Tuckahoe / Discovery / North Arlington elementary redistricting in 2026

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

I don’t know that it worked out “well” - PP just said that the kids “survived equally.” Kids manage to live after all kinds of stuff you wouldn’t choose to subject them to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

I don’t know that it worked out “well” - PP just said that the kids “survived equally.” Kids manage to live after all kinds of stuff you wouldn’t choose to subject them to.

Fair point! I take back my previous statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

Oh spare me the drama. We moved from the first school after one finished kindergarten and the other first grade. We figured we’d try a choice school since we were moving anyway, but after a semester it was obvious that the choice school was no better than the new neighborhood school was reputed to be and we couldn’t justify the daily commute for the kids, so we pulled them sooner rather than later and enrolled them in the new neighborhood school. So they ended up there in the middle of first grade for one and the middle of second grade for the other and from there went all the way through.

Both ended up at HBW for middle and high school after that, so another 7 years in the same school.

They had zero issues adjusting when they were 6 and 7 and we were all just trying to figure things up. Believe me.

You people have the definition of White People Problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

I don’t know that it worked out “well” - PP just said that the kids “survived equally.” Kids manage to live after all kinds of stuff you wouldn’t choose to subject them to.

You’re all a bunch of fuddy duddies. Ever hear of a literally device called “sarcasm?” I didn’t mean that they literally just “survived.” Holy Moses ladies - get a grip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

Oh spare me the drama. We moved from the first school after one finished kindergarten and the other first grade. We figured we’d try a choice school since we were moving anyway, but after a semester it was obvious that the choice school was no better than the new neighborhood school was reputed to be and we couldn’t justify the daily commute for the kids, so we pulled them sooner rather than later and enrolled them in the new neighborhood school. So they ended up there in the middle of first grade for one and the middle of second grade for the other and from there went all the way through.

Both ended up at HBW for middle and high school after that, so another 7 years in the same school.

They had zero issues adjusting when they were 6 and 7 and we were all just trying to figure things up. Believe me.

You people have the definition of White People Problems.

Who wins 2 HBW and 2 lottery elementary schools? Something doesn’t fade up. You have connections or have an angel on your shoulder. Not representative

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this has to be mothers who made all their friends through their kids' friends and are anxious about their grown up gaggle being broken up. I can see no other reason why people would be so over invested in this stuff. The kids are and will be fine. These are all great schools.

Why are you pooh poohing this? Finding community is important in a transient area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. This fall they are redrawing MS boundaries. They intend to send all of Tuckahoe to Williamsburg. Now you are saying they will take some of those planning units that move from Swanson to Williamsburg and rezone them to Cardinal?

How stupid is that?!

It appears that way. Or an even greater number of Discovery kids will be rezoned elsewhere to accommodate an even great number of Nottingham kids. Nottingham could effectively take over Discovery in this plan.

I can't imagine Discovery families will be too pleased to move out of their castle with a slide and into Jamestown and Taylor which are not so nice buildings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Glebe is a zone 1 school too- they’re over capacity right now, I think, so idk if they try to shift some students out as part of this or leave it super crowded?

Not if they close Nottingham. There won't be any room to relieve any other school in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. This fall they are redrawing MS boundaries. They intend to send all of Tuckahoe to Williamsburg. Now you are saying they will take some of those planning units that move from Swanson to Williamsburg and rezone them to Cardinal?

How stupid is that?!

It appears that way. Or an even greater number of Discovery kids will be rezoned elsewhere to accommodate an even great number of Nottingham kids. Nottingham could effectively take over Discovery in this plan.

I can't imagine Discovery families will be too pleased to move out of their castle with a slide and into Jamestown and Taylor which are not so nice buildings.

Tuckahoe ain’t in no great shape either! Watch as APS turns Nottingham into swing space for another North Arlington school and continues to ignore the real county need of a new ES in South Arlington. They should’ve made Amazon pay for it/locate it on their property as part of that negotiation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

Oh spare me the drama. We moved from the first school after one finished kindergarten and the other first grade. We figured we’d try a choice school since we were moving anyway, but after a semester it was obvious that the choice school was no better than the new neighborhood school was reputed to be and we couldn’t justify the daily commute for the kids, so we pulled them sooner rather than later and enrolled them in the new neighborhood school. So they ended up there in the middle of first grade for one and the middle of second grade for the other and from there went all the way through.

Both ended up at HBW for middle and high school after that, so another 7 years in the same school.

They had zero issues adjusting when they were 6 and 7 and we were all just trying to figure things up. Believe me.

You people have the definition of White People Problems.

Who wins 2 HBW and 2 lottery elementary schools? Something doesn’t fade up. You have connections or have an angel on your shoulder. Not representative

The choice school wasn’t ATS, and I believe that at the time it also had a sibling preference. As for HBW, that was pure luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this has to be mothers who made all their friends through their kids' friends and are anxious about their grown up gaggle being broken up. I can see no other reason why people would be so over invested in this stuff. The kids are and will be fine. These are all great schools.

Why are you pooh poohing this? Finding community is important in a transient area.

+1. It is really gross how people on here discount the importance of community. Most of us are mercenaries who came here from elsewhere for the jobs and don’t have much family nearby. It doesn’t mean we’re not humans with real human needs. Community is really all we got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this has to be mothers who made all their friends through their kids' friends and are anxious about their grown up gaggle being broken up. I can see no other reason why people would be so over invested in this stuff. The kids are and will be fine. These are all great schools.

Why are you pooh poohing this? Finding community is important in a transient area.

+1. It is really gross how people on here discount the importance of community. Most of us are mercenaries who came here from elsewhere for the jobs and don’t have much family nearby. It doesn’t mean we’re not humans with real human needs. Community is really all we got.

No one is discounting it. The point is it should not cloud your judgment to the point where you are completely panicked about your kids going to a different school down the street and making it seem like it's so terrible for the children and the end of your life as you know it when it's really about adult issues and fear of change.

Your new school will also be a lovely community. My kid switched elementary schools part way through. Get this...I like the new one a lot better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. This fall they are redrawing MS boundaries. They intend to send all of Tuckahoe to Williamsburg. Now you are saying they will take some of those planning units that move from Swanson to Williamsburg and rezone them to Cardinal?

How stupid is that?!

It appears that way. Or an even greater number of Discovery kids will be rezoned elsewhere to accommodate an even great number of Nottingham kids. Nottingham could effectively take over Discovery in this plan.

I can't imagine Discovery families will be too pleased to move out of their castle with a slide and into Jamestown and Taylor which are not so nice buildings.

Taylor.

Welcome to your new school without HVAC, electricity, or walls!