APS Closing Nottingham

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

For one, a Nottingham mother was killed in front of the school by a truck.

https://jb-lf.org/jennifers-story/

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

For one, a Nottingham mother was killed in front of the school by a truck.

https://jb-lf.org/jennifers-story/

That was awful. But unless you're proposing not having any schools on any major roads, I'm not sure what your point is.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

For one, a Nottingham mother was killed in front of the school by a truck.

https://jb-lf.org/jennifers-story/

That’s a really tragic thing, it is. We all remember. Horrific. But not relevant to whether or not this school should be consolidated with neighboring schools due to low enrollment, or repurposed in the short term as swing space.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

For one, a Nottingham mother was killed in front of the school by a truck.

https://jb-lf.org/jennifers-story/

That was awful. But unless you're proposing not having any schools on any major roads, I'm not sure what your point is.

No, just saying that we don’t stick a 100% drop off school in a neighborhood with streets that aren’t built for it. Little Falls isn’t Carlin Springs and no amount of wishing and jealously isn’t going to make it so.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

For one, a Nottingham mother was killed in front of the school by a truck.

https://jb-lf.org/jennifers-story/

That’s a really tragic thing, it is. We all remember. Horrific. But not relevant to whether or not this school should be consolidated with neighboring schools due to low enrollment, or repurposed in the short term as swing space.

No, but given that we have 3 months notice and relevant facts seem to be disregarded across the board as “too hard”, it’s worth making the point.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

For one, a Nottingham mother was killed in front of the school by a truck.

https://jb-lf.org/jennifers-story/

That was awful. But unless you're proposing not having any schools on any major roads, I'm not sure what your point is.

If you were following the thread you’d see the point is that flippant posts about the how community is unnecessarily concerned about additional traffic is uncalled for. Another resident was killed just last year in a crosswalk by the school.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

Groan. Here come the Route 50 frontage road discount buyers telling us what we should and shouldn’t put up with. Some people made different choices than you to live in a quiet neighborhood.

Guaranteed the choices that made your neighborhood what it is were not done in 3 months when over half the people being affected had no idea it was even happening.

WOW. What do you Nottingham families REALLY think about the rest of us?!

This Nottingham family thinks there are a lot of people out there that have an inferiority complex despite being objectively wealthy and incredibly privileged. Grow up. You are not debating the people in the $3m homes. You are not likely writing from a CAF, either.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

Groan. Here come the Route 50 frontage road discount buyers telling us what we should and shouldn’t put up with. Some people made different choices than you to live in a quiet neighborhood.

Guaranteed the choices that made your neighborhood what it is were not done in 3 months when over half the people being affected had no idea it was even happening.

WOW. What do you Nottingham families REALLY think about the rest of us?!

This Nottingham family thinks there are a lot of people out there that have an inferiority complex despite being objectively wealthy and incredibly privileged. Grow up. You are not debating the people in the $3m homes. You are not likely writing from a CAF, either.

DP but COME ON. "Some people made different choices than you to live in a quiet neighborhood" is the statement you're apparently defending here by saying the person who objected to it has "an inferiority complex despite being objectively wealthy and incredibly privileged" I guess? You're doing great, here, coming off really well.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

Oh, I totally agree that this makes sense, but flippant comments about getting over the traffic concerns are really unnecessary given the background of what has happened in the community/Neughborhood.

OK, fair enough. I don't know the whole background. I was just trying to make the point that lots of Arlington neighborhoods have to deal with significant amounts of school related traffic. I am not flippant about pedestrian deaths, and if there have been lots around Nottingham, that is a concern. Arlington Heights had to advocate years ago for a STOP sign on a busy school route. It took a ridiculous amount of time to get it, too. But generally speaking, I don't see APS stopping any projects because of traffic concerns. You will just have to advocate for safety where you can. Every school project has traffic concerns is my point.

There have been three deaths, including a mom putting her kids in the car in front of the school. Just for context. I don’t know what it is that makes this road so dangerous, but I used to live in another part of Arlington and ran with my kids in a double stroller everywhere, and it wasn’t until moving to the Nottingham area that I was forced to become a frequent user of the ACPD dangerous driving website. I know people think it’s he fear is unfounded, and I truly, truly hope the new stop signs end this, but I’ve still been nearly hit since the new stop signs went in

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Anonymous wrote:Nottingham had 20 more kids than APS projected they would last year in 2022 and even with that they STILL only have 391 kids at the school! The school is currently operating at 64% capacity when you include trailer capacity and 85% capacity when you don't, and those seem to be the lowest numbers in the county right now. (Innovation is also low but it just opened in 2021; the only other schools approaching Nottingham's numbers are Title 1 schools.) Meanwhile, nearby Discovery and Taylor are also operating at only 81% and 70% of capacity when you include trailers (and 81% and 86% when you do not). https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Enrollment-Management-Plan-2023-Final.pdf

Listening to some of the Nottingham parents on here is eye opening. I will just say that I really appreciate the rare Nottingham parent in here saying this is not great but they can do it for the good of the community.

It is bizarre to include trailers in a school's capacity! Is that what APS is doing? That is F'ed up gamesmanship. We could put 20 trailers at Nottingham and call it at 10% capacity.

85% is hardly a school that needs to be shut down. And it's higher than Discovery and 1% lower than Taylor.

