Tuckahoe by the numbers - how can it stay a neighborhood school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone knows this thread is mostly McKinley/Westover moms with some weird vendetta against Tuckahoe. Used to be Nottingham, but whatever. Nothing Tuckahoe has said or done is out of line. All above board and transparent. Fortunately, you MONAs aren’t actually in charge. But I agree the personal attacks on PTA officers and Board members (see the same folks on the Reed thread) from you folks needs to stop. Or show your face at a damn meeting and speak your mind.

Wow, you have a lot of grudges going on there.

Yeah. If anyone is upset with Tuckahoe, it's the school they are trying to take all the PUs from: Nottingham. Those folks are mad that Tuckahoe wants to claim Nottingham bldg. as their walk zone.

Seriously - they want to take the 100 walkers that live in the actual Nottingham PU and bus them to Tuckahoe?? Cannot even imagine how they are trying to justify that.

I’m not fond of the fits that the Tuckahoe PTA is throwing, but if Nottingham were id’d as a choice school option, that PU would be at least partially walkable to Tuckahoe. I don’t think they are trying to claim that PU otherwise. But maybe I’ve missed something.

[Anonymous]

If Tuckahoe is serious about these issues and the PTA position, they should have a line people providing public comments at the SB meeting tonight. We would love to hear :

- Why Planning Units that don't even want to go to Tuckahoe should walk across Lee Highway to Tuckahoe.

- Why Planning Units that walk to Nottingham should drive/walk to Tuckahoe.

- Capacity issues at Tuckahoe and why they should stay under-enrolled moving forward.

- Why the Tuckahoe Preschool, K and First classrooms need Bathrooms and Windows when classrooms at Key don't even have bathrooms or windows

- How the bathrooms are overflowing at Tuckahoe

- Why the spring and plaza shouldn't be part of a treasured countywide choice/option program.

- New residential developments that will happen in the next 5-10 years. Unlike other schools in the county that have more new units in a year than Tuckahoe has in a decade.

- Traffic and why a handful of buses will conflict with O'Connell which starts and ends over an hour before Tuckahoe.
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Tuckahoe is serious about these issues and the PTA position, they should have a line people providing public comments at the SB meeting tonight. We would love to hear :

- Why Planning Units that don't even want to go to Tuckahoe should walk across Lee Highway to Tuckahoe.

- Why Planning Units that walk to Nottingham should drive/walk to Tuckahoe.

- Capacity issues at Tuckahoe and why they should stay under-enrolled moving forward.

- Why the Tuckahoe Preschool, K and First classrooms need Bathrooms and Windows when classrooms at Key don't even have bathrooms or windows

- How the bathrooms are overflowing at Tuckahoe

- Why the spring and plaza shouldn't be part of a treasured countywide choice/option program.

- New residential developments that will happen in the next 5-10 years. Unlike other schools in the county that have more new units in a year than Tuckahoe has in a decade.

- Traffic and why a handful of buses will conflict with O'Connell which starts and ends over an hour before Tuckahoe.
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Umm... All preschool, kindergarten and first grade classrooms need bathrooms. Why go with the lowest common denominator?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Tuckahoe is serious about these issues and the PTA position, they should have a line people providing public comments at the SB meeting tonight. We would love to hear :

- Why Planning Units that don't even want to go to Tuckahoe should walk across Lee Highway to Tuckahoe.

- Why Planning Units that walk to Nottingham should drive/walk to Tuckahoe.

- Capacity issues at Tuckahoe and why they should stay under-enrolled moving forward.

- Why the Tuckahoe Preschool, K and First classrooms need Bathrooms and Windows when classrooms at Key don't even have bathrooms or windows

- How the bathrooms are overflowing at Tuckahoe

- Why the spring and plaza shouldn't be part of a treasured countywide choice/option program.

- New residential developments that will happen in the next 5-10 years. Unlike other schools in the county that have more new units in a year than Tuckahoe has in a decade.

- Traffic and why a handful of buses will conflict with O'Connell which starts and ends over an hour before Tuckahoe.
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Also we have to cross Lee Highway to get to tuckahoe. We are a 15 minute walk away. But we still love tuckahoe. Who are you referring to exactly? All my neighbors love the school and want to stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Tuckahoe is serious about these issues and the PTA position, they should have a line people providing public comments at the SB meeting tonight. We would love to hear :

- Why Planning Units that don't even want to go to Tuckahoe should walk across Lee Highway to Tuckahoe.

- Why Planning Units that walk to Nottingham should drive/walk to Tuckahoe.

- Capacity issues at Tuckahoe and why they should stay under-enrolled moving forward.

