APS Sinking Ship

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can’t all go private.
There is literally not enough spaces for that either.
The region isn’t prepared to handle the current density, let alone more.
Of course education is going to suffer.
Everything is going to suffer.

Yeah, a bunch of high income white/Asian engineers' kids are going to make education suffer in the area.

According to the county, there will hardly be any Amazon kids in APS. Wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can’t all go private.
There is literally not enough spaces for that either.
The region isn’t prepared to handle the current density, let alone more.
Of course education is going to suffer.
Everything is going to suffer.

Yeah, a bunch of high income white/Asian engineers' kids are going to make education suffer in the area.

According to the county, there will hardly be any Amazon kids in APS. Wrong.

They’ll all be in NA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can’t all go private.
There is literally not enough spaces for that either.
The region isn’t prepared to handle the current density, let alone more.
Of course education is going to suffer.
Everything is going to suffer.

Yeah, a bunch of high income white/Asian engineers' kids are going to make education suffer in the area.

According to the county, there will hardly be any Amazon kids in APS. Wrong.

They’ll all be in NA.

And instead of busing them, the county will just build more schools there...

[Anonymous]

Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

Not taking about the kind of people. Just bodies in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

Not taking about the kind of people. Just bodies in general.

Didn't MoCo put a freeze on development to ease school overcrowding? That's a solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can’t all go private.
There is literally not enough spaces for that either.
The region isn’t prepared to handle the current density, let alone more.
Of course education is going to suffer.
Everything is going to suffer.

Yeah, a bunch of high income white/Asian engineers' kids are going to make education suffer in the area.

According to the county, there will hardly be any Amazon kids in APS. Wrong.

They’ll all be in NA.

And instead of busing them, the county will just build more schools there...

With indoor slides?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

Fear of competition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

Not taking about the kind of people. Just bodies in general.

Didn't MoCo put a freeze on development to ease school overcrowding? That's a solution.

The CB would never do that. They just gave amazons millions to come here and further urbanize the surrounding area. They really do want Arlington to look like ballston except north of lee highway, where all the connected people live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

Not taking about the kind of people. Just bodies in general.

Didn't MoCo put a freeze on development to ease school overcrowding? That's a solution.

The CB would never do that. They just gave amazons millions to come here and further urbanize the surrounding area. They really do want Arlington to look like ballston except north of lee highway, where all the connected people live.

If that's the case, then we go back to the old argument that most lower income folks will be priced out eventually, except the ones who are lucky enough to get the CAFs. Then the ship will right itself eventually...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many people is too many people.
Too many on the roads.
Too many on the sidewalks.
Too many in the schools.

I agree. Send them back to Central America. Oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Why do we have "immigrants welcome" on the one hand, but "too many" when it's predominantly whites and Asians?

Not taking about the kind of people. Just bodies in general.

Didn't MoCo put a freeze on development to ease school overcrowding? That's a solution.

The CB would never do that. They just gave amazons millions to come here and further urbanize the surrounding area. They really do want Arlington to look like ballston except north of lee highway, where all the connected people live.

If that's the case, then we go back to the old argument that most lower income folks will be priced out eventually, except the ones who are lucky enough to get the CAFs. Then the ship will right itself eventually...

Except that there are more lower income kids living in Arlington now than 25 years ago. The people getting priced out are middle class people who can’t afford to buy or rent and don’t qualify for subsidies. The CB gestures at this issue by calling it the “missing middle” but that’s all it is- a gesture.

It’s not that the people in CAFs aren’t lucky, it’s that they aren’t “few”. A single large CAF produces over 100 students, every year, forever. And we build a new one or two in SA every year. Think about how many SFH are needed to do the same, especially given the prevalence of 30 year mortgages and generational turnover of homes. Just wait until Barcroft Apts is expanded.

[Anonymous]

Columbia Pike is getting several more big buildings. All are market rate, though, which I was glad to see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Columbia Pike is getting several more big buildings. All are market rate, though, which I was glad to see.

Yup. And doubtful any kids will be living in them, so that’s a plus on the one hand for keeping overcrowding manageable. If MC kids do end up living there, it’s exactly where we don’t need them - the Fleet zone, which along with Oakridge already has the lowest FRL rates in SA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia Pike is getting several more big buildings. All are market rate, though, which I was glad to see.

Yup. And doubtful any kids will be living in them, so that’s a plus on the one hand for keeping overcrowding manageable. If MC kids do end up living there, it’s exactly where we don’t need them - the Fleet zone, which along with Oakridge already has the lowest FRL rates in SA.

The one that is close to completion right now is at Mason and the Pike - that's in Barcroft. And there's supposed to be a plan for townhomes just off Taylor St S.