APS Boundary tool--anyone get it to work yet?

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Anonymous wrote:People need to get their heads out of their asses and use their brains. If they don't take demographics into consideration, what exactly do they think is going to happen to WL in a couple of years? More and more people are going to try and shoehorn into whatever the new boundary is, especially if they increase the Wakefield FARMS rate. Hell, I bought for a home zoned Wakefield and have been totally fine with it, but I'll move in bounds for WL when the time comes, if Wakefield's demographics deteriorate.
We'll be right back where we started. It's a system wide problem, and has to be addressed as such.

Do you really think everyone will be successful at selling their homes in s. Arlington and moving to north? If thry could have they already would be here.

Yes, you ignorant snob, I do. If Wakefield becomes a no go school for every home buyer, you will also have new residents to Arlington not considering south Arlington and crowding into the North in even greater numbers. Use your brain.

THIS, FOR THE CHEAP SEATS.

And plus also, the county cannot afford to destabilize one of its three high schools, and tank the housing values of thousands of property owners zoned Wakefield. The county relies on the taxes, based on real estate assessments, to fund services to all parts of Arlington. If every home in south Arlington zoned Wakefield suddenly depreciates, the county will have less money for the services all residents enjoy. Good luck getting a fourth HS of any kind then. Bye, bye, additional 1300 seats.

I did use my brain. I bought a house in N. Arlington very close to my choice HS. You and others in S. Arlington decided to take a risk by buying into neighborhoods zoned for Wakefield. The market price reflects this disparity. Contrary to your claims that everyone will move, I don't think there is enough inventory for everyone who would like to do so to be able to do it. Moreover, when i was single, and newly married but childless, I did live in S. Arlington. It's even closer to my office in DC, and the rental market there remains strong (we as other childless renters there do not care about the quality of the schools in S. Arlington). So, I don't believe it will be all doom and gloom as you predict for the majority of property taxes (i.e., apt complexes and commercial real estate buildings). Once I started thinking about where to settle down long term, I bought a house in the north. It sounds like you are now bitter that your choice may negatively impacting your kids.

The poster who talks about tanking housing values should really be directing this wrath at the County Board. They're the ones who are approving more and more affordable housing units, which is further excaberating the overcrowding in the south of poorer students. The last time I checked it was not the school board's responsibility to consider plummeting housing values in the south but to think about what benefits the entire school population not just the poor students. The SB has identified SIX factors that should be weighed in deciding who needs to be moved out of WL, not just demographics.

What do you really expect most rational parents in the North to do? Agree to bussing their kids to a HS across town that has weaker academics when they would prefer to be closer to their neighborhood schools? Sorry, if the rest of us would prefer not to be part of that social experiment at the expense of our kids' educations. You are free to move up here, since you claim that most would be able to do so. If the prices in Wakefield decrease, the prices in the northern parts may increase. That appreciation may offset some of the decpreciation in the south, so the net effect on property taxes may not be as substantial as you claim.

What is funny is that the prior threads accused parents in the north of racism, but it's actually now turned to a discussion of property values.

It's comments like these that literally make my stomach turn. The last time I checked it wasn't the SB's responsibility to consider plummeting house values in the north, but to think about what benefits ALL students, not just the rich ones. How's that sound? There are 6 factors they are taking into consideration. But which one will take priority? Which one SHOULD take priority? We are talking about kids having to take the bus, versus kids getting a decent education, like their peers in the north.

I really don't think you understand just how entitled you sound.

Your child's bus ride is NOT more important than my child's education.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody is trying to make the ASF-Swanson-YHS trifecta that currently does not exist.

Homes in that potential planning unit are already the priciest PER SQ foot then anywhere else in the County. It's a shame they are splitting up a neighborhood and making neighbors ride a bus 40 min each way when they've could walk to subsidize their dreams. Some have definitely bought into the lemming-view that the whiter YHS is better for their dear children even if it means driving them personally, handing over the keys to their Mercedes or the dreaded bus (somebody no high schooler wants to ever have to ride$.

I'm sorry but WTH? There is no place in this county that is 40 minutes away from any other place.

Bus routes are rambling, have multiple stops and occupy the same roads with loads of other traffic. Kids on the far end of the route can have a lengthy ride.

