean Lyon Village, they were actually advocating to all stay together at ASFS. Having half the neighborhood at Key with the apartment kids is not what they wanted. Go read the public comments.

Many of the “apartment kids” are north of Lee Highway and got sent to Taylor. I am glad my kids are in middle school because I am literally three blocks from Key, but across Lee Highway and would be extra pissed. Who is going to let a kindergartner walk alone to school anyway? The intersection at N. Adams is well-signaled, and it’s not an issue. My sister is in Glebe zone and she’s closer to Taylor than we are and they’re packed. Just dumb.

Crossing Lee at Adams is probably safer than the unlighted crosswalk at Kirkwood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The rich won, as usual.

I go you mean Lyon Village, they were actually advocating to all stay together at ASFS. Having half the neighborhood at Key with the apartment kids is not what they wanted. Go read the public comments.

Many of the “apartment kids” are north of Lee Highway and got sent to Taylor. I am glad my kids are in middle school because I am literally three blocks from Key, but across Lee Highway and would be extra pissed. Who is going to let a kindergartner walk alone to school anyway? The intersection at N. Adams is well-signaled, and it’s not an issue. My sister is in Glebe zone and she’s closer to Taylor than we are and they’re packed. Just dumb.

Crossing Lee at Adams is probably safer than the unlighted crosswalk at Kirkwood.

Exactly. It’s a highly visible intersection with a long traffic light on a divided highway. And we don’t even help the FRL numbers at Taylor - not low income housing. But my kids are out of elementary, so it’s someone else’s fight at this point.