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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Didn’t people get really upset about that proposal last time because of how much it would reinforce racial and socioeconomic segregation?

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

Sorry, but I disagree that APS won't move non-contiguous planning units.

I'm in one of the SFH/TH PUs that's likely going to added to Drew. We're not contiguous, and it does matter. Our PU then goes to Kenmore-Wakefield, and that creates a tiny little group of kids that move through an unusual combination of ES/MS/HS. I think most of Drew goes to TJ or Gunston, and most of Kenmore goes to W-L.

Drew-TJ/Gunston-Wakefield would make more sense, but it would require vertical planning in the boundary process, and as far as I know, that's not how it's done.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

LOL, they should ask McKinley how well that worked for them.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Yes, they specifically did. It’s on this page which links to the 2018 process page. If you scroll to the bottom of the 2018 page, the “Getting Started” proposal was the initial proposal to “fill” Drew while keeping Columbia Heights at Fleet and S Fairlington at Abingdon. Obviously the shipped sailed with Columbia Heights.
https://www.apsva.us/engage/fall-2021-boundary-process/

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

Sorry, but I disagree that APS won't move non-contiguous planning units.

I'm in one of the SFH/TH PUs that's likely going to added to Drew. We're not contiguous, and it does matter. Our PU then goes to Kenmore-Wakefield, and that creates a tiny little group of kids that move through an unusual combination of ES/MS/HS. I think most of Drew goes to TJ or Gunston, and most of Kenmore goes to W-L.

Drew-TJ/Gunston-Wakefield would make more sense, but it would require vertical planning in the boundary process, and as far as I know, that's not how it's done.

Yes and this is huge problem with that original proposal from 2018, which I don't think it what APS is going to throw out first. Abingdon currently sends kids to Kenmore (Columbia Forest), TJ (Claremont) and Gunston (Fairlington.) Drew sends most kids to Gunston with a handful to TJ. That proposal basically randomly sends parts of Columbia Forest to Drew which makes no sense vertically.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

LOL, they should ask McKinley how well that worked for them.

I don't understand this comment. McKinley PTA lobbied intensely and got nearly all their kids at Cardinal even though that is not what made sense from other County and School planning perspectives. So it seemed it worked out great for them.

But maybe I'm missing your point.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

Sorry, but I disagree that APS won't move non-contiguous planning units.

I'm in one of the SFH/TH PUs that's likely going to added to Drew. We're not contiguous, and it does matter. Our PU then goes to Kenmore-Wakefield, and that creates a tiny little group of kids that move through an unusual combination of ES/MS/HS. I think most of Drew goes to TJ or Gunston, and most of Kenmore goes to W-L.

Drew-TJ/Gunston-Wakefield would make more sense, but it would require vertical planning in the boundary process, and as far as I know, that's not how it's done.

Yes and this is huge problem with that original proposal from 2018, which I don't think it what APS is going to throw out first. Abingdon currently sends kids to Kenmore (Columbia Forest), TJ (Claremont) and Gunston (Fairlington.) Drew sends most kids to Gunston with a handful to TJ. That proposal basically randomly sends parts of Columbia Forest to Drew which makes no sense vertically.

Aren't they also looking at limited middle school and high school boundary revisions? Maybe they will align those PUs in this process.

I think since Abingdon is under capacity this year and will likely not be overcrowded next year with the relocatables, that they should wait on the elementary revisions until the full county process. So tired of this piecemeal cluster...

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They've said what they're doing and it's limited.

Abingdon to Drew
Gunston to TJ
Wakefield to W-L

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

Sorry, but I disagree that APS won't move non-contiguous planning units.

I'm in one of the SFH/TH PUs that's likely going to added to Drew. We're not contiguous, and it does matter. Our PU then goes to Kenmore-Wakefield, and that creates a tiny little group of kids that move through an unusual combination of ES/MS/HS. I think most of Drew goes to TJ or Gunston, and most of Kenmore goes to W-L.