My kids elementary school is 0.65 miles from their bus stop.

They have to be at the bus stop for an 8:19 AM pick-up and school doesn't start until 9 am. In the afternoon, if I pick up--my kids are home at 3:50---the bussed kids don't get home until 4:15pm on a good day...and this is a route INCREDIBLY CLOSE to the school and very few extra stops. Add a few more miles and, yes, those unlucky HIGH Schoolers will be getting up and leaving a full 45-50 min earlier than if they were walking or biking the 1.1 miles.

Your kids take a bus to go half a mile to school?!? Why do they even have a bus within the one mile walk zone?!? Sounds like a waste of bus money since you all should be walking anyway.

Kids who live on the far side of a major roadway are often eligible for bus service even if they live within a mile of the school.

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Anonymous wrote:And ps- reading thread like this, with you whiny little North Arlington b*tches is why I haven't moved north.

Yet you want your kids out of Wakefield...

Enjoy!

And now S Arlington is the whiny little bitch crying unfair?

Please stop posting. You are making north Arlington look petty and stupid. I have friends that live near Arlington Ridge, and they will have no trouble buying a home north. They'll give up metro or whatever. I have friends all over Arlington, and while they may have to give up some positive aspects of their current house, they can all afford North Arlington. If people happily living in the Wakefield zone move north, we are all f#€ked.
This county can't afford a failing Wakefield. There are enough people willing to give it a shot now. That will change if the demographics slide toward majority Farm's students. How are you people not understanding this?

There is a lot of talk about how the county can't afford a failing Wakefield, how this won't be good for property values, etc.

How about the fact that a failing Wakefield means we are failing CHILDREN? WTF is wrong with you people? Basically 75% of the people on this thread could boil their position down to: "I got mine, so screw you."

Lady---I moved out of DC because I was zoned for Wilson. You can move out of Wakefield zone. I could of sat and cried and cried and whined---but I got mine by changing my location. If you bought in to an area knowing the school was Wakefield---that's on you.

Actually, my house is zoned for W-L; one of my kids is there now. Thanks for proving my point. Again, it would save us all some time if you just wrote, "I got mine, so screw you."

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Anonymous wrote:People need to get their heads out of their asses and use their brains. If they don't take demographics into consideration, what exactly do they think is going to happen to WL in a couple of years? More and more people are going to try and shoehorn into whatever the new boundary is, especially if they increase the Wakefield FARMS rate. Hell, I bought for a home zoned Wakefield and have been totally fine with it, but I'll move in bounds for WL when the time comes, if Wakefield's demographics deteriorate.
We'll be right back where we started. It's a system wide problem, and has to be addressed as such.

Do you really think everyone will be successful at selling their homes in s. Arlington and moving to north? If thry could have they already would be here.

Yes, you ignorant snob, I do. If Wakefield becomes a no go school for every home buyer, you will also have new residents to Arlington not considering south Arlington and crowding into the North in even greater numbers. Use your brain.

THIS, FOR THE CHEAP SEATS.

And plus also, the county cannot afford to destabilize one of its three high schools, and tank the housing values of thousands of property owners zoned Wakefield. The county relies on the taxes, based on real estate assessments, to fund services to all parts of Arlington. If every home in south Arlington zoned Wakefield suddenly depreciates, the county will have less money for the services all residents enjoy. Good luck getting a fourth HS of any kind then. Bye, bye, additional 1300 seats.

I did use my brain. I bought a house in N. Arlington very close to my choice HS. You and others in S. Arlington decided to take a risk by buying into neighborhoods zoned for Wakefield. The market price reflects this disparity. Contrary to your claims that everyone will move, I don't think there is enough inventory for everyone who would like to do so to be able to do it. Moreover, when i was single, and newly married but childless, I did live in S. Arlington. It's even closer to my office in DC, and the rental market there remains strong (we as other childless renters there do not care about the quality of the schools in S. Arlington). So, I don't believe it will be all doom and gloom as you predict for the majority of property taxes (i.e., apt complexes and commercial real estate buildings). Once I started thinking about where to settle down long term, I bought a house in the north. It sounds like you are now bitter that your choice may negatively impacting your kids.

