Reason to transfer school in APS?

[Anonymous]

This making me wonder if I should head over to the real estate board.

[Anonymous]

So, do you have to have a compelling reason to transfer in aps or not? If there is room they let you in and that's that?

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, when you walk around your south Arlington sfh neighborhood you will have a hard time finding people who can answer questions about how the neighborhood school works. People will tell you they just don't know, because they don't send their kids there. They transfer them to a choice school.

Going to the school will likely be the only way you can find out.

O bien, que se ejecutará en la gente que sabe la respuesta, pero usted no puede comunicarse con ellos de manera efectiva porque usted no habla español . Tal vez encontrar a alguien que puede ayudar a traducir y usted puede aprender sus opiniones.

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Concerning the new Discovery ES, where a few S Arlington families transferred into, it is easy to forget that the neighborhoods in far North Arlington opposed the new elementary school when it was first proposed.

The overcrowding was at a critical point however, and so the neighborhoods had no choice but to accept the inevitable. It will be a beautiful facility, arguably the best in the county, but the design or the money spent has nothing to do with the neighborhoods it will serve.

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Anonymous wrote:So, do you have to have a compelling reason to transfer in aps or not? If there is room they let you in and that's that?

As I understand it, any school that is undercapacity has to allow students to transfer in if they request it. They just don't provide transportation. Long Branch had been undercapacity until recently so we have a few friends who transferred in from other boundaries.

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Anonymous wrote:Concerning the new Discovery ES, where a few S Arlington families transferred into, it is easy to forget that the neighborhoods in far North Arlington opposed the new elementary school when it was first proposed.

The overcrowding was at a critical point however, and so the neighborhoods had no choice but to accept the inevitable. It will be a beautiful facility, arguably the best in the county, but the design or the money spent has nothing to do with the neighborhoods it will serve.

uh huh...

South Arlington faced the same issue with opposition to the TJ site. I believe mary hynes said we should wait and be crowded a little longer down here. She's such a gem. Sure gonna miss her...
There is a working group now and they are supposed to have an answer by December I believe.

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Anonymous wrote:Concerning the new Discovery ES, where a few S Arlington families transferred into, it is easy to forget that the neighborhoods in far North Arlington opposed the new elementary school when it was first proposed.

The overcrowding was at a critical point however, and so the neighborhoods had no choice but to accept the inevitable. It will be a beautiful facility, arguably the best in the county, but the design or the money spent has nothing to do with the neighborhoods it will serve.

uh huh...

South Arlington faced the same issue with opposition to the TJ site. I believe mary hynes said we should wait and be crowded a little longer down here. She's such a gem. Sure gonna miss her...
There is a working group now and they are supposed to have an answer by December I believe.

That group isn't going to figure anything out. Every south Arlington school, civic association, and marginally related organization got to designate a representative to the working group. They spend the meetings each coming up with reasons why some other neighborhood should get the new school. They don't work as a group toward a common purpose, so the whole thing is a waste of time. This is what the Arlington Way has turned into.

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Anonymous wrote:19:31 here, that s exactly what happened to us. We were told that you cannot go wrong in arlington. Not true. I work with many north and south Arlington parents. With the exception of oakton and Henry, the schools are like night and day.

I hear discovery has a two story inside slide and playground. Can anyone confirm? What is the chance that will be replicated in the new south Arlington elementary school which I already hear they want to build as cheaply as possible so they can build another one in north Arlington ( even thought south Arlington needs TWO elementary schools) Sorry if I am clearly bitter, but we are second class citizens down here.

Discovery definitely has a slide inside...

Yes, I've heard the same thing about wanting to really scale back for the new south Arlington school. Certainly I think it's part of the mood of the county- street car, aquatic center, dog park, bus stop... People are furious about what they see as over spending by the county and screwy priorities. Sucks that it seems the line always gets drawn south of 50. Unless we are talking about subsidized housing. They are determined to push that agenda through. There will be a vote about it next month. The current board feels this is in sync with the will of most voters. They might very well be right- I don't know.

Any scaling back would be a money/budget issue. Discovery was planned and funded when APS had more money to spend. Same with the Ashlawn addition that looks beautiful.

Btw. The slide was installed last week! The building is just phenomenal. Let's hope it opens on time--looks like there is a lot of wrk left to do.

Yeah Dude... That's the point. North Arlington projects get prioritized... Then we look to see what's left over for the south. Very excited for you and your under capacity, state of the art, beautifully designed monument to learning. No really. It's great.
I'd be cool if Barcroft got their computer lab back this year.
Not as cool as a slide.
But cool.

Oh bullshit. Compare Kenmore to Williamsburg. Wakefield HS is gorgeous. Jamestown and Tuckahoe have horrible facilities.

