APS DHMS walk zone nuclear option

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

You say that now but there's no way a neighborhood middle school would fit in the Heights with Shriver there too, so we know you'd lobby to kick out the disabled kids.

Although it's not like Hamm would fit into the Heights even if you managed to kick out Shriver. The building is just not big enough. Not to mention there's just a tiny little field and a pretty small gym. A very small cafeteria space. No locker rooms.

But a tiny field, no locker rooms and a small gym and cafeteria were ok for HBW when the Taylor parents took HBW's home? You could send half the Hamm kids to Rosslyn and the other half to WMS where there is space.

Yes. Because HBW is 400 seats SMALLER, has an open campus so cafeteria is less of an issue, and kids go to home school for sports. And it’s an option, if kids don’t like the facilities they can return to neighborhood school anytime.

HBW home? Like it’s Tiny Tim?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

Not so obvious. After building/renovations, neither school building is appropriate for the population of the other.

+1

The other poster has no idea what they are talking about. That ship sailed when they designed each building for each program. DH peeps will just have to suck it up and be bused oh what 1.5 miles to WMS.

Donaldson Run families several years ago: Don't send our snowflakes to Rosslyn. Make HB and Stratford programs take that yucky urban plot in Rosslyn.

DR families now: You mean there were downsides to us getting exactly what we asked for? Oh wait...

The rest of Arlington: You made your bed, lie in it

I didn't even live in DR when the decisions for Hamm were being made. I have no idea what happened in that process. My oldest was a toddler then, I'm guessing. She will now be impacted by this rezoning. The people you are yelling at? They're no longer here. You can't hurt them. But thanks for being so bitter towards those of us who played no role in that.

The issue is the Taylor PTA over the years has a history of being demanding - demanding they should be given HBW's building on Vacation Lane, demanding their kids shouldn't be put on a bus, demanding this that and the other. Long timers just roll our eyes when we hear about the Taylor PTA again.

Oh here we go with the APS staff. Go back to trolling the Nottingham PTA on that thread. Soo old. We know, you hate the N Arlington PTA moms.

I’m definitely not APS staff and I agree with the PP. Some parent groups are worse than others.

So right now it’s Taylor and Nottingham though right? Those are the bad ones. The ones that are impacted this crazy round. Tell me about the PTAs in North Arlington you are think behaved so well during their impacted round?

To be honest, I was surprised that the whole Key School to ATS to McKinley to Cardinal plan worked. That was crazier and far more complex than the proposal to put a percentage of Hamm kids on a bus to go to Williamsburg MS, just like their older neighbors did a decade ago. Fairfax parents don't seem to squawk as much about rezoning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

Not so obvious. After building/renovations, neither school building is appropriate for the population of the other.

+1

The other poster has no idea what they are talking about. That ship sailed when they designed each building for each program. DH peeps will just have to suck it up and be bused oh what 1.5 miles to WMS.

Donaldson Run families several years ago: Don't send our snowflakes to Rosslyn. Make HB and Stratford programs take that yucky urban plot in Rosslyn.

DR families now: You mean there were downsides to us getting exactly what we asked for? Oh wait...

The rest of Arlington: You made your bed, lie in it

I didn't even live in DR when the decisions for Hamm were being made. I have no idea what happened in that process. My oldest was a toddler then, I'm guessing. She will now be impacted by this rezoning. The people you are yelling at? They're no longer here. You can't hurt them. But thanks for being so bitter towards those of us who played no role in that.

The issue is the Taylor PTA over the years has a history of being demanding - demanding they should be given HBW's building on Vacation Lane, demanding their kids shouldn't be put on a bus, demanding this that and the other. Long timers just roll our eyes when we hear about the Taylor PTA again.

Oh here we go with the APS staff. Go back to trolling the Nottingham PTA on that thread. Soo old. We know, you hate the N Arlington PTA moms.

I’m definitely not APS staff and I agree with the PP. Some parent groups are worse than others.

So right now it’s Taylor and Nottingham though right? Those are the bad ones. The ones that are impacted this crazy round. Tell me about the PTAs in North Arlington you are think behaved so well during their impacted round?