The poster who talks about tanking housing values should really be directing this wrath at the County Board. They're the ones who are approving more and more affordable housing units, which is further excaberating the overcrowding in the south of poorer students. The last time I checked it was not the school board's responsibility to consider plummeting housing values in the south but to think about what benefits the entire school population not just the poor students. The SB has identified SIX factors that should be weighed in deciding who needs to be moved out of WL, not just demographics.

What do you really expect most rational parents in the North to do? Agree to bussing their kids to a HS across town that has weaker academics when they would prefer to be closer to their neighborhood schools? Sorry, if the rest of us would prefer not to be part of that social experiment at the expense of our kids' educations. You are free to move up here, since you claim that most would be able to do so. If the prices in Wakefield decrease, the prices in the northern parts may increase. That appreciation may offset some of the decpreciation in the south, so the net effect on property taxes may not be as substantial as you claim.

What is funny is that the prior threads accused parents in the north of racism, but it's actually now turned to a discussion of property values.

TLR: I got mine, screw you.

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The "Arlington is sooo tiny" trope on this thread is used to dismiss objections to extensive busing. But Transportation Services has serious constraints, and the School Board can't ignore that when decision time comes.

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Anonymous wrote:And ps- reading thread like this, with you whiny little North Arlington b*tches is why I haven't moved north.

Yet you want your kids out of Wakefield...

Enjoy!

And now S Arlington is the whiny little bitch crying unfair?

Please stop posting. You are making north Arlington look petty and stupid. I have friends that live near Arlington Ridge, and they will have no trouble buying a home north. They'll give up metro or whatever. I have friends all over Arlington, and while they may have to give up some positive aspects of their current house, they can all afford North Arlington. If people happily living in the Wakefield zone move north, we are all f#€ked.
This county can't afford a failing Wakefield. There are enough people willing to give it a shot now. That will change if the demographics slide toward majority Farm's students. How are you people not understanding this?

There is a lot of talk about how the county can't afford a failing Wakefield, how this won't be good for property values, etc.

How about the fact that a failing Wakefield means we are failing CHILDREN? WTF is wrong with you people? Basically 75% of the people on this thread could boil their position down to: "I got mine, so screw you."

Lady---I moved out of DC because I was zoned for Wilson. You can move out of Wakefield zone. I could of sat and cried and cried and whined---but I got mine by changing my location. If you bought in to an area knowing the school was Wakefield---that's on you.

Actually, my house is zoned for W-L; one of my kids is there now. Thanks for proving my point. Again, it would save us all some time if you just wrote, "I got mine, so screw you."

NP. That slogan should be on an elegant decal for vehicles in n Arlington. Right next to the obligatory OBX decal, the Clinton/Kaine decal, and so on and so forth.

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Anonymous wrote:People need to get their heads out of their asses and use their brains. If they don't take demographics into consideration, what exactly do they think is going to happen to WL in a couple of years? More and more people are going to try and shoehorn into whatever the new boundary is, especially if they increase the Wakefield FARMS rate. Hell, I bought for a home zoned Wakefield and have been totally fine with it, but I'll move in bounds for WL when the time comes, if Wakefield's demographics deteriorate.
We'll be right back where we started. It's a system wide problem, and has to be addressed as such.

Do you really think everyone will be successful at selling their homes in s. Arlington and moving to north? If thry could have they already would be here.

Yes, you ignorant snob, I do. If Wakefield becomes a no go school for every home buyer, you will also have new residents to Arlington not considering south Arlington and crowding into the North in even greater numbers. Use your brain.

THIS, FOR THE CHEAP SEATS.

And plus also, the county cannot afford to destabilize one of its three high schools, and tank the housing values of thousands of property owners zoned Wakefield. The county relies on the taxes, based on real estate assessments, to fund services to all parts of Arlington. If every home in south Arlington zoned Wakefield suddenly depreciates, the county will have less money for the services all residents enjoy. Good luck getting a fourth HS of any kind then. Bye, bye, additional 1300 seats.