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Anonymous wrote:19:31 here, that s exactly what happened to us. We were told that you cannot go wrong in arlington. Not true. I work with many north and south Arlington parents. With the exception of oakton and Henry, the schools are like night and day.

I hear discovery has a two story inside slide and playground. Can anyone confirm? What is the chance that will be replicated in the new south Arlington elementary school which I already hear they want to build as cheaply as possible so they can build another one in north Arlington ( even thought south Arlington needs TWO elementary schools) Sorry if I am clearly bitter, but we are second class citizens down here.

Discovery definitely has a slide inside...

Yes, I've heard the same thing about wanting to really scale back for the new south Arlington school. Certainly I think it's part of the mood of the county- street car, aquatic center, dog park, bus stop... People are furious about what they see as over spending by the county and screwy priorities. Sucks that it seems the line always gets drawn south of 50. Unless we are talking about subsidized housing. They are determined to push that agenda through. There will be a vote about it next month. The current board feels this is in sync with the will of most voters. They might very well be right- I don't know.

Any scaling back would be a money/budget issue. Discovery was planned and funded when APS had more money to spend. Same with the Ashlawn addition that looks beautiful.

Btw. The slide was installed last week! The building is just phenomenal. Let's hope it opens on time--looks like there is a lot of wrk left to do.

Yeah Dude... That's the point. North Arlington projects get prioritized... Then we look to see what's left over for the south. Very excited for you and your under capacity, state of the art, beautifully designed monument to learning. No really. It's great.
I'd be cool if Barcroft got their computer lab back this year.
Not as cool as a slide.
But cool.

Oh bullshit. Compare Kenmore to Williamsburg. Wakefield HS is gorgeous. Jamestown and Tuckahoe have horrible facilities.

Oh that's so sad. How about you send your kids to Kenmore and few of us switch over to Williamsburg? Sound good to you?

And as far as crappy facilities go - So is Randolph. There's plenty of crap facilties to so around. Wakefield is gorgeous - it damn well should be - they had no choice to rebuild the whole thing. after they had back burnered it to W-L and Yorktown they realized it had structural issues. Oh well. Wouldn't have made a difference if they had done it first - as I understand it, from scratch was the only alternative.
And honestly, it's pretty awful that W-L is already overcrowded again. Not cool either.

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S. Arlington parent here... We have the newest community center here in S Arlington - Arlington Mill Center is stunning. The new aquatics center (if it's ever built!) will also be here I n S Arlington. I agree, it sounds like Discovery is going to be a nice facility, but I'm sure the new ES in S Arlington is also going to be stunning - even if it doesn't get a slide, it's going to be modern and light filled which is what I think most parents really care about.

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Anonymous wrote:+1

S. Arlington parent here... We have the newest community center here in S Arlington - Arlington Mill Center is stunning. The new aquatics center (if it's ever built!) will also be here I n S Arlington. I agree, it sounds like Discovery is going to be a nice facility, but I'm sure the new ES in S Arlington is also going to be stunning - even if it doesn't get a slide, it's going to be modern and light filled which is what I think most parents really care about.

Oh ... You think the aquatic center is happening? You're adorable.

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Yes, I like to think I'm adorable. Thanks .

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Anonymous wrote:Concerning the new Discovery ES, where a few S Arlington families transferred into, it is easy to forget that the neighborhoods in far North Arlington opposed the new elementary school when it was first proposed.

The overcrowding was at a critical point however, and so the neighborhoods had no choice but to accept the inevitable. It will be a beautiful facility, arguably the best in the county, but the design or the money spent has nothing to do with the neighborhoods it will serve.

Hold the presses- S Arl families were allowed to transfer to Discovery?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Concerning the new Discovery ES, where a few S Arlington families transferred into, it is easy to forget that the neighborhoods in far North Arlington opposed the new elementary school when it was first proposed.

The overcrowding was at a critical point however, and so the neighborhoods had no choice but to accept the inevitable. It will be a beautiful facility, arguably the best in the county, but the design or the money spent has nothing to do with the neighborhoods it will serve.

Hold the presses- S Arl families were allowed to transfer to Discovery?

Yep- it's addressed up thread

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Concerning the new Discovery ES, where a few S Arlington families transferred into, it is easy to forget that the neighborhoods in far North Arlington opposed the new elementary school when it was first proposed.

The overcrowding was at a critical point however, and so the neighborhoods had no choice but to accept the inevitable. It will be a beautiful facility, arguably the best in the county, but the design or the money spent has nothing to do with the neighborhoods it will serve.

Hold the presses- S Arl families were allowed to transfer to Discovery?

It wasn't publicized, but Discovery will be underenrolled due to sketchy (at best!) boundary planning. APS can't force your child to go to an overcrowded school when there are available seats elsewhere. You just need to provide transportation.