To be honest, I was surprised that the whole Key School to ATS to McKinley to Cardinal plan worked. That was crazier and far more complex than the proposal to put a percentage of Hamm kids on a bus to go to Williamsburg MS, just like their older neighbors did a decade ago. Fairfax parents don't seem to squawk as much about rezoning.

Fairfax has enough capacity so I’m 100% they aren’t busing walkzone students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Sounds like a coup to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

Transitions are very difficult for our kids. You wouldn’t understand and clearly don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

Not so obvious. After building/renovations, neither school building is appropriate for the population of the other.

+1

The other poster has no idea what they are talking about. That ship sailed when they designed each building for each program. DH peeps will just have to suck it up and be bused oh what 1.5 miles to WMS.

Donaldson Run families several years ago: Don't send our snowflakes to Rosslyn. Make HB and Stratford programs take that yucky urban plot in Rosslyn.

DR families now: You mean there were downsides to us getting exactly what we asked for? Oh wait...

The rest of Arlington: You made your bed, lie in it

I didn't even live in DR when the decisions for Hamm were being made. I have no idea what happened in that process. My oldest was a toddler then, I'm guessing. She will now be impacted by this rezoning. The people you are yelling at? They're no longer here. You can't hurt them. But thanks for being so bitter towards those of us who played no role in that.

The issue is the Taylor PTA over the years has a history of being demanding - demanding they should be given HBW's building on Vacation Lane, demanding their kids shouldn't be put on a bus, demanding this that and the other. Long timers just roll our eyes when we hear about the Taylor PTA again.

Oh here we go with the APS staff. Go back to trolling the Nottingham PTA on that thread. Soo old. We know, you hate the N Arlington PTA moms.

I’m definitely not APS staff and I agree with the PP. Some parent groups are worse than others.

So right now it’s Taylor and Nottingham though right? Those are the bad ones. The ones that are impacted this crazy round. Tell me about the PTAs in North Arlington you are think behaved so well during their impacted round?

To be honest, I was surprised that the whole Key School to ATS to McKinley to Cardinal plan worked. That was crazier and far more complex than the proposal to put a percentage of Hamm kids on a bus to go to Williamsburg MS, just like their older neighbors did a decade ago. Fairfax parents don't seem to squawk as much about rezoning.

Fairfax has enough capacity so I’m 100% they aren’t busing walkzone students.

Fairfax County is also humongous and doesn't have multiple schools within a mile or two of each other.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

Not so obvious. After building/renovations, neither school building is appropriate for the population of the other.

+1

The other poster has no idea what they are talking about. That ship sailed when they designed each building for each program. DH peeps will just have to suck it up and be bused oh what 1.5 miles to WMS.

Donaldson Run families several years ago: Don't send our snowflakes to Rosslyn. Make HB and Stratford programs take that yucky urban plot in Rosslyn.

DR families now: You mean there were downsides to us getting exactly what we asked for? Oh wait...

The rest of Arlington: You made your bed, lie in it

I didn't even live in DR when the decisions for Hamm were being made. I have no idea what happened in that process. My oldest was a toddler then, I'm guessing. She will now be impacted by this rezoning. The people you are yelling at? They're no longer here. You can't hurt them. But thanks for being so bitter towards those of us who played no role in that.

The issue is the Taylor PTA over the years has a history of being demanding - demanding they should be given HBW's building on Vacation Lane, demanding their kids shouldn't be put on a bus, demanding this that and the other. Long timers just roll our eyes when we hear about the Taylor PTA again.

Oh here we go with the APS staff. Go back to trolling the Nottingham PTA on that thread. Soo old. We know, you hate the N Arlington PTA moms.

I’m definitely not APS staff and I agree with the PP. Some parent groups are worse than others.

So right now it’s Taylor and Nottingham though right? Those are the bad ones. The ones that are impacted this crazy round. Tell me about the PTAs in North Arlington you are think behaved so well during their impacted round?

To be honest, I was surprised that the whole Key School to ATS to McKinley to Cardinal plan worked. That was crazier and far more complex than the proposal to put a percentage of Hamm kids on a bus to go to Williamsburg MS, just like their older neighbors did a decade ago. Fairfax parents don't seem to squawk as much about rezoning.

Fairfax has enough capacity so I’m 100% they aren’t busing walkzone students.

