APS Elementary Planning Mtg at Swanson - Option 1 in, Option 2 out, McKinley Moms out of contro

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Anonymous wrote:I can't wait for the longform Atlantic article to come out about this process and APS moms.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't wait for the longform Atlantic article to come out about this process and APS moms.

Surely someone is placing yet another thinly sourced WaPo article about the racistness of it all as we speak.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't wait for the longform Atlantic article to come out about this process and APS moms.

Surely someone is placing yet another thinly sourced WaPo article about the racistness of it all as we speak.

Oh, you know it.

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Anonymous wrote:I cracked up at the lunatic screaming about how much of a check she needs to write to the re-election campaigns of APS *staff*.

I admired staff’s composure in the face of such ignorance. I have to wonder where that #savemckinley warrior thinks the magic money line is drawn. That’s usually a claim made about the rt 50 n/s divide.

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Anonymous wrote:I cracked up at the lunatic screaming about how much of a check she needs to write to the re-election campaigns of APS *staff*.

She was screaming at Goldstein, who was in attendance.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't wait for the longform Atlantic article to come out about this process and APS moms.

Surely someone is placing yet another thinly sourced WaPo article about the racistness of it all as we speak.

The last one made zero sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cracked up at the lunatic screaming about how much of a check she needs to write to the re-election campaigns of APS *staff*.

She was screaming at Goldstein, who was in attendance.

So she thinks people in the north (as she defines it) pay Goldstein to control APS staff like puppets? Equally insane.

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Wow, I am embarrassed for our community. I can not believe people were applauding that McK mom’s insanity.

Here is my anonymous opinion (red meat for the wolves): if you moved into the Westover area in the past 7-10 years, you CANNOT claim surprise or trauma that the schools are in flux. Any half wit could have read the writing on the wall: tons of young families => the need for more seats => steps taken to balance enrollments and serve the overall public good.

You want more control over how a school is run? Go private.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there tonight and she was threatening. Completely disgusting behavior. She was the worst but there were other McKinley people in the hall who were pretty bad. There were two neighbors who were horrified that buses would be driving through their neighborhood to McKinley as they walked to Ashlawn - seriously!!! They should be glad they are walkable either way.

My takeaways were:
- Large majority of McKinley will be walkers in the proposal
- ASFS population and surrounding is so large they can absorb ASFS and Key
- ATS can keep their name. They will be like HB move this year -everyone will go because they love the program.
- Key can move intact. Some people were only going there because it was close. Their population will fit in ATS just fine.
- Need to preserve VPI and ensure those classes are in the right places to best serve high rush populations.
- McKinley parents are possibly the worst in Arlington. They tried to throw other schools under the bus and when their arguments didn’t make sense, they just yelled.

Bottom line is that the McKinley mom may stroke out but her neighbors and their kids will be just fine. No different than the Fleet or Discovery redistricting.

Which schools did they try to throw under the bus and what were the arguments.

So bummed the recording isn’t available, hopefully tomorrow.

They kept screaming about Ashlawn like it was a Super Max prison. Why not Tuckaoe or Nottingham. Screaming that other schools would be under capacity. Psychos.

I would be angry if I paid and was zoned for a 10 school and got moved to 7 school which is a 30% drop which will show in home values and school quality.

https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/111-Ashlawn-Elementary-School/

https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/124-McKinley-Elementary-School/

Yeah, so what. No one cares about those who got rezoned from the former Henry to Drew. Being angry solves nothing.

As a former Henry parent who got rezoned to Drew, I am LOVING watching this whole process unfold. Parents having strokes because their snowflakes are getting moved from one amazing North Arlington School to a DIFFERENT amazing North Arlington school. Unbelievable. Also, could people please stop comparing the Fleet redistricting to the Discovery redistricting please? Again, this was moving children from a great school to another great school. Entirely different scenario.

[Anonymous]

Who is the man speaking at the very end of the meeting? Right before the livestream breaks off?

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Anonymous wrote:I was there tonight and she was threatening. Completely disgusting behavior. She was the worst but there were other McKinley people in the hall who were pretty bad. There were two neighbors who were horrified that buses would be driving through their neighborhood to McKinley as they walked to Ashlawn - seriously!!! They should be glad they are walkable either way.

My takeaways were:
- Large majority of McKinley will be walkers in the proposal
- ASFS population and surrounding is so large they can absorb ASFS and Key
- ATS can keep their name. They will be like HB move this year -everyone will go because they love the program.
- Key can move intact. Some people were only going there because it was close. Their population will fit in ATS just fine.
- Need to preserve VPI and ensure those classes are in the right places to best serve high rush populations.
- McKinley parents are possibly the worst in Arlington. They tried to throw other schools under the bus and when their arguments didn’t make sense, they just yelled.

Bottom line is that the McKinley mom may stroke out but her neighbors and their kids will be just fine. No different than the Fleet or Discovery redistricting.

Which schools did they try to throw under the bus and what were the arguments.

So bummed the recording isn’t available, hopefully tomorrow.

They kept screaming about Ashlawn like it was a Super Max prison. Why not Tuckaoe or Nottingham. Screaming that other schools would be under capacity. Psychos.

I would be angry if I paid and was zoned for a 10 school and got moved to 7 school which is a 30% drop which will show in home values and school quality.

https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/111-Ashlawn-Elementary-School/

https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/124-McKinley-Elementary-School/

Yeah, so what. No one cares about those who got rezoned from the former Henry to Drew. Being angry solves nothing.

As a former Henry parent who got rezoned to Drew, I am LOVING watching this whole process unfold. Parents having strokes because their snowflakes are getting moved from one amazing North Arlington School to a DIFFERENT amazing North Arlington school. Unbelievable. Also, could people please stop comparing the Fleet redistricting to the Discovery redistricting please? Again, this was moving children from a great school to another great school. Entirely different scenario.

Don’t gloat too much. At the last minute school board will come up with another option that will screw South Arlington a la the high school boundary process.

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One of the crazies outed herself on AEM.

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Anonymous wrote:alarm bells go off when i hear that suburban white women are angry about something related to schools. But so far i’m not hearing any of the drama on this livestream.

Keep listening.

Eh. I listened to the whole thing. She was very upset, but I wouldn’t say unhinged. (South Arlington parent with no dog in the fight)

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. AEM finally chimes in and it’s the Key teacher claiming that the speakers being called unhinged must be wronged non-white people. WTH?! Can she say anything without going to racism? The crazy speakers were McK. 99% chance they were white. If I had my kid in her class, I’d pull him so fast!

Actually, she said something like “the speakers may have been white” (because normally that would mean that they should just stfu, right?) “but they were speaking on behalf of undocumented people without a voice.” I’m assuming that means that some of the screamers were #savekey advocates, or that she thought that they were.

I’m not sure where the crazy ends and the crazier begins.

No. She said the people were called unhinged b/c they were non-white. She wasn't there. They just jumped to conclusions that someone acting crazy was called out for it b/c she didn't think the crazies were white. They were. They all were.

Her words:

While I realize that the people that were being disorderly last night were White, many of them are standing up for communities that cannot speak for themselves, i.e. undocumented peoples.

Undocumented people at McKinley!!! HAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:alarm bells go off when i hear that suburban white women are angry about something related to schools. But so far i’m not hearing any of the drama on this livestream.

Keep listening.

Eh. I listened to the whole thing. She was very upset, but I wouldn’t say unhinged. (South Arlington parent with no dog in the fight)

Audio did not catch that she was SCREAMING, standing up and pointing her finger at staff and Goldstein. Throwing her hands up and screaming to blow up [another NA school].