Arlington school boundary petition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what is annoying about all you people who are so obsessed with school boundaries? You all share the same disease of "someone else's kid" should suffer.

YOUR child must not have to ride a bus. YOUR child must not have to switch to a less desirable school. YOUR child must not in any way be inconvenienced or made to feel bad in any way whatsoever because your child could not possibly handle not having the ideal educational environment at every moment of his or her life..

But someone else's kid having to switch schools or ride the bus or lose a program? No problem. That just "makes sense."

And obviously if someone else advocates for his or her child, that person is just throwing his money and power and influence around.

The other thing that is annoying about all of you is that you think you are urban planners. Yeah, just build a school where Red Top cab is located. Easy peasy. It's not like there is already a business there or anything.

No matter how you slice it, someone is going to be unhappy. You guys need to all stop thinking this all matters so damn much. Your kids are tougher than you think. They will not wilt and die if you don't manage to fashion a learning environment perfectly tailored to their needs. In fact, a little hardship might be good for your soft kids. It might teach them something about resilience and grit and determination.

Lady, do you seriously no how fricking small the Red Top site is? There is no way an elementary school, even a very tiny one could fit there.

Sure- easy peasy . I actually do know how big it is because we walk by it everyday on our way to school.

Um, I was making fun of the suggestion earlier in this thread that they build a school there. So follow along, simmer down and stop calling me "lady!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what is annoying about all you people who are so obsessed with school boundaries? You all share the same disease of "someone else's kid" should suffer.

YOUR child must not have to ride a bus. YOUR child must not have to switch to a less desirable school. YOUR child must not in any way be inconvenienced or made to feel bad in any way whatsoever because your child could not possibly handle not having the ideal educational environment at every moment of his or her life..

But someone else's kid having to switch schools or ride the bus or lose a program? No problem. That just "makes sense."

And obviously if someone else advocates for his or her child, that person is just throwing his money and power and influence around.

The other thing that is annoying about all of you is that you think you are urban planners. Yeah, just build a school where Red Top cab is located. Easy peasy. It's not like there is already a business there or anything.

No matter how you slice it, someone is going to be unhappy. You guys need to all stop thinking this all matters so damn much. Your kids are tougher than you think. They will not wilt and die if you don't manage to fashion a learning environment perfectly tailored to their needs. In fact, a little hardship might be good for your soft kids. It might teach them something about resilience and grit and determination.

I am so sorry to have annoyed you! Now that I know it bothers you, I will definitely stop taking an interest and being involved in the discussion about things that pertain to my children's education. Your opinion is so important and I'm very grateful that you shared. Please let me know if you find anything else annoying so I can make sure nobody ever does it again.

Thank you, I accept your apology. Going forward, you should feel free to concern yourself with things that "pertain to your children's education" so long as you promise to remember that other kids matter too.

Also, I don't get the big deal with busing. Just drive your kids if it bothers you so much. Almost all the parents in my school's walking zone drive their kids to school anyway, because they work and don't have time to walk their kids to school and then walk home.

But then again I rode a bus over an hour each way to and from school every day growing up. It was a lot of fun and I got to hang out with my friends, so I don't see it as a cause for getting out the pitchforks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what is annoying about all you people who are so obsessed with school boundaries? You all share the same disease of "someone else's kid" should suffer.

YOUR child must not have to ride a bus. YOUR child must not have to switch to a less desirable school. YOUR child must not in any way be inconvenienced or made to feel bad in any way whatsoever because your child could not possibly handle not having the ideal educational environment at every moment of his or her life..

But someone else's kid having to switch schools or ride the bus or lose a program? No problem. That just "makes sense."

And obviously if someone else advocates for his or her child, that person is just throwing his money and power and influence around.

The other thing that is annoying about all of you is that you think you are urban planners. Yeah, just build a school where Red Top cab is located. Easy peasy. It's not like there is already a business there or anything.

