APS: New High School forum tonight 7-9 pm at Yorktown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many of you aren't really seeing how the Kenmore map could be drawn to help all schools.

Buckingham would stay at WL

The West Pike would ( and some parts currently WF) would go to Kenmore


All of the south would stay at Wakefield. You guys are super concerned with that green area currently zoned WF going to WL. That's Arlington mill, right? It would help WF to put those units into WL- not hurt it.

Yes, a big chunk of YT's current zone would have to be redrawn to Kenmore. People who are close enough to walk would have to ride a bus to Kenmore.

That's the only way it works. It would actually make Wakefield less poor not more.
Yes, Kenmore would be difficult to balance.
It would take many homes being zoned to it...


God forbid we have all the shitty and ridiculously bad planning on the west Pike effect the good homeowners of 22207.
Maybe we'll actually be able to put the brakes on the crazy train of affordable housing over there.
If you guys want this school, you need to raise your stakes too.

Think you mean 22205, bc 22207 is totally untouched under the original drawing. And maybe that's the point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about:



Doesn't seem to be any great way to geographically distribute kids. Maybe a choice school would make more sense.

I like this, because it seems to spread some diversity to Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
All of the south would stay at Wakefield. You guys are super concerned with that green area currently zoned WF going to WL. That's Arlington mill, right? It would help WF to put those units into WL- not hurt it.

I thought one of Emma's last acts was to keep (isn't it there already?) Arlington Mill at W-L -- is it getting moved?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously WL folks, time to think positivie thoughts re: Ed Ctr and work to make it less unbearable to you or your children. nothing dramatic is going to happen - redrawing boundaries, new HS, fight CB for land, etc., none of that. it just doesn't work that way.

Plopping 4000 kids into one school is pretty dramatic.

for the last time nobody is supporting or even thinking that. it's catchy statement to stoke fear and mobilize moms of toddlers but also so baseless.

but keep throwing that out there and see what that'll get you.

why not focus on how to incorporate the added seats at Ed Ctr so they would be the least disruptive to WL students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about:



Doesn't seem to be any great way to geographically distribute kids. Maybe a choice school would make more sense.

This map works for me. I live in the WF zone. I'm comfortable with the current demographics. This map looks like it could slightly improve them, and that's nice. It would also keep YHS quite wealthy/white. This doesn't bother me because I assume people who choose to live there already know and like what they're getting. There are some people who care about diversity and some who don't. Assuming we can give all schools a fair shake at succeeding (i.e., don't crush one school with over 50% FARMS), then beyond that I think we should let people make their own choices. There is a lot of wealth in the north and no good way to break that up. The south is more mixed and this map helps to break up some of the concentrated areas.

Unclear to me whether the WL would mind being made more wealthy/white or not, but if it's really something they value enough, they can move. This looks like a decent solution for the entire county to me.

[Anonymous]

I'm leaning more and more to choice, although a week ago I really thought 4th comprehensive at Kenmore made the most sense. If there is no room for a 4th comprehensive with stadium, etc., then give a new high school at the Kenmore site some other draw and make it choice. It works for HB and doesn't involve huge boundary shifts.

How about moving the Arlington Tech program there, pump it full of buckyballs and steroids, DEFINE WHAT THE HELL IT IS CLEARLY, and give it a much stronger draw as a
competitive STEM school that parents and students actually are interested in? We would apply for that lottery from the far reaches of the county happily.

Then a program with a weaker draw than STEM can take the current Arlington Tech space at the Career Center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:N Arlington's overcrowding issue should be resolved within N Arlington,while S Arlington's performance/demographic issue should be resolved within S Arlington. Neither is easy or even solvable. Crowded schools or crappy schools? Make a choice and then be happy with it.

Oh really, then why didn't the largest planning units along the western columbia pike a mere spit's throw from wakefield get rezoned for wakefield during the last HS reboundary assignment? PLEASE, if WL didn't take those FARMS students Wakefield would be more than 60% FARMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
All of the south would stay at Wakefield. You guys are super concerned with that green area currently zoned WF going to WL. That's Arlington mill, right? It would help WF to put those units into WL- not hurt it.