I did use my brain. I bought a house in N. Arlington very close to my choice HS. You and others in S. Arlington decided to take a risk by buying into neighborhoods zoned for Wakefield. The market price reflects this disparity. Contrary to your claims that everyone will move, I don't think there is enough inventory for everyone who would like to do so to be able to do it. Moreover, when i was single, and newly married but childless, I did live in S. Arlington. It's even closer to my office in DC, and the rental market there remains strong (we as other childless renters there do not care about the quality of the schools in S. Arlington). So, I don't believe it will be all doom and gloom as you predict for the majority of property taxes (i.e., apt complexes and commercial real estate buildings). Once I started thinking about where to settle down long term, I bought a house in the north. It sounds like you are now bitter that your choice may negatively impacting your kids.

The poster who talks about tanking housing values should really be directing this wrath at the County Board. They're the ones who are approving more and more affordable housing units, which is further excaberating the overcrowding in the south of poorer students. The last time I checked it was not the school board's responsibility to consider plummeting housing values in the south but to think about what benefits the entire school population not just the poor students. The SB has identified SIX factors that should be weighed in deciding who needs to be moved out of WL, not just demographics.

What do you really expect most rational parents in the North to do? Agree to bussing their kids to a HS across town that has weaker academics when they would prefer to be closer to their neighborhood schools? Sorry, if the rest of us would prefer not to be part of that social experiment at the expense of our kids' educations. You are free to move up here, since you claim that most would be able to do so. If the prices in Wakefield decrease, the prices in the northern parts may increase. That appreciation may offset some of the decpreciation in the south, so the net effect on property taxes may not be as substantial as you claim.

What is funny is that the prior threads accused parents in the north of racism, but it's actually now turned to a discussion of property values.

It's comments like these that literally make my stomach turn. The last time I checked it wasn't the SB's responsibility to consider plummeting house values in the north, but to think about what benefits ALL students, not just the rich ones. How's that sound? There are 6 factors they are taking into consideration. But which one will take priority? Which one SHOULD take priority? We are talking about kids having to take the bus, versus kids getting a decent education, like their peers in the north.

I really don't think you understand just how entitled you sound.

Your child's bus ride is NOT more important than my child's education.

that is a false choice. We are not even in the consideration zone for wakefield. But to follow your logic you are saying you want others in north Arlington to bus their kids through extra traffic and then join your kids at a crappier school. How fair is that?

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Anonymous wrote:People need to get their heads out of their asses and use their brains. If they don't take demographics into consideration, what exactly do they think is going to happen to WL in a couple of years? More and more people are going to try and shoehorn into whatever the new boundary is, especially if they increase the Wakefield FARMS rate. Hell, I bought for a home zoned Wakefield and have been totally fine with it, but I'll move in bounds for WL when the time comes, if Wakefield's demographics deteriorate.
We'll be right back where we started. It's a system wide problem, and has to be addressed as such.

Do you really think everyone will be successful at selling their homes in s. Arlington and moving to north? If thry could have they already would be here.

Yes, you ignorant snob, I do. If Wakefield becomes a no go school for every home buyer, you will also have new residents to Arlington not considering south Arlington and crowding into the North in even greater numbers. Use your brain.

THIS, FOR THE CHEAP SEATS.

And plus also, the county cannot afford to destabilize one of its three high schools, and tank the housing values of thousands of property owners zoned Wakefield. The county relies on the taxes, based on real estate assessments, to fund services to all parts of Arlington. If every home in south Arlington zoned Wakefield suddenly depreciates, the county will have less money for the services all residents enjoy. Good luck getting a fourth HS of any kind then. Bye, bye, additional 1300 seats.

I did use my brain. I bought a house in N. Arlington very close to my choice HS. You and others in S. Arlington decided to take a risk by buying into neighborhoods zoned for Wakefield. The market price reflects this disparity. Contrary to your claims that everyone will move, I don't think there is enough inventory for everyone who would like to do so to be able to do it. Moreover, when i was single, and newly married but childless, I did live in S. Arlington. It's even closer to my office in DC, and the rental market there remains strong (we as other childless renters there do not care about the quality of the schools in S. Arlington). So, I don't believe it will be all doom and gloom as you predict for the majority of property taxes (i.e., apt complexes and commercial real estate buildings). Once I started thinking about where to settle down long term, I bought a house in the north. It sounds like you are now bitter that your choice may negatively impacting your kids.