Drew-TJ/Gunston-Wakefield would make more sense, but it would require vertical planning in the boundary process, and as far as I know, that's not how it's done.

Yes and this is huge problem with that original proposal from 2018, which I don't think it what APS is going to throw out first. Abingdon currently sends kids to Kenmore (Columbia Forest), TJ (Claremont) and Gunston (Fairlington.) Drew sends most kids to Gunston with a handful to TJ. That proposal basically randomly sends parts of Columbia Forest to Drew which makes no sense vertically.

It would make a lot of sense for them to rezone those new Drew PUs to TJ. Then they can still continue on to Wakefield (that they’re literally right across the street from), and they’re not the only kids from Drew to go to Kenmore, then just to go to Wakefield when all their MS friends go to W-L.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

LOL, they should ask McKinley how well that worked for them.

I don't understand this comment. McKinley PTA lobbied intensely and got nearly all their kids at Cardinal even though that is not what made sense from other County and School planning perspectives. So it seemed it worked out great for them.

But maybe I'm missing your point.

McKinley previously thought they were untouchable as a potential option site and didn’t engage in the original prior process. Then they were blindsided when APS announced the plan to move an option school there.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

Sorry, but I disagree that APS won't move non-contiguous planning units.

I'm in one of the SFH/TH PUs that's likely going to added to Drew. We're not contiguous, and it does matter. Our PU then goes to Kenmore-Wakefield, and that creates a tiny little group of kids that move through an unusual combination of ES/MS/HS. I think most of Drew goes to TJ or Gunston, and most of Kenmore goes to W-L.

Drew-TJ/Gunston-Wakefield would make more sense, but it would require vertical planning in the boundary process, and as far as I know, that's not how it's done.

Yes and this is huge problem with that original proposal from 2018, which I don't think it what APS is going to throw out first. Abingdon currently sends kids to Kenmore (Columbia Forest), TJ (Claremont) and Gunston (Fairlington.) Drew sends most kids to Gunston with a handful to TJ. That proposal basically randomly sends parts of Columbia Forest to Drew which makes no sense vertically.

It would make a lot of sense for them to rezone those new Drew PUs to TJ. Then they can still continue on to Wakefield (that they’re literally right across the street from), and they’re not the only kids from Drew to go to Kenmore, then just to go to Wakefield when all their MS friends go to W-L.

But they aren't rezoning Kenmore to TJ- just Gunston. Who at Drew right now goes to Kenmore? None of them should.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.

They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington. They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it.

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon. So, why not move it? Oh wait. Because APS doesn't want the fight.

I know there’s posters on these threads that would like nothing more than to stick it to Fairlington… they may want to bow out. If the proposal goes through, not only does south Fairlington remain at Abingdon, but it will become a lower FRL school.

DP. Which proposal is that?

The “Getting Started” proposal from the 2018 boundary change. Except they’re not moving any current PUs out of Drew, just adding the ones along 4 mile run, George Mason and Columbia Pike to Drew. It’s mostly apartments and lower end condos, a couple SFH and townhouse PUs. The big APAH apartment building Columbia Hills would remain zoned to Abingdon.

Did APS say that's the proposal for this change?

Not PP and they did not, but Fairlington United seems pretty confident that they won’t be proposed. If they are correct, these are the only other contiguous (if you count the park) PUs, and APS won’t move non-contiguous PUs.

LOL, they should ask McKinley how well that worked for them.

I don't understand this comment. McKinley PTA lobbied intensely and got nearly all their kids at Cardinal even though that is not what made sense from other County and School planning perspectives. So it seemed it worked out great for them.

But maybe I'm missing your point.

McKinley previously thought they were untouchable as a potential option site and didn’t engage in the original prior process. Then they were blindsided when APS announced the plan to move an option school there.

Yup. This. Who would have thought that APS would ridiculously move four whole schools?