- Why the Tuckahoe Preschool, K and First classrooms need Bathrooms and Windows when classrooms at Key don't even have bathrooms or windows

- How the bathrooms are overflowing at Tuckahoe

- Why the spring and plaza shouldn't be part of a treasured countywide choice/option program.

- New residential developments that will happen in the next 5-10 years. Unlike other schools in the county that have more new units in a year than Tuckahoe has in a decade.

- Traffic and why a handful of buses will conflict with O'Connell which starts and ends over an hour before Tuckahoe.
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You had to poke the bear....?

[Anonymous]

It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Nope. The preschool seats are moving to buildings that can't fill with local students, such as Jamestown & Nottingham. Preschool seats at Reed does NOTHING to help the overcrowded. I've heard it straight from the mouths of APS staff. Move on, Tuckahoe parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

Let's see if we moved APS public preschoolers to Reed we could reduce overcrowding at nearby Elementary schools and reduce the number of portable classrooms. Why do APS employee kids get a beautiful school while APS students get to sit in trailers? This has never made sense to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

Let's see if we moved APS public preschoolers to Reed we could reduce overcrowding at nearby Elementary schools and reduce the number of portable classrooms. Why do APS employee kids get a beautiful school while APS students get to sit in trailers? This has never made sense to me.

You cannot consolidate all of the preschool programs at Reed. The VPI preschool program serves low-income students and their families, and there's a reason they're concentrated primarily in South Arlington. The students and families who need this program the more are least likely to have the resources to transport their children across the county every day for preschool.

At least try to pretend you care about APS and its programs rather than coming up with stupid proposals to rile people up and get what you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

Let's see if we moved APS public preschoolers to Reed we could reduce overcrowding at nearby Elementary schools and reduce the number of portable classrooms. Why do APS employee kids get a beautiful school while APS students get to sit in trailers? This has never made sense to me.

Anyone with elementary-age children should want The Children's School near/in their elementary school. It's reliable childcare for teachers, and having it so nearby to your school gives your teachers with young children a lot more flexibility with their schedules if they don't have to leave as early/arrive as late due to daycare commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

Let's see if we moved APS public preschoolers to Reed we could reduce overcrowding at nearby Elementary schools and reduce the number of portable classrooms. Why do APS employee kids get a beautiful school while APS students get to sit in trailers? This has never made sense to me.

Anyone with elementary-age children should want The Children's School near/in their elementary school. It's reliable childcare for teachers, and having it so nearby to your school gives your teachers with young children a lot more flexibility with their schedules if they don't have to leave as early/arrive as late due to daycare commute.

That’s fine, but it is taking up space that APS can no longer afford. There are other options for its location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

Let's see if we moved APS public preschoolers to Reed we could reduce overcrowding at nearby Elementary schools and reduce the number of portable classrooms. Why do APS employee kids get a beautiful school while APS students get to sit in trailers? This has never made sense to me.

Anyone with elementary-age children should want The Children's School near/in their elementary school. It's reliable childcare for teachers, and having it so nearby to your school gives your teachers with young children a lot more flexibility with their schedules if they don't have to leave as early/arrive as late due to daycare commute.

That’s fine, but it is taking up space that APS can no longer afford. There are other options for its location.

There are already working on a plan for The Children's School to leave APS and move to the Alpine Restaurant site on Lee Highway after construction of a new building on the site. If this goes forward, the plan is that the school would temporarily move to Ballston while construction is underway.

It will be a big loss for The Integration Station unless APS moves another preschool program into the space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all comes down to seats. For all the schools in the NW part of the county to remain neighborhood schools, they need to make a compelling case that the seats are needed there more than they are needed around Key and Science Focus. Good luck.

This is exactly why we need to keep the preschool at Reed. To open up classrooms in NW Arlington and consolidate preschools. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Reed would still get a beautiful new school building. We need more classrooms...instead of wasting money.

Are people objecting to putting an APS preschool at Reed, or to keeping the existing, private program there? I don’t see any benefit to consolidating preschools at Reed. One of the primary benefits of lots of elementary seats there is walkability. Walkability is pretty much lost on preschoolers.

Let's see if we moved APS public preschoolers to Reed we could reduce overcrowding at nearby Elementary schools and reduce the number of portable classrooms. Why do APS employee kids get a beautiful school while APS students get to sit in trailers? This has never made sense to me.

Anyone with elementary-age children should want The Children's School near/in their elementary school. It's reliable childcare for teachers, and having it so nearby to your school gives your teachers with young children a lot more flexibility with their schedules if they don't have to leave as early/arrive as late due to daycare commute.

That’s fine, but it is taking up space that APS can no longer afford. There are other options for its location.

If APS chooses the standalone option for Reed, they can keep the preschool seats and expand options for teachers.