The poster who talks about tanking housing values should really be directing this wrath at the County Board. They're the ones who are approving more and more affordable housing units, which is further excaberating the overcrowding in the south of poorer students. The last time I checked it was not the school board's responsibility to consider plummeting housing values in the south but to think about what benefits the entire school population not just the poor students. The SB has identified SIX factors that should be weighed in deciding who needs to be moved out of WL, not just demographics.

What do you really expect most rational parents in the North to do? Agree to bussing their kids to a HS across town that has weaker academics when they would prefer to be closer to their neighborhood schools? Sorry, if the rest of us would prefer not to be part of that social experiment at the expense of our kids' educations. You are free to move up here, since you claim that most would be able to do so. If the prices in Wakefield decrease, the prices in the northern parts may increase. That appreciation may offset some of the decpreciation in the south, so the net effect on property taxes may not be as substantial as you claim.

What is funny is that the prior threads accused parents in the north of racism, but it's actually now turned to a discussion of property values.

It's comments like these that literally make my stomach turn. The last time I checked it wasn't the SB's responsibility to consider plummeting house values in the north, but to think about what benefits ALL students, not just the rich ones. How's that sound? There are 6 factors they are taking into consideration. But which one will take priority? Which one SHOULD take priority? We are talking about kids having to take the bus, versus kids getting a decent education, like their peers in the north.

I really don't think you understand just how entitled you sound.

Your child's bus ride is NOT more important than my child's education.

that is a false choice. We are not even in the consideration zone for wakefield. But to follow your logic you are saying you want others in north Arlington to bus their kids through extra traffic and then join your kids at a crappier school. How fair is that?

do you in s. Arlington realize how entitled that sounds?

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody is trying to make the ASF-Swanson-YHS trifecta that currently does not exist.

Homes in that potential planning unit are already the priciest PER SQ foot then anywhere else in the County. It's a shame they are splitting up a neighborhood and making neighbors ride a bus 40 min each way when they've could walk to subsidize their dreams. Some have definitely bought into the lemming-view that the whiter YHS is better for their dear children even if it means driving them personally, handing over the keys to their Mercedes or the dreaded bus (somebody no high schooler wants to ever have to ride$.

I'm sorry but WTH? There is no place in this county that is 40 minutes away from any other place.

Bus routes are rambling, have multiple stops and occupy the same roads with loads of other traffic. Kids on the far end of the route can have a lengthy ride.

My kids elementary school is 0.65 miles from their bus stop.

They have to be at the bus stop for an 8:19 AM pick-up and school doesn't start until 9 am. In the afternoon, if I pick up--my kids are home at 3:50---the bussed kids don't get home until 4:15pm on a good day...and this is a route INCREDIBLY CLOSE to the school and very few extra stops. Add a few more miles and, yes, those unlucky HIGH Schoolers will be getting up and leaving a full 45-50 min earlier than if they were walking or biking the 1.1 miles.

Your kids take a bus to go half a mile to school?!? Why do they even have a bus within the one mile walk zone?!? Sounds like a waste of bus money since you all should be walking anyway.

Kids who live on the far side of a major roadway are often eligible for bus service even if they live within a mile of the school.

Yes. We've never taken it because it is a wasted 40min. I can drive in 5 minutes and dump them in carpool lane. Or we leave house at 8:45 to walk there. Bus requires leaving house at 810am. Not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:And ps- reading thread like this, with you whiny little North Arlington b*tches is why I haven't moved north.

Yet you want your kids out of Wakefield...

Enjoy!

And now S Arlington is the whiny little bitch crying unfair?

Please stop posting. You are making north Arlington look petty and stupid. I have friends that live near Arlington Ridge, and they will have no trouble buying a home north. They'll give up metro or whatever. I have friends all over Arlington, and while they may have to give up some positive aspects of their current house, they can all afford North Arlington. If people happily living in the Wakefield zone move north, we are all f#€ked.
This county can't afford a failing Wakefield. There are enough people willing to give it a shot now. That will change if the demographics slide toward majority Farm's students. How are you people not understanding this?

There is a lot of talk about how the county can't afford a failing Wakefield, how this won't be good for property values, etc.

