APS Closing Nottingham

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Anonymous wrote:How disappointing for the people living nearby who thought they were able to walk to school.

Yeah I don’t understand the glee in which people are so enthusiastic about closing a neighborhood school. This is happening because of APS mismanagement. Disappointing is the right word here.

How sad can they be when they’re still in walking distance of another school?

Not everyone is, and many of those who are have to cross major roads to walk to a different school. Including the road where three people died.

Crossing guards. Problem solved.

You seriously can’t brainstorm solutions to problems without saying “no” like a two year old?

Your personal life must be terrible. (Maybe that’s why you have time to comment on here every five minutes. Because no one wants to talk to you IRL. 😂)

Gee like no one thought of that, Sherlock. There already are x'ing guards there but thanks for playing.

Hold up — three people were killed with a crossing guard present?

Not present at the time. One mom was killed on a stretch between intersections during the school day. The 2 others were killed out of school hours.

There have been many near misses at these same places with kids even with crossing guards.

And the county removed a guard at another nearby crossing that is heavily used.

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Anonymous wrote:How disappointing for the people living nearby who thought they were able to walk to school.

Yeah I don’t understand the glee in which people are so enthusiastic about closing a neighborhood school. This is happening because of APS mismanagement. Disappointing is the right word here.

How sad can they be when they’re still in walking distance of another school?

Not everyone is, and many of those who are have to cross major roads to walk to a different school. Including the road where three people died.

Crossing guards. Problem solved.

You seriously can’t brainstorm solutions to problems without saying “no” like a two year old?

Your personal life must be terrible. (Maybe that’s why you have time to comment on here every five minutes. Because no one wants to talk to you IRL. 😂)

And where are we finding the money to hire these crossing guards, when we can’t get enough to hire bus drivers or extended day?

Just remember that the same people in charge of solving these problems are hoping to make it a policy that new Syphax staff get 45 paid days off and have just asked for over six figures for new real estate when the majority of their employees are still working from home. I know where their priorities are and it’s not the safety of children.

Concerned families can volunteer. Again, problem solved.

so the parents have to do the school divisions' job - and if they don't or can't, then their kids aren't safe? umm, no that's not how this works

Um, that’s exactly how this works, sweetie.

Actually some of us feel differently and aren’t privileged enough to have all the time in the world to volunteer as a crossing guard every AM. But hey maybe SA SAHM can come do it!

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Anonymous wrote:How disappointing for the people living nearby who thought they were able to walk to school.

Yeah I don’t understand the glee in which people are so enthusiastic about closing a neighborhood school. This is happening because of APS mismanagement. Disappointing is the right word here.

How sad can they be when they’re still in walking distance of another school?

Not everyone is, and many of those who are have to cross major roads to walk to a different school. Including the road where three people died.

Crossing guards. Problem solved.

You seriously can’t brainstorm solutions to problems without saying “no” like a two year old?

Your personal life must be terrible. (Maybe that’s why you have time to comment on here every five minutes. Because no one wants to talk to you IRL. 😂)

And where are we finding the money to hire these crossing guards, when we can’t get enough to hire bus drivers or extended day?

Just remember that the same people in charge of solving these problems are hoping to make it a policy that new Syphax staff get 45 paid days off and have just asked for over six figures for new real estate when the majority of their employees are still working from home. I know where their priorities are and it’s not the safety of children.

Concerned families can volunteer. Again, problem solved.

so the parents have to do the school divisions' job - and if they don't or can't, then their kids aren't safe? umm, no that's not how this works

Um, that’s exactly how this works, sweetie.

Actually some of us feel differently and aren’t privileged enough to have all the time in the world to volunteer as a crossing guard every AM. But hey maybe SA SAHM can come do it!

Oh I like this idea. All the people at other schools who don’t think this plan is unsafe-are YOU willing to come out to Nottingham twice a day every day to volunteer to patrol the streets???

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Anonymous wrote:How disappointing for the people living nearby who thought they were able to walk to school.

