Holding APS Leadership, Staff and School Board Accountable for the Boundary Mess

[Anonymous]

You heard them. They are on the record. TT and NVD don't even think demographics matter. At all.

So there is no way they will do better at this when they don't care to start with.

[Anonymous]

The constraints were way too high. Randolph can't change, Montessori is completely accounted for, Drew can only add students. And they started with the assumption that Henry was becoming Fleet. It's pretty obvious none of that was possible due to the actual opt out rates at Abingdon and Drew, but somehow they forgot about that.

I genuinely wonder if they just pray that UMC students will flock back to those schools now that they aren't left for dead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The constraints were way too high. Randolph can't change, Montessori is completely accounted for, Drew can only add students. And they started with the assumption that Henry was becoming Fleet. It's pretty obvious none of that was possible due to the actual opt out rates at Abingdon and Drew, but somehow they forgot about that.

I genuinely wonder if they just pray that UMC students will flock back to those schools now that they aren't left for dead?

They just simply don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would think that a Pulitzer type multi week project chronicling the demise of a once solid school system would be in order.

Those grapes are BITTER!

About what? You think the school system has done a good job handling increased enrollment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would think that a Pulitzer type multi week project chronicling the demise of a once solid school system would be in order.

Those grapes are BITTER!

About what? You think the school system has done a good job handling increased enrollment?

Anyone thinking that this rises to the level of deserving “Pulitzer type multi week project” attention is blowing things way out of proportion.

[Anonymous]

I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

[Anonymous]

some people have been trying to avoid this becoming a mess for years

2015
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/506587.page#7743262

2016
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/539020.page

2017
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/690327.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

Good for them. Sounds like an engaged community, fighting for their school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they started this process with Fleet as a new school pulling from everywhere we wouldn’t be where we are. But they wanted Fleet built without as much resistance so they lied and said it was a bigger school for PH and now were in this clusterf*ck. I really don’t blame the Henry parents for being livid. And I don’t blame SF for thinking it’s obvious it should be Henry PUs. The SB was disengenous through out and this is a problem of their own making.

Exactly. And that's why I demand accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

Good for them. Sounds like an engaged community, fighting for their school.

If by "fighting for their school" you mean "manipulating public policy to ensure that the only solution to overcrowding is to lop off all the affordable housing in their school's boundary", then yes, I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

Good for them. Sounds like an engaged community, fighting for their school.

If by "fighting for their school" you mean "manipulating public policy to ensure that the only solution to overcrowding is to lop off all the affordable housing in their school's boundary", then yes, I agree.

Uh yeah. Good for them. They are working within the framework and not pretending the “progressive excellence” of Arlington will
Magically solve their problems.
Besides I know for a fact some hardcore AH policy wonks live in CF. They can lie in the bed they’ve made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

Good for them. Sounds like an engaged community, fighting for their school.

If by "fighting for their school" you mean "manipulating public policy to ensure that the only solution to overcrowding is to lop off all the affordable housing in their school's boundary", then yes, I agree.

Seriously. For all of the hate that Henry gets for their failed fight to stay together, at least they never wavered from speaking for ALL of their students. #FairlingtonUnited is so transparent as to be offensive to the non-Fairlington Abingdon kids. Notice it was NEVER #AbingdonUnited...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

Good for them. Sounds like an engaged community, fighting for their school.

If by "fighting for their school" you mean "manipulating public policy to ensure that the only solution to overcrowding is to lop off all the affordable housing in their school's boundary", then yes, I agree.

Seriously. For all of the hate that Henry gets for their failed fight to stay together, at least they never wavered from speaking for ALL of their students. #FairlingtonUnited is so transparent as to be offensive to the non-Fairlington Abingdon kids. Notice it was NEVER #AbingdonUnited...

You can’t honestly be this simple?
Henry= “fighting” to stay together didn’t hurt their educational outcomes/property values
Abingdon= fighting for better educational outcomes and property values

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not concerned whatsoever about holding this Board accountable. They screwed up, big time. I'm sure it was a cover up, but now I'm zoned to Drew so I'll focus on trying to make that school better.

This Board is their own worst enemy. They fall victim to their stupidity. There is not much we can do to change that and they are not accountable to anyone.

I do hope SF gets totally $ucked in 2020.

Didn’t you hear last night from one of the totally pointless SF speakers “supporting” map 6.1-A? They are trying to convince the county to turn SF into a walk zone for Abingdon so they’re not on the chopping block in 2020. They swear that they can find “community” ways to get all of their kids to school without buses.

Good for them. Sounds like an engaged community, fighting for their school.

If by "fighting for their school" you mean "manipulating public policy to ensure that the only solution to overcrowding is to lop off all the affordable housing in their school's boundary", then yes, I agree.

Seriously. For all of the hate that Henry gets for their failed fight to stay together, at least they never wavered from speaking for ALL of their students. #FairlingtonUnited is so transparent as to be offensive to the non-Fairlington Abingdon kids. Notice it was NEVER #AbingdonUnited...

You can’t honestly be this simple?
Henry= “fighting” to stay together didn’t hurt their educational outcomes/property values
Abingdon= fighting for better educational outcomes and property values

I don’t get all the hate between CH and SF. Aren’t both communities just advocating for what’s in each of their respective best interests, which is basic human nature? Do CH or SF members really think they would have behaved differently in each other’s shoes? It’s the maps and policies that put the communities in a zero sum position and hasn’t been supporting Drew or implementing programs that would make the school an acceptable alternative to CH or SF current schools. Both the communities may wind up in the same district in 2020 (or their kids in middle school together later on) so the hate seems counterproductive.