No matter how you slice it, someone is going to be unhappy. You guys need to all stop thinking this all matters so damn much. Your kids are tougher than you think. They will not wilt and die if you don't manage to fashion a learning environment perfectly tailored to their needs. In fact, a little hardship might be good for your soft kids. It might teach them something about resilience and grit and determination.

AMEN!! +1,000,000

[Anonymous]

Very well said and gives me hope there are level-headed people posting here to balance the heat! AMEN seconded!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what is annoying about all you people who are so obsessed with school boundaries? You all share the same disease of "someone else's kid" should suffer.

YOUR child must not have to ride a bus. YOUR child must not have to switch to a less desirable school. YOUR child must not in any way be inconvenienced or made to feel bad in any way whatsoever because your child could not possibly handle not having the ideal educational environment at every moment of his or her life..

But someone else's kid having to switch schools or ride the bus or lose a program? No problem. That just "makes sense."

And obviously if someone else advocates for his or her child, that person is just throwing his money and power and influence around.

The other thing that is annoying about all of you is that you think you are urban planners. Yeah, just build a school where Red Top cab is located. Easy peasy. It's not like there is already a business there or anything.

No matter how you slice it, someone is going to be unhappy. You guys need to all stop thinking this all matters so damn much. Your kids are tougher than you think. They will not wilt and die if you don't manage to fashion a learning environment perfectly tailored to their needs. In fact, a little hardship might be good for your soft kids. It might teach them something about resilience and grit and determination.

Actually, I think no kid who is within walking distance of their school should be put on a bus to another school. It's bad for the environment, and a waste of taxpayer money. There are ways this can be done even with the ridiculous base assumptions that have accompanied this process.

Of course it would be a lot easier if APS had put everything on the table, but that would be far too sensible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what is annoying about all you people who are so obsessed with school boundaries? You all share the same disease of "someone else's kid" should suffer.

YOUR child must not have to ride a bus. YOUR child must not have to switch to a less desirable school. YOUR child must not in any way be inconvenienced or made to feel bad in any way whatsoever because your child could not possibly handle not having the ideal educational environment at every moment of his or her life..

But someone else's kid having to switch schools or ride the bus or lose a program? No problem. That just "makes sense."

And obviously if someone else advocates for his or her child, that person is just throwing his money and power and influence around.

The other thing that is annoying about all of you is that you think you are urban planners. Yeah, just build a school where Red Top cab is located. Easy peasy. It's not like there is already a business there or anything.

No matter how you slice it, someone is going to be unhappy. You guys need to all stop thinking this all matters so damn much. Your kids are tougher than you think. They will not wilt and die if you don't manage to fashion a learning environment perfectly tailored to their needs. In fact, a little hardship might be good for your soft kids. It might teach them something about resilience and grit and determination.

I am so sorry to have annoyed you! Now that I know it bothers you, I will definitely stop taking an interest and being involved in the discussion about things that pertain to my children's education. Your opinion is so important and I'm very grateful that you shared. Please let me know if you find anything else annoying so I can make sure nobody ever does it again.

Thank you, I accept your apology. Going forward, you should feel free to concern yourself with things that "pertain to your children's education" so long as you promise to remember that other kids matter too.

Also, I don't get the big deal with busing. Just drive your kids if it bothers you so much. Almost all the parents in my school's walking zone drive their kids to school anyway, because they work and don't have time to walk their kids to school and then walk home.

But then again I rode a bus over an hour each way to and from school every day growing up. It was a lot of fun and I got to hang out with my friends, so I don't see it as a cause for getting out the pitchforks.

There's nothing wrong with buses when needed but it's a waste of money, bad for the environment and for traffic to bus kids to a distant school, who in some cases can see the school from their house and will be bused a couple miles away (e.g. Taylor can walk across a ballfield to the school and not even cross a street). If there were no feasible solution that would prevent this, fine. But there are a number of workable solutions that would ensure no current walkers become busers, and it's unclear why those options are not on the table.