How about the fact that a failing Wakefield means we are failing CHILDREN? WTF is wrong with you people? Basically 75% of the people on this thread could boil their position down to: "I got mine, so screw you."

Lady---I moved out of DC because I was zoned for Wilson. You can move out of Wakefield zone. I could of sat and cried and cried and whined---but I got mine by changing my location. If you bought in to an area knowing the school was Wakefield---that's on you.

Actually, my house is zoned for W-L; one of my kids is there now. Thanks for proving my point. Again, it would save us all some time if you just wrote, "I got mine, so screw you."

Yea..riiiiigt I bet it is zoned for W-L. If you are so upset --transfer your kid to Wakefield so you can give up "yours".

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Anonymous wrote:People need to get their heads out of their asses and use their brains. If they don't take demographics into consideration, what exactly do they think is going to happen to WL in a couple of years? More and more people are going to try and shoehorn into whatever the new boundary is, especially if they increase the Wakefield FARMS rate. Hell, I bought for a home zoned Wakefield and have been totally fine with it, but I'll move in bounds for WL when the time comes, if Wakefield's demographics deteriorate.
We'll be right back where we started. It's a system wide problem, and has to be addressed as such.

Do you really think everyone will be successful at selling their homes in s. Arlington and moving to north? If thry could have they already would be here.

Yes, you ignorant snob, I do. If Wakefield becomes a no go school for every home buyer, you will also have new residents to Arlington not considering south Arlington and crowding into the North in even greater numbers. Use your brain.

THIS, FOR THE CHEAP SEATS.

And plus also, the county cannot afford to destabilize one of its three high schools, and tank the housing values of thousands of property owners zoned Wakefield. The county relies on the taxes, based on real estate assessments, to fund services to all parts of Arlington. If every home in south Arlington zoned Wakefield suddenly depreciates, the county will have less money for the services all residents enjoy. Good luck getting a fourth HS of any kind then. Bye, bye, additional 1300 seats.

I did use my brain. I bought a house in N. Arlington very close to my choice HS. You and others in S. Arlington decided to take a risk by buying into neighborhoods zoned for Wakefield. The market price reflects this disparity. Contrary to your claims that everyone will move, I don't think there is enough inventory for everyone who would like to do so to be able to do it. Moreover, when i was single, and newly married but childless, I did live in S. Arlington. It's even closer to my office in DC, and the rental market there remains strong (we as other childless renters there do not care about the quality of the schools in S. Arlington). So, I don't believe it will be all doom and gloom as you predict for the majority of property taxes (i.e., apt complexes and commercial real estate buildings). Once I started thinking about where to settle down long term, I bought a house in the north. It sounds like you are now bitter that your choice may negatively impacting your kids.

The poster who talks about tanking housing values should really be directing this wrath at the County Board. They're the ones who are approving more and more affordable housing units, which is further excaberating the overcrowding in the south of poorer students. The last time I checked it was not the school board's responsibility to consider plummeting housing values in the south but to think about what benefits the entire school population not just the poor students. The SB has identified SIX factors that should be weighed in deciding who needs to be moved out of WL, not just demographics.

What do you really expect most rational parents in the North to do? Agree to bussing their kids to a HS across town that has weaker academics when they would prefer to be closer to their neighborhood schools? Sorry, if the rest of us would prefer not to be part of that social experiment at the expense of our kids' educations. You are free to move up here, since you claim that most would be able to do so. If the prices in Wakefield decrease, the prices in the northern parts may increase. That appreciation may offset some of the decpreciation in the south, so the net effect on property taxes may not be as substantial as you claim.

What is funny is that the prior threads accused parents in the north of racism, but it's actually now turned to a discussion of property values.

It's comments like these that literally make my stomach turn. The last time I checked it wasn't the SB's responsibility to consider plummeting house values in the north, but to think about what benefits ALL students, not just the rich ones. How's that sound? There are 6 factors they are taking into consideration. But which one will take priority? Which one SHOULD take priority? We are talking about kids having to take the bus, versus kids getting a decent education, like their peers in the north.

I really don't think you understand just how entitled you sound.