Yeah I don’t understand the glee in which people are so enthusiastic about closing a neighborhood school. This is happening because of APS mismanagement. Disappointing is the right word here.

How sad can they be when they’re still in walking distance of another school?

Not everyone is, and many of those who are have to cross major roads to walk to a different school. Including the road where three people died.

Crossing guards. Problem solved.

You seriously can’t brainstorm solutions to problems without saying “no” like a two year old?

Your personal life must be terrible. (Maybe that’s why you have time to comment on here every five minutes. Because no one wants to talk to you IRL. 😂)

And where are we finding the money to hire these crossing guards, when we can’t get enough to hire bus drivers or extended day?

Just remember that the same people in charge of solving these problems are hoping to make it a policy that new Syphax staff get 45 paid days off and have just asked for over six figures for new real estate when the majority of their employees are still working from home. I know where their priorities are and it’s not the safety of children.

Concerned families can volunteer. Again, problem solved.

so the parents have to do the school divisions' job - and if they don't or can't, then their kids aren't safe? umm, no that's not how this works

Um, that’s exactly how this works, sweetie.

Actually some of us feel differently and aren’t privileged enough to have all the time in the world to volunteer as a crossing guard every AM. But hey maybe SA SAHM can come do it!

Oh I like this idea. All the people at other schools who don’t think this plan is unsafe-are YOU willing to come out to Nottingham twice a day every day to volunteer to patrol the streets???

Why would we volunteer when we don’t think it’s unsafe? That makes zero sense.

[Anonymous]

As a former Nottingham parent, I say good riddance. Two other schools are LESS than a mile away, many people who could walk, drive their kids. The school is just average academically and has had internal administrative issues for years. Maybe the others nearby schools are similar, idk, but if you don’t like it, go to private. Many in the NES district can afford it

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Anonymous wrote:How disappointing for the people living nearby who thought they were able to walk to school.

Yeah I don’t understand the glee in which people are so enthusiastic about closing a neighborhood school. This is happening because of APS mismanagement. Disappointing is the right word here.

How sad can they be when they’re still in walking distance of another school?

Not everyone is, and many of those who are have to cross major roads to walk to a different school. Including the road where three people died.

Crossing guards. Problem solved.

You seriously can’t brainstorm solutions to problems without saying “no” like a two year old?

Your personal life must be terrible. (Maybe that’s why you have time to comment on here every five minutes. Because no one wants to talk to you IRL. 😂)

And where are we finding the money to hire these crossing guards, when we can’t get enough to hire bus drivers or extended day?

Just remember that the same people in charge of solving these problems are hoping to make it a policy that new Syphax staff get 45 paid days off and have just asked for over six figures for new real estate when the majority of their employees are still working from home. I know where their priorities are and it’s not the safety of children.

Concerned families can volunteer. Again, problem solved.

so the parents have to do the school divisions' job - and if they don't or can't, then their kids aren't safe? umm, no that's not how this works

Um, that’s exactly how this works, sweetie.

Actually some of us feel differently and aren’t privileged enough to have all the time in the world to volunteer as a crossing guard every AM. But hey maybe SA SAHM can come do it!

Oh I like this idea. All the people at other schools who don’t think this plan is unsafe-are YOU willing to come out to Nottingham twice a day every day to volunteer to patrol the streets???

Why would we volunteer when we don’t think it’s unsafe? That makes zero sense.

I wonder how many accidents it will take around Nottingham once it’s converted to swing space for APS to realize how negligent they were in not doing a traffic study before hand. The writing is on the wall. They’ve been told multiple times. There’s plenty of examples. Should be an interesting and unfortunate lawsuit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a former Nottingham parent, I say good riddance. Two other schools are LESS than a mile away, many people who could walk, drive their kids. The school is just average academically and has had internal administrative issues for years. Maybe the others nearby schools are similar, idk, but if you don’t like it, go to private. Many in the NES district can afford it

And many can’t.

[Anonymous]

To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

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Anonymous wrote:To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

It took a long, long, long time to get those installed.