Fairfax County is also humongous and doesn't have multiple schools within a mile or two of each other.

Which middle schools are within 2 miles?

And sure maybe 2 “miles” but it’s dense urban traffic. So pretending two miles down FFX connector and two miles down Lee highway are not the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

I hope the school board stays strong.

I had to laugh at a keep Dorothy Hamm walkable sign that I saw in someone's front lawn. That house was in the bus eligible zone for DH and an equal distance from DHMS and WMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

I hope the school board stays strong.

I had to laugh at a keep Dorothy Hamm walkable sign that I saw in someone's front lawn. That house was in the bus eligible zone for DH and an equal distance from DHMS and WMS.

Because Taylor wants to stay together dum dum. And, there is no one in DHMS' walk zone that is "equal distance from DHMS and WMS." No one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small. [/quote

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

I hope the school board stays strong.

I had to laugh at a keep Dorothy Hamm walkable sign that I saw in someone's front lawn. That house was in the bus eligible zone for DH and an equal distance from DHMS and WMS.

Because Taylor wants to stay together dum dum. And, there is no one in DHMS' walk zone that is "equal distance from DHMS and WMS." No one.

Try N.26th St. Practically in the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

I hope the school board stays strong.

I had to laugh at a keep Dorothy Hamm walkable sign that I saw in someone's front lawn. That house was in the bus eligible zone for DH and an equal distance from DHMS and WMS.

Because Taylor wants to stay together dum dum. And, there is no one in DHMS' walk zone that is "equal distance from DHMS and WMS." No one.

Are all the Ethans going to go to college together too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

I hope the school board stays strong.

I had to laugh at a keep Dorothy Hamm walkable sign that I saw in someone's front lawn. That house was in the bus eligible zone for DH and an equal distance from DHMS and WMS.

Parents can and should advocate for what they think is best in the school system. We are a Discovery family but I haven’t noticed any obnoxious behavior from Taylor parents. The signs are respectful enough. This isn’t a Nottingham situation where the screeching was immediate and aggressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the whole thing.

The obvious solution is the one proposed in 2015 - put Dorothy Hamm MS at Rosslyn and move HBW back to their old home on Vacation Lane. Then kids who live near Vacation Lane can be bused to Williamsburg like they were in the good old days, or they can be be bused to the fancy new building in Rosslyn.

They built out the Heights specifically for the Shriver program and now you just want to undo that? No. That's entirely inequitable.

Signed,

parent of a student with a disability

Shriver Program is independent of the HB program and can stay. It does NOT have to be forever associated with HBW. That was used as an excuse for HB to keep the program and building small.

Well maybe Shriver HS students don't want to be in a middle school and want things to stay as is.

But it's not like the rest of you care about the disabled kids in Shriver.

My kid was at HBW back in the day when the DR folk set their sights on HB's building. I sat through many meetings alongside the parents of the Stratford program students. The Stratford parents were adamant that they wanted to stay on Vacation Lane and they did not want their kids in Rosslyn under any circumstances. Eight years on with Shriver, you have a different view, and oppose what the Stratford parents fought to keep. I guess people just get used to what they know.

You make it sound like some kind of coup.

The county announced they would build a new middle school, and said it would 1100 student warehouse in Rosslyn — meanwhile the largest plot of land for ANY middle school site was at Stratford for 700 seats. Those were the circumstances that drove DR to “sight” on that particular APS building and plot.

Look at you justifying kicking two programs out of their building and now you don't like result and want to undo it and want the place you rejected. Just no. We're done with you.

I hope the school board stays strong.

I had to laugh at a keep Dorothy Hamm walkable sign that I saw in someone's front lawn. That house was in the bus eligible zone for DH and an equal distance from DHMS and WMS.

Because Taylor wants to stay together dum dum. And, there is no one in DHMS' walk zone that is "equal distance from DHMS and WMS." No one.

Are all the Ethans going to go to college together too?

All the ES, including S Arlington and the Ashlawn kids they are trying to move, kids want to stay together. Indeed, APs has a policy preference in favor of keeping neighborhood schools together.

But, you are so funny with your Ethan jokes. And college and MS exactly the same. And next we should call all those Taylor kids who want to stay together along with their parents a bunch of snowflakes. 🙄