Your child's bus ride is NOT more important than my child's education.

that is a false choice. We are not even in the consideration zone for wakefield. But to follow your logic you are saying you want others in north Arlington to bus their kids through extra traffic and then join your kids at a crappier school. How fair is that?

Yes. She wants you to give up "yours"

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Anonymous wrote:The "Arlington is sooo tiny" trope on this thread is used to dismiss objections to extensive busing. But Transportation Services has serious constraints, and the School Board can't ignore that when decision time comes.

+100

Plus, an extra 2-3 bus mile ride for a current walker means waiting at a bus stop and sitting through multiple bus pick ups/drop offs ...adding 45 min-60 min of transportation/bus stop time as demonstrated in a pp from the poster.

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Jeez. You n Arlington posters are really too much. Here is what you aren't getting...

WE DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS.

How are you not understanding this? We are fine with Wakefield as it is. We like it. Our kids are getting a good education and getting into top colleges. We don't need you guys. The sfh neighborhood's in south Arlington are plenty affluent.
BUT.
We can't take anymore poor kids. Sorry, we're full. You all voted for this wonderful county board and their altruistic policies. Well, now you get to share in the wealth ... of ... lack of wealth. It's super vibrant. You will love it.
I did buy in south Arlington, and I am fine with Wakefield, but the school can't handle more poverty. It's maxed out. The west Pike should stay put and eventually be moved to Yorktown.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread has got me looking at north Arlington real estate. I'm surprised at the number of homes my family could afford, zoned Yorktown.
So I've learned from this thread that WL is the truly sought after school in Arlington. Everyone is losing their minds at the prospect of being zoned to Yorktown or Wakefield. I assume for different reasons. I'm not crazy about Yorktown and our commute would suck, but we will have to consider moving into 22207 if Wakefield gets worse. We are ... cautiously ok with it now. I don't think I'd tolerate even a small shift in the wrong direction.

Bingo.

I'm not sure we'd get much house in the areas not being targeted to move away from WL. The Yorktown prospects are much better, but I honestly prefer Wakefield to Yorktown. Of course not if they push the demographics comepletly out of whack at Wakefield. I really am starting to hate Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:And ps- reading thread like this, with you whiny little North Arlington b*tches is why I haven't moved north.

Yet you want your kids out of Wakefield...

Enjoy!

And now S Arlington is the whiny little bitch crying unfair?

Please stop posting. You are making north Arlington look petty and stupid. I have friends that live near Arlington Ridge, and they will have no trouble buying a home north. They'll give up metro or whatever. I have friends all over Arlington, and while they may have to give up some positive aspects of their current house, they can all afford North Arlington. If people happily living in the Wakefield zone move north, we are all f#€ked.
This county can't afford a failing Wakefield. There are enough people willing to give it a shot now. That will change if the demographics slide toward majority Farm's students. How are you people not understanding this?

There is a lot of talk about how the county can't afford a failing Wakefield, how this won't be good for property values, etc.

How about the fact that a failing Wakefield means we are failing CHILDREN? WTF is wrong with you people? Basically 75% of the people on this thread could boil their position down to: "I got mine, so screw you."

Lady---I moved out of DC because I was zoned for Wilson. You can move out of Wakefield zone. I could of sat and cried and cried and whined---but I got mine by changing my location. If you bought in to an area knowing the school was Wakefield---that's on you.

Actually, my house is zoned for W-L; one of my kids is there now. Thanks for proving my point. Again, it would save us all some time if you just wrote, "I got mine, so screw you."

Yea..riiiiigt I bet it is zoned for W-L. If you are so upset --transfer your kid to Wakefield so you can give up "yours".

Again, with every post you further prove my point. You are concerned only with your own child's welfare and you don't give a damn about anyone else's, and you assume that the only reason anyone might want boundaries redrawn is because it benefits their own children. Well, you are wrong. And my sending my child alone to Wakefield does nothing to help Wakefield or W-L, so it's nice of you to offer up someone else's child on a platter but that's a meaningless gesture. We have been happy at W-L, but if we get rezoned, so be it. Unfortunately, given our location we are far more likely to get rezoned to Yorktown than to Wakefield. If that means I get to spend more time with people like you, perhaps we will then take the opportunity to go to transfer to Wakefield instead.