I thought one of Emma's last acts was to keep (isn't it there already?) Arlington Mill at W-L -- is it getting moved?

Yes. No one here has a clue about where anything in south Arlington is. but they all have ideas about where we should stick it.

[Anonymous]

I can go all day....


Option 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about:



Doesn't seem to be any great way to geographically distribute kids. Maybe a choice school would make more sense.

This map works for me. I live in the WF zone. I'm comfortable with the current demographics. This map looks like it could slightly improve them, and that's nice. It would also keep YHS quite wealthy/white. This doesn't bother me because I assume people who choose to live there already know and like what they're getting. There are some people who care about diversity and some who don't. Assuming we can give all schools a fair shake at succeeding (i.e., don't crush one school with over 50% FARMS), then beyond that I think we should let people make their own choices. There is a lot of wealth in the north and no good way to break that up. The south is more mixed and this map helps to break up some of the concentrated areas.

Unclear to me whether the WL would mind being made more wealthy/white or not, but if it's really something they value enough, they can move. This looks like a decent solution for the entire county to me.

I think you are misreading this map. It would make WL The wealthier, whiter school and would change the dynamics of Yorktown. That sliver between col Pike and 50 has a very high concentration of affordable housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously WL folks, time to think positivie thoughts re: Ed Ctr and work to make it less unbearable to you or your children. nothing dramatic is going to happen - redrawing boundaries, new HS, fight CB for land, etc., none of that. it just doesn't work that way.

Plopping 4000 kids into one school is pretty dramatic.

for the last time nobody is supporting or even thinking that. it's catchy statement to stoke fear and mobilize moms of toddlers but also so baseless.

but keep throwing that out there and see what that'll get you.

why not focus on how to incorporate the added seats at Ed Ctr so they would be the least disruptive to WL students.

Where would the Ed Center kids eat, watch the variety show, play sports, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm leaning more and more to choice, although a week ago I really thought 4th comprehensive at Kenmore made the most sense. If there is no room for a 4th comprehensive with stadium, etc., then give a new high school at the Kenmore site some other draw and make it choice. It works for HB and doesn't involve huge boundary shifts.

How about moving the Arlington Tech program there, pump it full of buckyballs and steroids, DEFINE WHAT THE HELL IT IS CLEARLY, and give it a much stronger draw as a
competitive STEM school that parents and students actually are interested in? We would apply for that lottery from the far reaches of the county happily.

Then a program with a weaker draw than STEM can take the current Arlington Tech space at the Career Center.

I like this idea.

(LOL buckyballs )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about:



Doesn't seem to be any great way to geographically distribute kids. Maybe a choice school would make more sense.

This map works for me. I live in the WF zone. I'm comfortable with the current demographics. This map looks like it could slightly improve them, and that's nice. It would also keep YHS quite wealthy/white. This doesn't bother me because I assume people who choose to live there already know and like what they're getting. There are some people who care about diversity and some who don't. Assuming we can give all schools a fair shake at succeeding (i.e., don't crush one school with over 50% FARMS), then beyond that I think we should let people make their own choices. There is a lot of wealth in the north and no good way to break that up. The south is more mixed and this map helps to break up some of the concentrated areas.

Unclear to me whether the WL would mind being made more wealthy/white or not, but if it's really something they value enough, they can move. This looks like a decent solution for the entire county to me.

I think you are misreading this map. It would make WL The wealthier, whiter school and would change the dynamics of Yorktown. That sliver between col Pike and 50 has a very high concentration of affordable housing.

Certainly possible I'm misreading it to some extent. Which sliver between the Pike and 50 do you mean? Much of the green area currently zoned WF is not high AH, at least not compared to the far western Pike. Are you talking about Buckingham? Also, again, why doesn't this work for the whole county?

[Anonymous]

Let's do a sum up!

- KENMORE OR BUST!
- wait. This effects me?
- nevermind

[Anonymous]

Wait, is Arlington giving me the finger in that map?