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Anonymous wrote:To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

It took a long, long, long time to get those installed.

And people continue to roll through them.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any chance this doesn’t happen? Is there a theoretical plan B being circulated? I can’t bring myself to sift through 144 pages - but I assume the Nottingham supporters have suggested alternatives to the school board?

There is no plan B. Staff were squarely asked and this is their only plan. That tells you right off the bat the outcome was preordained.

Right. It’s a done deal. Time to move on.

No way. They were gung-ho for neighborhood at heights, and community discontent scuttled that terrible idea.

There is no need for closing NES. Simply split up the school under renovation for a year and bus THEM to the excess capacity schools. Then when we are done, we have updated schools ready for coming missing middle elem school boom.

Put yourself in the renovation school's position. You would gladly agree to scattering your students to whichever multiple schools happen to be under-enrolled for one or two full school years rather than split up one neighborhood school into TWO other known high-performing and highly desired schools nearby. Do you even hear yourself?!

Do you have any idea how that disrupts MULTIPLE schools, the transportation logistics, and the staffing implications? If this were your school community, you'd rather scatter to the winds, not have YOUR school community's events, break-up your teaching and admin teams, etc. for up to two years and then re-convene and re-create a cohesive community again?

You and your like-minded entitled cohorts never cease to amaze me. Just when it seems someone can't be more self-centered, you prove your mastery of narrow-focus, short-mindedness, and lack of understanding of how your world impacts anyone or anything outside your bubble. You are truly amazing. You sincerely have my upmost admiration.

Hi APS central office staff member! How’s Syphax these days?

I wouldn't know. I'm a SA SAHM. And you are a f---- obtuse idiot.

It’s a SA SAHM, folks! You all must be doing pretty well down there if you can afford to make the choice not to work. Well enough I think you can shake that social Justice warrior/inferiority complex off a bit, no?

Or MAYBE some of us are forced to take time off from our careers to care for our young children. You know, when my salary doesn’t cover the cost of daycare.

You’re a moron.

YOUR salary? You’re a single SAHM to boot? Wow. I want whatever deal you have.

Your reading comprehension and analytical ability are really poor.
Here, let me explain it another way for you on behalf of PP: her salary was lower than the cost of daycare, so she couldn't afford daycare. Therefore, she quit working and became a SAHM. So, she HAD a salary and gave it up and stayed home to take care of her kid(s). Do you understand that there's no conflict in her comment, yet?

These children have a father, no? Presumably the one who earns enough to allow her to reproduce, live in an VHCOL place like Arlington, eat, and not have to work? Is that not an incredibly privileged position to be in? One where you might expect they could leave the “rich spoiled Notties” crap behind and accept they have choices 95% of people don’t?

Maybe I’m just jaded having grown up actually broke- where my parents had to flex shifts and work JOBS (not “careers”) because none of them could afford not to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

Nottingham doesn’t want to talk about the two different 4-way stops that have been added within 2 blocks in either direction of the school. Not consistent with their narrative that MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE if Nottingham doesn’t keep its ridiculously underenrolled school jus the way it is now.

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Anonymous wrote:To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

It took a long, long, long time to get those installed.

But they did get installed! So, yay!

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Anonymous wrote:To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

Nottingham doesn’t want to talk about the two different 4-way stops that have been added within 2 blocks in either direction of the school. Not consistent with their narrative that MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE if Nottingham doesn’t keep its ridiculously underenrolled school jus the way it is now.

They’ve been added. People still roll through them. The sight lines still stink. If I recall, the last death actually happened when a driver was turning. Not sure how the stop signs fix that.

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Anonymous wrote:To update, They have put in 4 way stops in those places where people were tragically hit, though if they were there in the 1st place, it wouldn’t have happened

It took a long, long, long time to get those installed.

But they did get installed! So, yay!

And what I mean by that is yay that there is now something in place that can make the area safer. We had several stop signs added in our neighborhood, as well. They also took a long time to come about and car accidents did happen. Change is slow.