Nottingham ES

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone, this is all super helpful.

Any idea where the kids will go if it closes? And how probable is the prospect of it closing?

It isn’t closing. APS says they’ve abandoned that plan which was tremendously ill-planned, short sighted and lacked any funding. Their plan at the time indicated students would’ve been absorbed by Tuckahoe and Discovery.

Right, there are no current plans to close it, but who knows what they may propose in the future.

That’s true for any school, any school boundaries, any program.

No, it's not. Nottingham is much more vulnerable to closure because it is underenrolled and it is very close to 2-3 other schools that could absorb its students. I don't want it to close either, but I wouldn't be surprised if this comes up again.

It should close, and it will close eventually, unless North Arlington adds a lot of density quickly.

I'm the PP. I don't agree it should and will close, just that it's going to be vulnerable. But it's not a done deal by any stretch. Maybe Jamestown or Taylor or Tuckahoe should close instead. Some of those buildings are in far worse shape and would cost a lot to renovate, or are in outlying areas that don't make sense for a school. Nottingham will be part of the conversation but so will other schools.

Nottingham, Tuckahoe and Discovery are the ones that are too close together and they’ve got to pick one. Taylor should close for a massive renovation, but location-wise, it’s much better. They built too many schools in the far flung reaches of North Arlington that are filled only with SFHs and not enough students.

Lol it makes no sense to temporarily close Taylor, spend tons of $ for a reno then reopen when Nottingham is in great shape, was already renovated this century.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

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Anonymous wrote:She has several complaints against her given her questionable treatment of children with disabilities which is why you don't hear the stories and they are awful. Clearly she has treated one or two special needs families right b/c she needs to trot them out when she gets complaints in the future, she's she's got a documented pattern of mistreatment.

I wonder if one of those families is the family of a girl who was there with my kids. She was always absconding and throwing things around the classroom. She was dangerous and should not have been with the general student population, but her parents were probably lawyers and wanted her to be with the normal kids so they sued APS. No one wanted her there and I'm sure the principal loathed dealing with her on a daily basis.

Oh Eileen, I'm glad you showed your spots. If you are indeed an expert in child development, doctor, you should have been able to solve this problem quickly. For example, let them sit in your office with you all day. take care b.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

As a Nottingham parent, I totally agree that there are some not-so-nice parents. Some of them reminded me of Mean Girls. I was able to find the nice ones though.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

This seems to be have been written by a Jamestown parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

This seems to be have been written by a Jamestown parent.

Nope. Fleet.

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Nottingham is a wonderful school. Very comparable to Tuckahoe and Discovery. I think you will find snooty, quirky parents at any N. Arl school but I find most parents here to be pretty down to Earth. The principal is great, IMO. She is not warm and fuzzy but she knows every kid in that building. She backs up her teachers (which she should) and I think that can cause some friction at times. The school has lots of cute traditions that the kids really get into.

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Anonymous wrote:Run by an evil witch. Hope your child is neurotypical.

Most kids are. And for the love of God, just say "normal" instead of using clinical language outside of a clinical setting. Please and thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:Run by an evil witch. Hope your child is neurotypical.

This is cruel and extremely dramatic.

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Anonymous wrote:Run by an evil witch. Hope your child is neurotypical.

Most kids are. And for the love of God, just say "normal" instead of using clinical language outside of a clinical setting. Please and thank you.

No, b. I think OP has her eyes open now. Not nice these defenders of the bad one.

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What does Jesus say about those less fortunate than us? Be mean to them? I didn't get that in Bible study.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

I hope it wasn’t our team, but none of us had any nannies or au pairs as they’re not all that common.

Also, for anywhere North Arlington, I wouldn’t assume snootiness when socially awkward would be equally likely. Plenty of lovely neighborhoods south of 50, it just stinks when you get assigned to a team that has you crossing it multiple times per week and at rush hour.

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A nice neighborhood school. It was packed with kids for a period when mine were there and now they are having the great correction of it being light. Nice neighborhood school.

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If we are not zoned for Nottingham, and it’s under enrolled, does that mean it would be easy to transfer there? Even in August for example?

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Anonymous wrote:If we are not zoned for Nottingham, and it’s under enrolled, does that mean it would be easy to transfer there? Even in August for example?

Yes.