It isn't about just enrollment at Nottingham. Staff is looking at the enrollment levels at all of those schools and determining that students can be redistricted so that schools are used more efficiently. They are also seeing that Nottingham and Discovery and Tuckahoe are all very close to each other and that a good portion of the Nottingham zone is also walkable to other schools. Therefore, it's Nottingham that they are proposing to re-assign and use the building to facilitate capital projects at other schools and not Discovery or Jamestown.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent of Nottingham student here. Mine will age out before any of this happens. However, I'm really sad about this turn of events, because I feel like this issue will dominate everyone's attention for the next several years. From the parents, to the PTA, to the teachers, to the administrators, why will anyone care about fostering a sense of community, fun, excitement, commitment, and school spirit in our school anymore? What about our amazing administrators and support staff? There is no plan for them, and there is not space for them at Tuckahoe and Discovery - they will have one foot out the door. What incentive do our teachers, especially our new teachers, have to put down classroom roots, establish traditions, and invest in our kids? This is going to be a three year distraction and dumpster fire, and our kids will pay the price. I wish we could just head to Tuckahoe now and get it over with instead of participating in this three year sh*t show that is about to go down between the parents and APS.

When we moved to Arlington, we settled in Courthouse because we could choice into Key. The following year, Key became fully lottery. This is my first rodeo, but it does seem insane to me that there is zero deference given to the fact that people make important decisions about where to live based on what kind of schooling experience they want. I'm sure the people who bought in the streets adjacent to Nottingham never imagined that they would not be able to send their kids to the school across the street.

Yes, I know these things aren't guaranteed, but this level of unpredictability is absurd. Just bc Nottingham sits in a wealthy area, it does not mean that the families who expected to be able to send their families to this school are racist snobs for being upset and apprehensive about these potential changes. For me, personally, I am bummed that my kid will spend his remaining years of elementary in a school that is circling the drain, with the people on this forum cheering for its demise. Nottingham is a great school with a great community of administrators, teachers, and families, and we are allowed to feel sad and apprehensive about what might happen to it.

+1. Current Nottingham family here that will be affected by this proposal. Honestly, I don’t mind getting rezoned for Tuckahoe or Discovery - but the years between now and then are going to be a nightmare if this comes to pass. Teachers will leave and nobody will want to come and be a temporary replacement for a year or two knowing the school is closing. So students will start to look elsewhere before closing. The community will have no incentive to invest time or money into anything school related.

If this is going to happen, rip off the bandaid and let’s not wait 3 years to do it.

For the record, I absolutely do not support closing the school, but this is not the right way to go about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not wanting your school to be shut down doesn’t sound very “entitled” to me. Any of us would be upset to get this news, even if APS has a legitimate need for a swing school and somebody’s facility needs to be closed to serve that purpose. Any other school communities want to volunteer their school? If not, does it make those communities “entitled”? Of course not.

It is when it's your 2nd or 3rd time on the chopping block and you throw APS's hot potato at a different school in your stead every time. Look now you guys are throwing it at Taylor and Discovery and Jamestown. Just suck it up!

This proposal doesn’t have anything to do with redistricting though. I would feel better if this was redistricting that would ease the burden of overcrowded schools. This is “ Nottingham is a convenient spot to put other schools while they are being renovated”. What does it do to improve the capacity issues at other schools?

First of all, Nottingham is not convenient for other school communities except the nearby ones like Disovery and Tuckahoe.
Second of all, it isn't intended to improve capacity at other schools - except for the possibility of using it for a school they may want to build an addition on. It's about (1) more efficient use of resources instead of continuing to operate a school at 65% capacity and (2) being able to more efficiently conduct major renovations at other facilities and, likely, relocating other schools/programs during major re-development of the Career Center site.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

You don’t make expensive capital decisions based on RIGHT NOW. Not after a three month outreach process, not after a pandemic that has introduced multiple variables.

Sorry. I know it makes sense for you because it screws Nottingham, but this is not how reasonable planning is done. Read the report and ask yourself if it would make sense if it was your school getting shut down.

Staff has been working on this for a long time. It isn't like they just came up with it in the last few months.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

Groan. Here come the Route 50 frontage road discount buyers telling us what we should and shouldn’t put up with. Some people made different choices than you to live in a quiet neighborhood.

Guaranteed the choices that made your neighborhood what it is were not done in 3 months when over half the people being affected had no idea it was even happening.

Again, this wasn't concocted in the last 3 months. Staff has been looking at all this stuff for a long time.
Also, you'd be amazed how much my neighborhood has changed in the past 3 months, and how different things are from 20 years ago when we bought into this neighborhood....never expecting missing middle which will transform this neighborhood well before you see even duplexes on either side of you.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread, but on paper, this whole thing makes a lot of sense to me. We do have excess capacity in that part of Arlington right now, we do need a swing space because we have a lot of old buildings.

I am sorry for the Nottingham community, as someone who has been through a boundary process that chopped up our neighborhood school, it sucked. But as a taxpayer, sorry folks, this is just life. There is no perfect solution, but I think this is a good call on APS' part.

As for traffic, etc. PLEASE. You have no idea. There are lots of neighborhoods in Arlington with multiple schools. Also plenty that have lived through huge construction projects. You will be OK.

I was with you until the traffic comment. The community is very sensitive because of the three tragic, recent deaths.

I live near TJ middle school where a pedestrian was also recently killed. Since we moved here, they have built Fleet and are now adding 1000 seats to the Career Center. They also took our neighborhood elementary school (Henry) and chopped it in half. So, again, I am sympathetic, I am, but I still think this decision makes sense.

Also, with the passage of Missing Middle, Arlington is basically announcing that no one is guaranteed anything, so get used to it, folks.

+1
People are so incredibly out of touch with anything outside their own bubble.