The demise of McKinley ES (APS)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

The parts of McKinley that don’t go to Reed will not all go to Ashlawn. Some will get bussed to Tuckahoe and Nottingham.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

You’re right. Change is harder for your favored school than any other. I see it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

You’re right. Change is harder for your favored school than any other. I see it now.

PP here. I never said that change is harder for Ashlawn than any other school. I disagreed with the above assertion that the proposed changes were good for central Arlington. They're not. They help NW Arlington and their schools that are not filled to capacity. They don't help Ashlawn, which is expected to experience a major student shift and schools filled to capacity (or above) under both plans. I realize other school communities are also negatively impacted by the proposed changes. But my point is that people shouldn't assert, without any evidence, that Ashlawn won't be hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Disagree.

[Anonymous]

Central Arlington is getting seats. Of course there are other changes. But they are getting seats. That is the primary goal here.

[Anonymous]

If I were Ashlawn, Glebe or Reed, I'd be pushing hard to make sure they balance enrollment after the switch. The initial numbers show they didn't give a hoot about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

This is the result of prioritizing walking and proximity over all other “considerations.” In a county as highly segregated as Arlington, it’s an entirely predictable result.

Just wait until they redo the MS and HS boundaries, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

DP. I understand your point, I’m just thoroughly over the “my school is more precious than any other” argument we’ve been hearing from so many school communities for years. Everyone thinks their own school community is special, but that’s not a compelling argument for anyone outside of it.

[Anonymous]

Prioritizing walkability makes an important impact in a budget that is stressed. It would be better to put the $$ into appropriate staffing than running buses all over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

DP. I understand your point, I’m just thoroughly over the “my school is more precious than any other” argument we’ve been hearing from so many school communities for years. Everyone thinks their own school community is special, but that’s not a compelling argument for anyone outside of it.

No the PP, but people are only familiar with their own communities. I’m sure Ashlawn PP didn’t mean that their school’s diversity is more important than another’s, but they don’t know how the proposal will affect other schools they’re not familiar with.

These proposals don’t take diversity into account, and severely limit what they will be able to do with boundaries afterwards.

We are looking at furthering segregation across the board, it won’t be just Ashlawn. It will be every neighborhood school, and depending on which proposal they select, 1-2 option schools look like they will become less diverse. That’s the price, the true cost of these proposals. But it’s what the people want, so who are they, as policy makers, to stand in the way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prioritizing walkability makes an important impact in a budget that is stressed. It would be better to put the $$ into appropriate staffing than running buses all over.

This is also why they are resegregating the schools, so they don’t have to serve English learners in more schools. Supposedly that will better serve them. I guess we’ll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prioritizing walkability makes an important impact in a budget that is stressed. It would be better to put the $$ into appropriate staffing than running buses all over.

This is also why they are resegregating the schools, so they don’t have to serve English learners in more schools. Supposedly that will better serve them. I guess we’ll see.

Spare us the histrionics. Regardless of the borders, every school will have ELL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

DP. I understand your point, I’m just thoroughly over the “my school is more precious than any other” argument we’ve been hearing from so many school communities for years. Everyone thinks their own school community is special, but that’s not a compelling argument for anyone outside of it.

Ashlawn parent here, DP than above, but I think the post above that explains how it's not that we're special or deserve to be spared from.change, just that we too are affected and that should be acknowledged. Honestly, I think our community is impacted more than the McKinley community, and for that reason I'm pretty disgusted by their hysterics over all of this. It will suck for my kids if our school changes, but sometimes change happens and it sucks...Unlike what appears to be the perspective of the McKinley families, I just don't think I'm entitled to be spared from the change simply because it will be sad for me and our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is being done to give back a mess of neighborhood seats to Courthouse. So I’d say the plan does quite nicely by central Arlington. No one wants to hear about Reed hoarding seats for “future growth.” There a neighborhoods that need those seats today. Get real.

How can you say the proposed plans do quite nicely for central Arlington? Does anyone disagree that Ashlawn is getting hurt by the proposed plans???

Emphatically.

Then clearly you don't understand the impact of the proposed changes on the school and community. It will significantly change the student body and minimize diversity. At a school whose motto is "global citizenship" and being accepting of all differences. Turning Ashlawn into another NW school does hurt it.

DP. I understand your point, I’m just thoroughly over the “my school is more precious than any other” argument we’ve been hearing from so many school communities for years. Everyone thinks their own school community is special, but that’s not a compelling argument for anyone outside of it.

Ashlawn parent here, DP than above, but I think the post above that explains how it's not that we're special or deserve to be spared from.change, just that we too are affected and that should be acknowledged. Honestly, I think our community is impacted more than the McKinley community, and for that reason I'm pretty disgusted by their hysterics over all of this. It will suck for my kids if our school changes, but sometimes change happens and it sucks...Unlike what appears to be the perspective of the McKinley families, I just don't think I'm entitled to be spared from the change simply because it will be sad for me and our school.

Everyone is getting so wrapped up in where the option schools are moving that they are failing to realize that regardless of where they put the option programs, schools in the McK, Reed and Ashlawn areas were going to have massive changes to their school boundaries due to Reed opening and ASFS getting new boundaries. Even if they didn't move ATS to McK, the changes were coming. Also, as a SA parent, I'm really annoyed by all the people crying about the diversity leaving their school while they come home to their SFH in their all white neighborhood. If you want a diverse school, move to a diverse neighborhood!